Help me buy… Photo paper

PHOTO PAPERS fall into two main categories. The first includes glossy, semi-gloss and lustre papers, which have a protective, shiny top layer. These are most ideal for use with photo printers that use dye-based inks to generate photo output. The water-based ink is fully absorbed beneath the top layer, enabling excellent uniformity with an entirely smooth finish With matte photo papers.

There’s also ‘fine-art’ media, available from printer manufacturers like Canon and Epson. Standard photo papers tend to have a plasticky feel and can be lacking in character, fine-art papers are often based on cotton ‘rag’ and other premium fibres, and are created to the highest standards with specialist manufacturing processes. Let’s take a