Epson Ultra Premium Luster vs. Ilford Gallerie Gold Fiber Silk

[paul stenquist]

I have a bride coming by tomorrow for a booking appointment, and as  
part of my dog and pony show, I wanted a 13 x19 borderless print of  
one of my nicer wedding shots. I also wanted to hype the Gold Fibre  
paper a bit. So I printed the file on the new Ilford paper. It looked  
good, but I wasn't sure it was better than what I was getting on the  
Epson sheet. So I printed it again. The surface of the two sheets is  
virtually identical. No difference can be detected at a normal viewing  
distance, but the Ilford paper is a bit heavier. But I was most  
concerned about tonality. So along with my wife, I shuffled them  
around on the table until I had forgotten which was which (it doesn't  
take me long to forget things these days), and we each picked our  
favorite. The light was diffuse window light. It was a close call, but  
after a bit of deliberation, we each picked the Ilford Gold Fibre  
sheet. It's a nice paper and will probably become my standard offering  
for weddings, portfolios and the like.
Paul
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