Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets)

Comments about Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets):

With the icc profile from Ilford's site; paper gives beautiful (accurate) bright colors. Has great contrast/tone. The quality reminds of my days in the darkroom; kind of act like fiber-base paper, but without all the curling.

Comments about Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets):

I'm printing fine art photography exhibit quality display prints. The supplied Ilford profile was spot on after testing didn't make any changes. Superb quality with pigment inks. Great for both B&W and color prints. Most reasonably priced of the exhibition quality fiber based papers.

Comments about Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets):

A beautiful paper with great tonal range and not too much texture which I like. Great for color work. I love this paper. Use it for exhibition prints.

Comments about Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets):

I compared this paper to Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Baryta and Pearl, Epson Hot and Cold Press Fine Art papers. Printer was an Epson Stylus Photo R3000. I tested it with a standard test target photo.

The Gold Fiber Silk was the best overall, for accurate color reproduction, density of color, and sharpness of outline. The B&W areas of the test target were sharper with better detail than any of the others.

The paper has a low amount of OBA's. I was looking for papers with none in the other four. Interesting that I picked the one with some OBA's. What I found most interesting is that the Ilford paper stood up to fading tests at Aardenberg labs equal to if not better than the other four papers.

Better, the price is half that of these other fine papers. I use the paper for professional prints and exhibits.

Comments about Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets):

Suggested to use this paper by my photography teacher.

Very happy with the suggestion.

Great paper!

Comments about Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets):

Seem to have problems with the higher quality paper and the epson r2400/r2880. Leaves a streak sometime because of how wide the opening is on the printer. However, the paper is amazing.

Comments about Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets):

Fantastic all purpose paper.

Comments about Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets):

This is a very good product.

Comments about Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets):

This is a very good product.

Comments about Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets):

Bought it as an alternative to Epson Luster and I like the Ilford product better.

Comments about Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets):

The combination of excellent color, lovely texture, and reasonable cost make this highly-regarded paper my favorite for exhibition prints. The slightly textured surface is very similar to that of hot-pressed Ilford Multigrade B&W darkroom paper, which makes it excellent for B&W as well as color. The semi-gloss surface and compatibility with Epson's "photo black" ink renders deep blacks and a wide tonal range. Being semi-gloss rather than a flat matte like, say, Epson Ultrasmooth, it's well-suited to naked mounting (not under glass).

Comments about Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets):

Smooth surface stands out from the slightly textured rest. Heavy and stiff and flat—no edge scuffing here. Good balance between warm and cool. Smells like the old days. Less expensive than most in the same league. What more could you want?

Comments about Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets):

I've used Gold Fiber Silk in the 13x19" size and was so pleased with the result I ordered the 8.5x11" size for smaller prints to sell. I print on an Epson 3800 using the Ilford supplied icc profile and recommended settings. Although I primarily use Gold Fiber silk for color prints, I recently printed a black and white on the paper and it handles that well also. My only complaint, Ilford doesn't make the paper in 11x17", other than that, it's a great paper.

Comments about Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets):

This paper is my paper of choice for my B&W images. I can get images that are almost indistinguisable from silver prints.

Comments about Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets):

When looking at the Bayrta papers, the Hahnemeulhe is a fine paper, but almost 2x the cost of the Ilford. I do like the Hahnemeulhe paper texture as it is a little more prominent, but the Ilford is just an extremely awesome paper.

I'm using a Canon 9500 mk2 and the prints are spot on with the provided profiles from Ilford! Will be using this as my main paper for all my prints.

Comments about Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets):

We've tested this paper and love it. We're going to start putting all our portrait work on it.

Comments about Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets):

Despite the odd name, this is a wonderful Baryta paper with the look and feel of a "real" photo paper. I use it for my best prints, prints that I want to last, prints that have meaning. Prints made with this paper and my Epson 2880 are outstanding. Color or black and white prints are a pleasure to behold.

Comments about Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets):

Great for the photos that we want to display in most professional look.

Comments about Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets):

My standard paper for color printing. Has a slightly warm tone and gives beautiful prints on my Epson 7900. Reasonably priced. Mild/mod gloss. Can't go wrong here.

Comments about Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper (Letter, 8.5 x 11" - 50 Sheets):

Ilford Galerie Gold Fiber Silk injet photo paper is wonderful. It gives sharp images with good dynamic range. And the price is hard to beat. For me, the color is too warm for most color photos.
It has a lovely surface. In hand, it displays a uniform sheen with almost no glare. The texture is composed of such fine features that they are just distinguishable with the paper nearly against my nose and with the light at just the right angle. These features have the shape of smoothed granules rather than worm-shaped texture common in resin coated papers.
To the touch, the the surface is pleasantly smooth, but becomes tacky if my fingers have the slightest moisture or on days of very high humidity (when raining outside). The texture of the surface does seem sensitive to scratching. Even lightly running the top of my fingernail across the surface will result in a streak where the glare is slightly higher. On the other hand this only affects the surface texture not the printed image, which seem quite resistant to scratches. To test this, I even dug-in the edge of my fingernail and was not able to see any effect on the image. This is quite different than would be the case with matte papers.
The paper is thick and gives a sense of presence between the fingers, but is stiffer than I hoped. Even the back surface is pleasant to the touch. There is no sense that it is coated with plastic, rather the fiber is clearly distinguishable. The back surface does have the subtle texture of a paper that is embedded with a chalk like powder (just in the feel, it obviously doesn't leave any residue).
All in all, Ilford Galerie Gold Fiber Silk is wonderful to interact with.