Canon or Epson Paper, or what?

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Hi all,

just seeking some general opinions on popularly available photo paper. I used to have an Epson Inkjet so still have reasonable supplies of Epson photo glossy paper, etc. I now have a Canon MP610 inkjet so I'm wondering what to order next. The Epson paper still seems to do well with the canon inkjet, but the print driver offers print settings for only the Canon own-brand papers. I generally just select generic glossy photo paper as the printer setting in the print driver on my Mac, which seems fine.

I'm wondering if I can expect much better results by buying some new Canon paper, or if there are better papers out there to try, because few high street shops seem to stock the canon stuff round my way, only epson. If I go with a third party supplier what printer setting should I use? I like satin and gloss photo paper, as well as coated matt inkjet paper for cards, Cds, etc.

thanks in advance.
 
all depends how you print. if you use canons own papers then you don't have to use ICC profiles - I let the printer manage the colour on an mp620 and mp640 that I have access to. only use the canon paper cause thats whats there. If I was to use any other type I'd make my own profile for it.
 
Thanks. And how do you rate the Canon paper? does it have different characteristics to the epson paper i still have left? Would you recommend it for my MP610, or are there better ones I could try (for similar money)?
 
canon paper works fine although there are cheaper alternatives. The only epson paper I use with my R2400 is their traditional photopaper
 
Thanks. Cheaper alternatives of similar quality? If so, I'd be very interested in knowing what I should try next. Either Matt coated paper, or photo glossy.
 
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Sorry for the questions, I've never looked into this before, only used epson paper with my old stylus colour photo 950 printer.
 
Ilford, permajet, fotospeed, harman, innova.

The problem is that they might not have profiles for your printer.
 
OK, thanks. I think I'll just try some of the canon photo paper first then to get a frame of reference. It's probably easier than faffing about with uncertainties.
 
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