ILFORD with i950

Between ILFORD CLASSIC GLOSS PAPER and ILFORD SMOOTH GLOSS PAPER, which better quality with Canon i950 and Glossy finish equal to Canon Photo Paper Pro ?

Also Between SMOOTH PEARL PAPER and CLASSIC PEARL PAPER, which better quality with Canon i950 ?

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Canon G2 , Canon i950
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Dear payman:

Classic and Smooth are 2 different types of paper...

The classic is polymer (resin??) coated and is very good to work with dye based printers, such as Canon's...

The smooth paper is a microceramic paper...

It dries up very fast, but it's advisable that you only use it with pigment based inks, such as Epsons's 2100/2200. Canon does not have pigment based inks, only dye...

The problem with dye inks on microceramic paper is that the photo becomes prone to very rapid fading, due to a phenomenon called gas fading... Prints start to fade noticeably in weeks, and has nothing to do with light... This phenomenon occurs even in complete darkness.

You can prevent/delay it by laminating or putting it behind glass...

payman said:

Between ILFORD CLASSIC GLOSS PAPER and ILFORD SMOOTH GLOSS PAPER,
which better quality with Canon i950 and Glossy finish equal to
Canon Photo Paper Pro ?

Also Between SMOOTH PEARL PAPER and CLASSIC PEARL PAPER, which
better quality with Canon i950 ?

Thanks.
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Canon G2 , Canon i950
http://www.pbase.com/iran_by_g2

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José Carlos Paiva Rodrigues
Sports Photographer
Computer Science Engineer
CS Teacher

Thanks very much.

Jose Rodrigues said:

Classic and Smooth are 2 different types of paper...

The classic is polymer (resin??) coated and is very good to work
with dye based printers, such as Canon's...

The smooth paper is a microceramic paper...
It dries up very fast, but it's advisable that you only use it with
pigment based inks, such as Epsons's 2100/2200. Canon does not have
pigment based inks, only dye...

The problem with dye inks on microceramic paper is that the photo
becomes prone to very rapid fading, due to a phenomenon called gas
fading... Prints start to fade noticeably in weeks, and has nothing
to do with light... This phenomenon occurs even in complete
darkness.

You can prevent/delay it by laminating or putting it behind glass...

payman said:

Between ILFORD CLASSIC GLOSS PAPER and ILFORD SMOOTH GLOSS PAPER,
which better quality with Canon i950 and Glossy finish equal to
Canon Photo Paper Pro ?

Also Between SMOOTH PEARL PAPER and CLASSIC PEARL PAPER, which
better quality with Canon i950 ?

Thanks.
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Canon G2 , Canon i950
http://www.pbase.com/iran_by_g2

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José Carlos Paiva Rodrigues
Sports Photographer
Computer Science Engineer
CS Teacher

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I haven't seen a i950 print on ILFORD CLASSIC GLOSS, but the print on SMOOTH GLOSS is outstanding. I couldn't tell the difference between it and Canon PPP.

payman said:

Between ILFORD CLASSIC GLOSS PAPER and ILFORD SMOOTH GLOSS PAPER,
which better quality with Canon i950 and Glossy finish equal to
Canon Photo Paper Pro ?

Also Between SMOOTH PEARL PAPER and CLASSIC PEARL PAPER, which
better quality with Canon i950 ?

Thanks.
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Canon G2 , Canon i950
http://www.pbase.com/iran_by_g2

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Eddie
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01ympus C-4O4O, TC0N14, Megap1us2x, Vivitar285HV, Can0n i85O, lots of filters

Payman,

Check this link out...

http://www.pictureline.com/digital/dinkjetsupplies/dilford/images/GALERIEChoosingCorrectPaper.pdf

It confirms what Jose said.

payman said:

Between ILFORD CLASSIC GLOSS PAPER and ILFORD SMOOTH GLOSS PAPER,
which better quality with Canon i950 and Glossy finish equal to
Canon Photo Paper Pro ?

Also Between SMOOTH PEARL PAPER and CLASSIC PEARL PAPER, which
better quality with Canon i950 ?

Thanks.
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Canon G2 , Canon i950
http://www.pbase.com/iran_by_g2

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Thanks. but on the box of SMOOTH GLOSS paper write 2880dpi and i want print 4800dpi by i950. no problem ?

Eddie Kay said:

payman said:

Between ILFORD CLASSIC GLOSS PAPER and ILFORD SMOOTH GLOSS PAPER,
which better quality with Canon i950 and Glossy finish equal to
Canon Photo Paper Pro ?

Also Between SMOOTH PEARL PAPER and CLASSIC PEARL PAPER, which
better quality with Canon i950 ?

Thanks.
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Canon G2 , Canon i950
http://www.pbase.com/iran_by_g2

Click to expand...

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Eddie
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01ympus C-4O4O, TC0N14, Megap1us2x, Vivitar285HV, Can0n i85O, lots
of filters

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payman said:

Thanks. but on the box of SMOOTH GLOSS paper write 2880dpi and i
want print 4800dpi by i950. no problem ?

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No problem at all. I print at best quality settings on my canon and the prints come out beautiful. Personally I think they look better than canon paper. In fact ilford recomends using the best setting with smooth gloss and canon i series printers. One thing to be aware of, with ilford classic papers you may have a problem with ink pooling due to the speed of the printer, more so with classic gloss. Some have overcome this problem with the right settings but be aware it can happen.

payman said:

Eddie Kay said:

payman said:

Between ILFORD CLASSIC GLOSS PAPER and ILFORD SMOOTH GLOSS PAPER,
which better quality with Canon i950 and Glossy finish equal to
Canon Photo Paper Pro ?

Also Between SMOOTH PEARL PAPER and CLASSIC PEARL PAPER, which
better quality with Canon i950 ?

Thanks.
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Canon G2 , Canon i950
http://www.pbase.com/iran_by_g2

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Eddie
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01ympus C-4O4O, TC0N14, Megap1us2x, Vivitar285HV, Can0n i85O, lots
of filters

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