heavyweight matte paper + 870/1270 printer

loving the new epson printers! one question: according to several reviews the 870/1270 offer lightfast prints (25 years) when used with epson inks and heavyweight matte paper. is this any epson heavyweight matte paper, or just the newest stock? i've seen several stores carrying heavyweight matte paper, but it appears to be older stock.

any ideas?

karl

karl: I also noticed that the Heavyweight matte paper was older stock when I bought some. Epson only lists one number for this paper, so I assume it is the current type....Paul Pavlik

karl said:

loving the new epson printers! one question: according to several reviews
the 870/1270 offer lightfast prints (25 years) when used with epson inks
and heavyweight matte paper. is this any epson heavyweight matte paper,
or just the newest stock? i've seen several stores carrying heavyweight
matte paper, but it appears to be older stock.

any ideas?

karl

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Karl,

The paper is identified as: MATTE PAPER - HEAVYWEIGHT - Part # S041257.

I have used this in my new 1270, along with the new Premium Glossy, and I have to tell you that both are absolutely unbelieveable.

Ward

Paul Pavlik said:

karl said:

loving the new epson printers! one question: according to several reviews
the 870/1270 offer lightfast prints (25 years) when used with epson inks
and heavyweight matte paper. is this any epson heavyweight matte paper,
or just the newest stock? i've seen several stores carrying heavyweight
matte paper, but it appears to be older stock.

any ideas?

karl

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SO41260 in A3 (11.7" X 16.5")as well

Ward Larson said:

The paper is identified as: MATTE PAPER - HEAVYWEIGHT - Part # S041257.

I have used this in my new 1270, along with the new Premium Glossy, and I
have to tell you that both are absolutely unbelieveable.

Ward

Paul Pavlik said:

karl said:

loving the new epson printers! one question: according to several reviews
the 870/1270 offer lightfast prints (25 years) when used with epson inks
and heavyweight matte paper. is this any epson heavyweight matte paper,
or just the newest stock? i've seen several stores carrying heavyweight
matte paper, but it appears to be older stock.

any ideas?

karl

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thanks guys, but i'm still dubious about the paper stock.

epson's website claims -

"In order to get the maximum color stability print from your Epson Stylus Photo printer, it is important that you use Epson's Photo Ink (standard on all 870, 875DC and 1270 printers) with Epson's new lightfast papers, Matte Paper - Heavyweight and Premium Glossy Photo Paper."

now i've seen the "lightfast" box version of the premium glossy paper (it clearly lists the 870/1270 printer on the packaging...) but all of the heavyweight matte paper that i've seen has been the old stock which only lists last year's printers.

since epson goes to great lengths to describe the lightfast quality of the printer with "new lightfast papers," is it not reasonable to think that the paper should be labelled as such?

or is it the exact same paper as before? i know that photo dealers are telling us that there's no part number for a new heavyweight matte paper - but that doesn't mean a hill of beans to me... most photo dealers know less than we, the followers of this website.

karl

Hi karl:

I went all around the Epson site and found a reference to the HW Matte part number as one of two papers recommended for the 870/1270. The reference was REALLY difficult to find. I printed the page, but don't have it handy now. Also, via phone conversations with Epson technical support, they confirmed the HW Matte part number as being the paper that has been in production for quite some time, and the one that Wilhelm Research Institute used in their test program. Like you, I wanted to be super sure before I ordered the paper.

Joe Kurkjian

karl edwards said:

karl wrote:
thanks guys, but i'm still dubious about the paper stock.

epson's website claims -

"In order to get the maximum color stability print from your Epson Stylus
Photo printer, it is important that you use Epson's Photo Ink (standard
on all 870, 875DC and 1270 printers) with Epson's new lightfast papers,
Matte Paper - Heavyweight and Premium Glossy Photo Paper."

now i've seen the "lightfast" box version of the premium glossy paper (it
clearly lists the 870/1270 printer on the packaging...) but all of the
heavyweight matte paper that i've seen has been the old stock which only
lists last year's printers.

since epson goes to great lengths to describe the lightfast quality of
the printer with "new lightfast papers," is it not reasonable to think
that the paper should be labelled as such?

or is it the exact same paper as before? i know that photo dealers are
telling us that there's no part number for a new heavyweight matte paper

• but that doesn't mean a hill of beans to me... most photo dealers know

less than we, the followers of this website.

karl

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