Projects where you need photo quality on both sides
Anyone who likes the subtle non-reflective matte finish
Neutral tone landscapes, B&W, low contrast images, artistic work
Graphic arts reproductions, posters, art reproductions
Any inkjet printer
Good to know:
Double-sided (print photo quality on both sides)
Ultra smooth, non-reflective surface
Bright white tone
Universally compatible with dye and pigment inks
Acid free base stock. Acid free coating.
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* Always display inkjet prints under glass, plastic or in a book for maximum print life. ** Rolls come wound with five extra feet at no charge
Specifications
Paper: 100% alpha cellulose base stock
Paper Weight: 60lb 232gsm
Thickness: 11 mil
Coating: Microporous photo matte coated
Base Stock: Alpha-cellulose
Color: Bright white
Acidity: Acid free coating/paper
Optical Brighteners
About Optical Brighteners (OBAs)
OBAs are a class of chemicals added to paper to make it appear "whiter" to your eye. These brighteners work by absorbing UV light and re-emitting light in the blue region. OBAs breakdown over time and allow the true, more natural shade of paper to emerge - thus yellowing will occur.
OBA breakdown does not affect the life of an inkjet print. However, the changing shade of the base paper will become more noticable over time.
Papers with low OBAs will shift in color slightly over a long period of time. The best way to minimize any OBA shift is to protect prints under UV resistant glass.
* This paper stock is thicker than most 60lb. papers due to its construction
Is this paper compatible with your printer's ink?
All products are compatible with aqueous inks. Not designed for solvent, latex or UV.
Epson Photo (dye inks): Yes
Epson UltraChrome (pigment): Yes
Epson DuraBrite Ultra (pigment): Yes
Canon: Yes
Canon Lucia (pigment): Yes
HP: Yes*
Lexmark: Yes
Kodak: Yes
* Matte and cotton art media over 59b. may not feed consistently in Epson printers and may require some hand feeding. ** Epson 4000,6000,7000,9000,10000 series do not work with sizes smaller than 8.5x11 Card sizes under 8.5x11 are not compatible with Epson wide format printers
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Papers with the Archival designtation can take many forms. They can be glossy, matte, canvas, or an artistic product. These papers are acid free, lignin free and can be made of virgin tree fiber (alpha cellulose) or 25-100% cotton rag. They are likely to have optical or fluorescent brightening agents (OBAs) - chemicals that make the paper appear brighter white. Presence of OBAs does not indicate your image will fade faster. It does predict a slow change in the white point of your paper, especially if it is displayed without UV filter glass or acrylic.
Archival Grade Summary
Numerous papers - made from tree or cotton content
An amazing choice for printing custom media covers
Phillip Holt
05/11/2020
Verified Buyer
Bought this on a recommendation for use in printing custom video game/DVD covers, and couldn't be happier. This may even be superior to the official prints. No bleeding or running of ink, and despite it's thickness, cuts extremely well on multiple cutters. Photo print quality is absolutely amazing. As soon as it's off back-order, I see another 5-10 cases in my future just to have!
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AMAZING
Multi-Doc
11/23/2019
The print results are amazing with this paper and my Pro-100.
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50# Double Sided with Epson ET-7750
James Calomb
09/01/2019
Vivid colors from my Epson ET-7750. Colors are bright and the images are very professional looking. Very pleased. Best results if you wait a few minutes before printing reverse side.
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I love this paper.
Mallory Kong
03/16/2019
I use the 50lb matte paper for a lot of my graphic design projects. I recommend for students and professionals. I use a third party pigment ink system and it holds well with this paper.
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Book Makers BEWARE
Michael Sumner / BurningBooks.org
04/23/2018
If you plan to score-&-fold these double-sided papers for books, Red River just informed me, “... we do not keep track of the grain direction for all of those papers, unless noted ...” (!!!) I designed a series of books specifically so they could be be printed using 100% of the 50 lb., 17" x 22" double-sided Premier paper (assuming industry standard “grain Long” sheets). The RR ordering page did not indicate the paper would be “grain Short.” So now I have to re-orient my spreads to print correctly, and throw away 33% of each sheet. And do a lot of extra trimming. Or completely re-design my book series. I'm so sorry it is too much trouble for Red River to "keep track" of the grain on "all those papers." (5 stars for the paper itself, but zero stars for RRs unhelpful paper grain policy)
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Great cardstock
MGK
03/14/2018
This product gave my greeting cards an amazing look and feel. I was able to print high dpi (quality) cards without seeing them warp. The results were stunning.
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Graphic Design Student
KES
10/30/2017
Literally never buying Epson again, the brightness plus the quality and the price don't even seem to add up.
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Blown away with the quality!
David
08/08/2017
I bought this specifically for printing my own video game covers on the recommendation from the community. When I first took a look at this paper firsthand I couldn't really see what the big deal was. It looked nice and had a smooth feel but I thought what's so special about it? After my first printing I now know. This paper took the ink like a champ without any wrinkling or bleeding and the results looks absolutely stunning. I didn't know my printer (HP Officejet Pro 6010) could produce results like this. I can't overstate how much I now recommend this product.
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Fantastic for books!
Celina Oh
04/03/2017
This double-sided paper makes for a great thickness in printing books with graphics, illustrations, and photos. It's just opaque enough to still seem bright white from one side with only text on it, and not really see the ink on the other side of the page that has a photo printed on it. Love it!
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