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Epson Hot Press Bright Smooth Matte Paper - 17 x 22" - 25 Sheets

  • Price: $103.72
  • GBP 66.22
  • B&H # EPHPBC25
  • Mfr# S042331

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  • Acid Free
  • pH Buffered

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Epson Hot Press Bright Smooth Matte Paper is an acid free, 100% cotton rag media with a bright textured finish. This paper has an extremely-high color gamut and black density. This cylinder mould-made product is optimized for Epson UltraChrome, and Archival Ink.

This fine art paper is not only acid, lignin, and chlorine free, it is also pH buffered with calcium carbonate for a true archival sheet.

100% cotton cold press for long term durability
Mould-made in the traditional style
Acid and lignin free and pH buffered to preserve fine art and photos
High Dmax and wide color gamut
Bright white base
Basis Weight 330
Thickness 17
ISO Brightness 96
Opacity 98%
Surface Finish Matte

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EpsonHot Press Bright Smooth Matte Paper - 17 x 22" - 25 Sheets
 
4.4

(based on 8 reviews)

Ratings Distribution

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    (5)

  • 4 Stars

     

    (2)

  • 3 Stars

     

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88%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

  • Professional weight (6)
  • Bright (5)
  • Sharp tones & colors (5)
  • Doesn't jam (4)

Cons

    Best Uses

    • Color photos (5)
      • Reviewer Profile:
      • Frequent user (6)
      • Primary use:
      • Business (4), Personal (4)

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    5.0

    Excellent

    By Pics

    from Boston, MA

    About Me Frequent User

    Verified Buyer

    Pros

    • Bright
    • Doesn't Jam
    • Professional Weight
    • Sharp Tones & Colors

    Cons

      Best Uses

      • Black and white photos
      • Color Photos

      Comments about Epson Hot Press Bright Smooth Matte Paper - 17 x 22" - 25 Sheets:

      Beautiful paper. WOrth the money

      • Primary use:
      • Personal

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      5.0

      My expections was exceeded times Ten!

      By Ira in LA

      from California, USA, North America

      About Me Frequent User

      Verified Buyer

      Pros

        Cons

          Best Uses

          • Fine art archival

          Comments about Epson Hot Press Bright Smooth Matte Paper - 17 x 22" - 25 Sheets:

          If you know this product, you know it's available widely and what you're getting. Paper is paper, but you need to get the right stuff. The point of this writing is the B&H difference.
          I am in Los Angeles, but you'd think from the way it was packed that I lived on Mars. The packaging was solid, secure, professional, and with obvious regard for the condition of the product and my need to have it arrive in good order. 15 stars for packing and delivery!!

          • Primary use:
          • Business

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          5.0

          great paper!

          By Dan

          from Washington, DC

          About Me Frequent User

          Verified Buyer

          Pros

          • Bright
          • Doesn't Jam
          • Professional Weight
          • Sharp Tones & Colors

          Cons

            Best Uses

            • Black and white photos
            • Color Photos

            Comments about Epson Hot Press Bright Smooth Matte Paper - 17 x 22" - 25 Sheets:

            I was printing some B&W images for a show. They came out great!

            • Primary use:
            • Business

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            4.0

            A very nice paper

            By none

            from West Yellowstone, Montana

            About Me Frequent User

            Verified Buyer

            Pros

            • Bright
            • Durable
            • Professional Weight
            • Sharp Tones & Colors

            Cons

              Best Uses

              • Color Photos

              Comments about Epson Hot Press Bright Smooth Matte Paper - 17 x 22" - 25 Sheets:

              This paper has a real nice weight to it and feels hefty in the hand. The matte finish is quite nice, and it doesn't seem too fragile to me (but I'm careful with it nonetheless). It's bright, but it's not white. I print a lot of winter minimalist shots with pure white snow in them, and I would like it even more if this paper were whiter yet. But the slight warm cast isn't a problem on other shots, or even on some snow shots if they aren't side by side with a whiter paper. I've had no issues with jamming or anything like that. Colors look good, and for whatever reason, prints on this paper come out matching exactly what my monitor shows. Other papers I use require tiny amounts of "interpolation" to get prints to match the monitor precisely.

              • Primary use:
              • Business

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              4.0

              Love this paper

              By IIXTLD

              from Brooklyn, NY

              About Me Infrequent User

              Verified Buyer

              Pros

              • Bright
              • Doesn't Jam
              • Professional Weight

              Cons

                Best Uses

                • Color Photos

                Comments about Epson Hot Press Bright Smooth Matte Paper - 17 x 22" - 25 Sheets:

                Used this paper for some personal work, as an art show and it came out really nice. Printed this paper on the Epson 3880 and the quality is just brilliant.

                • Primary use:
                • Personal

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                2.0

                Epson Hot Press Dissappointment

                By Redcrown

                from Des Moines, IA

                About Me Frequent User

                Verified Buyer

                Pros

                • Professional Weight

                Cons

                  Best Uses

                    Comments about Epson Hot Press Bright Smooth Matte Paper - 17 x 22" - 25 Sheets:

                    I purchased Epson Hot Press Bright White after reading glowing reviews and watching promotional videos that praised it's d-max and claimed rich, deep blacks and a gamut close to Premium Luster. But in testing this paper on an Epson 3880 printer with Epson profiles, I found poor performance in shadows, and no match to Premium Luster.Initial tests showed "muddy" shadows and a general foggy image. More detailed test with step wedge images showed that the paper is unable to handle RGB values below the 30 to 40 range. The paper clips significantly below this range, and shadow detail is lost.The paper performs well on medium to high key images, but is unsuitable for images with significant low key shadows. Strangely, the Epson promotional videos by famous photographers contain samples of some very low key images. Don't be misled by them, as I was.I documented my experience here[@]

                    • Primary use:
                    • Personal

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                    5.0

                    Great Paper

                    By tom in los olivos

                    from Los Olivos, CA

                    About Me Frequent User

                    Verified Buyer

                    Pros

                    • Bright
                    • Doesn't Jam
                    • Durable
                    • Professional Weight
                    • Sharp Tones & Colors

                    Cons

                      Best Uses

                      • Color Photos

                      Comments about Epson Hot Press Bright Smooth Matte Paper - 17 x 22" - 25 Sheets:

                      Perfect color and density. I love the finish. It handles well and is perfectly consistent.

                      • Primary use:
                      • Personal

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                      (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

                       
                      5.0

                      Breakthrough in Matte Paper

                      By Tom

                      from Boston

                      About Me Heavy Duty User

                      Verified Buyer

                      Pros

                      • Sharp Tones & Colors

                      Cons

                      • None

                      Best Uses

                      • Black & White documents

                      Comments about Epson Hot Press Bright Smooth Matte Paper - 17 x 22" - 25 Sheets:

                      This is the best fine art matte paper anyone has yet produced. It works great with even older printers with the Ultrachrome Ink. Great results from my six year old Epson 4000.

                      • Primary use:
                      • Business

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