abhishek@1985
Member
Hi,
Am a newbie in large format and prinitng too. Have been trying a lot of papers to find my vision.
Mostly black and white 4x5 landscape images with a few square hasselblad color ones.
I would like to know if anyone has experience in prinitng landscapes on Epson Watercolor paper . How does it behave ?
Also please provide any suggestions as it would help a newbie.
The printer to be used will be an Epson Pro9900.
Regards,
Abhishek
Am a newbie in large format and prinitng too. Have been trying a lot of papers to find my vision.
Mostly black and white 4x5 landscape images with a few square hasselblad color ones.
I would like to know if anyone has experience in prinitng landscapes on Epson Watercolor paper . How does it behave ?
Also please provide any suggestions as it would help a newbie.
The printer to be used will be an Epson Pro9900.
Regards,
Abhishek
x-ray
Veteran
I'm not a landscape photographer but do considerable digital printing of my B&W images for gallery sales. I've used Epson watercolor paper for my catalogs that I send to galleries but use a smooth heavy rag like hahnemuhle photo rag for some images and canson arches Platine for others. The canson is much like air dried fiber base glossy silver gelatin. It not glossy just a slight sheen with excellent tonal separation. The photo rag is a flat mat and very beautiful.
I wouldn't use anything with a pronounced texture.
I wouldn't use anything with a pronounced texture.
arseniii
Well-known
I haven't tried Epson Watercolor paper but I did try a Canson one which has been in a market for a long time. It does give your photographs a watercolor paint like look, especially for landscapes. I also printed on a non-inkjet coated regular watercolor paper(Arches and Waterford) with fantastic outputs at a lower cost.
Orbiter
Established
It's been a few years since I've printed on Epson Watercolor; I thought it was fine but nothing special (for what I was printing). Like the previous posters, I've been using Canson papers for a couple of years and really love the results I've been getting; I really like their Arches Vellin Museum Rag and Arches Aquarelle Rag. Paper choice seems pretty subjective though, so there's nothing like printing your own images on your own equipment to learn what you like best. Freestyle Photographic Supplies sells sample packs of papers by various makers and I've found the samples to be worth the investment. Printing is really fun, there's nothing like getting your own rendition of an image down on paper.