Kodak PROFESSIONAL Inkjet Photo Paper Luster (16 x 100 Roll)

I am a professional photographer and started printing in house in 2001. I use Epson printers, right now the 4900. I have tried several roll papers and always come back to the Kodak Lustre. It has a great look with a lab print sheen, lays flat coming out of the printer unlike many other papers that I tried, and the price cannot be beat. I love the Kodak Professional marking on the back. It tells my customers that I use only the best.

I have not done many prints on the material yet, but for the ones I have done it has been a great product and received many compliments.

This is my quality proofing/working paper. The white base and near perfect surface brings out the best and worst in every procesfrom checking an image at scale to nozzle checkthis paper reveals almost everything with clarity. It linearises near perfectly with a low(ish) ink load (245%) across all 6 colors at 1440dpi and the resulting ink surface is nearly perfect. This makes for fast, very high quality proofing. The base substrate is light, so more ink (2880) would require a lower ink load and slower head speeds to stop uneven surface expansion (and potential head strikes). The paper profiles beautifully and can emulate the fidelity and performance of better quality exhibition papers like MOAB Juniper which makes the transition across to final prints easier and more predictable. This makes it perfect to work through ideas on and it stacks flat in drawers without curl memory. A really impressive paper from Kodak (watermarked on the reverse) that beats Epson variants and produces great images that a lot of people enjoy. A great benchmark paper.