Relatively, I am new to printing, but already it is bringing a deeper satisfaction to my digital photography — almost comparable to the one experienced in the analog darkroom. I must say Red River Papers helped me extensively in getting there.
I’ll touch on the quality of the papers, but before that, I must emphasize that the support I received from the company was impressive. Even before my purchasing the printer, they guided me as to how to narrow my choices. Whenever I had a hiccup as getting started with it, they had a useful suggestion on how to avoid it. The know-how articles on the WEB site, the videos, the in-person emails... help comes in many formats and is always to the point and useful. The interaction with the company resembles more a partnership rather than a vendor-customer relation.
As to the quality of the papers... I photograph the paintings of my wife. Earlier my prints were a source of disappointment until I tried papers such as polar matte, paper canvas, arctic art white... With ordinary paper the photograph of artwork looks like a photograph, with a good Red River Paper, it looks like an artwork itself.