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by Mark Picard on Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:09 am
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I will be printing many repros of watercolor and oil paintings for an artist and she wants them to all be in the 16"x20" size range on matte paper. I typically print on either luster or satin papers, so this will be my first attempt at printing matte finishes. I use a Epson 4880 that has 17" roll capabilities, and I always use rolls as they are a little more economical in the long run.

She has had previous prints done for her and Epson Enhanced Matte paper was used, and she was happy with this paper's results. I guess I could just continue to use the Epson paper, but maybe there's a comparable alternative out there that's better? I just looked at Red River's Aurora Fine Art Natural (and Aurora Fine Art White), and they both looked interesting. I'm certainly not opposed to using sheets either if someone prefers a different paper that doesn't come in a roll.

Thanks in advance for your help!
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by Randy Mehoves on Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:05 am
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I really like Breathing Colors matte papers. In fact, I rarely print on luster type papers anymore after seeing how good these papers look. I like BC's Optica One for a smooth finish and BC's Elegance Velvet for a paper with texture. Both available in rolls and BC offers 20 foot trial rolls at greatly reduced prices.

Red River Paper also has some nice matte papers as you mentioned.
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by Les Voorhis on Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:02 am
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Mark,

I regularly use both the papers that Randy mentioned and they are my "go to" matte paper finish for artists as I tend to print my own work on Photo Lustre. I have pretty much switched my entire line over to Breathing Color. It is a great produt line with excellent customer service. Their 600 MT is also a nice economical choice for a textured water color style paper. I recently made about 30 prints on it and it looked great.
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by Jackie Schuknecht on Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:25 pm
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Moab Entrada bright White and Hahnemuhle Rag are also nice papers. Never tried Breathing Color.
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by Mark Picard on Mon Jan 16, 2012 11:29 am
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Thanks Randy, Les, and Jackie! Now I guess I gotta' try out a few of these good suggestions.
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