Canon Pro Paper Samples Pack 8657B012

I just got the Canon Pixma iP8720 Printer and it came with a high-gloss sample pack (Photo Paper Plus Glossy II - 3 photo papers 8.5x11 ). I also purchased this Sample Pack to try out the Semi-Gloss, Luster, Platinum, and Premium Matte. Here are my thoughts on this pack and the printer sample, and ordered from most favorite to least favorite (I printed a high contrast, very colorful image of blown glass art on each of these papers to determine my ratings/comparison): 1. Luster - This photo paper looks similar to the Semi-Gloss at face value, but it also seems to have a rougher texture, more like the matte. I really like this because it doesn't get a huge, bright glare in bright light, but enough to make it still look dynamic. Overall, a very high quality glossy paper while still maintaining texture. 2. Pro Platinum - This paper has a high gloss finish, but looks very clean, and seemed reflective than the Glossy II, which I like. A great paper if you want that super glossy look. The colors from my photo look incredible on this paper. 3. Premium Matte - I actually really love the look of this matte. For being matte, the colors and sharpness still look very, very good. Not quite as good as the glossy papers, but it still is a great color quality. I found it impressive that the colors look almost the same as the glossy ones, but having no reflection and added texture really made the print look interesting! I assume putting it under a glass frame would really enhance prints on this paper, too. 4. Semi-Gloss - This semi-gloss does look really, really good, but personally I prefer the Luster if I'm going for a semi-gloss finish. I'd say the glossiness of this semi-gloss and the luster are exceptionally close, BUT the semi-gloss lacks the texture that the luster has. It is much smoother though, in case you prefer less texture. 5. Photo Paper Plus Glossy II - This one is my least favorite. Although it is a high-gloss, I think the Pro Platinum produced a much better glossy photo than this Glossy II. Overall, it did still produced a great print. I hope that this review helps you. These are my personal opinions about each type of photo paper, but I would highly recommend ordering this sample pack to determine what type of paper you want print with!! If you do purchase this, I would definitely encourage you to print the same photo on all 4 types so you can really get a good idea of the differences between them.

This is an excellent sample pack to decide which type of photo paper you like. My beloved Epson photo printer bit the dust after many, many years and it was just getting too difficult to find the ink. So my better half bought a Canon. I knew from my Epson that like branded paper prints better on the same brand of printer. I bought this sampler pack just to play with our new printer and it exceeded my expectations. I have never and would have never bought matte paper if it hadn’t been included and thankful it was. Portraits are crisp and just give you that “WOW”. All my photos turned out excellent on each sample. The luster finish reminds me of the same paper photos used to be printed on years ago. Not flimsy, thin, basic photo paper.

It’s canon for crying out loud! It’s good. Period.

Not a bad sampler for my canon pro printer.

Quality paper packaged professionally each sepperate, I wish they had double sided for all of them but for single sided they each and all are premium

Trying out different papers in new high end printer. Glad I did. Liked the look of one paper and purchased 17x22 for large print. Great way to see what images are going to look like

Wow! You can really tell the difference printing on this paper. The premium luster looks extremely professional when printing photos.

I have been testing out so many papers to use for greeting cards and art prints for my business and I am so glad to have come across this sampler pack. Not only it is cheap but it comes with a total of 20sheets and 4 different style. This allowed me to test out prints without having to spend so much and being stuck with a huge amount of paper. On the first picture, you can see how full and vibrant the pictures are compare to the cut up cards on the second picture ( I used 100lb digital smooth card stock) which came out very dull and noisy compare to the vibrant and full color of the canon paper. The only downside is the canon paper isn’t as think as the 100lb-110lb paper that I originally wanted for my greeting cards but the quality is just so great and I couldn’t pass it up. Luster- definitely has a great texture and not to glossy. Semi-gloss- no texture and slightly glossy Platinum- pretty glossy and thicker paper Matte- semi thick and non glossy.

パッケージにかなり難がありました。四隅がボロボロで、表面が色褪せていました。長く在庫として保管していたものなのかなという印象です。これを販売する姿勢がありえないと思いました。

Great to understand different types of paper. Letter paper size is awkward for finding frames for prints.

Excelente pack para comparar diferentes tipos de papel

vienen varias muestras de varios tipos de papel , así los conoces y luego pides el papel que mas te gusta .

Inconvenientes: - No tiene todas las versiones del papel (lás más recientes, como la Premium Platinum 2) - Algunos tipos de papel son muy parecidos - Un tipo de papel de plano parece cartulina