Cheap ET-8550 Photo Papers & Canvas tested

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  @KeithCooper · 8 months ago · pinned

  Questions always welcome! If you&apos;d like to make a small donation towards my testing, I have a Kofi page: &quot;Buy me a coffee&quot; <a href="https://ko-fi.com/keithcooper">https://ko-fi.com/keithcooper</a> My bespoke training is covered at: <a href="https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/commercial-photography/training/">https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/commercial-photography/training/</a> &nbsp;I&apos;m also available as a speaker at conferences and photography events. All my current standard profiles are listed via <a href="https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/keith-cooper-printer-profiles/">https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/keith-cooper-printer-profiles/</a> All I ask for the profiles is a Ko-Fi donation

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  @onstreetcamera · 3 months ago

  Mr. Cooper, thank you! You&apos;ve done an impressive job sharing such useful information, not only through your YouTube videos but also via the articles on your Northlight Images website. Finding your other resources, like the paper profiles, has been incredibly helpful too!

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  @oldfilmguy9413 · 8 months ago

  As always, really useful information. I will be trying the canvas paper for sure. I really, really appreciate all the work you do for these reviews, both in terms of the profiles, but also the videos. This is a great service to the photo community. Cheers!

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  @dunnymonster · 8 months ago

  Excellent Keith. Many folk buy the ET8550 specifically for its budget running costs so it&apos;s not unreasonable that users will be looking at budget papers to use with it. <br>On a personal level I prefer to use higher quality paper brands, the ET8550 whilst a budget printer can certainly do high end papers full justice.<br>Always good to have choices and your tireless work producing so many custom profiles for this printer opens the door on maximising print results without breaking the bank. 👍

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  @taffystube · 7 months ago

  Thanks Keith. I’m a big fan of the Satin 200 from PPD and your .icc profiles. &nbsp;You do a great service for 8550 users. &nbsp;Thanks.

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  @MostlyClaudi · 7 months ago

  Thanks for the very useful informations. I never noticed the mentioned PPD papers from Amazon. I&apos;ll give it a try.

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  @ViaFerrataCH · 8 months ago

  Glad to know about epson no value paper, thanks

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  @jubb8 · 6 months ago

  I have been using the Koala photo satin paper together with your icc profile, for my landscape and flower photography. You recommended before. I have been getting some pretty awesome results. So thanks for that!

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  @cward2986 · 7 months ago

  I’ve been interested in the PPD Canvas, so thanks for including that one! I have seen notes that prints on it fade badly, but plan to try it for myself. Also interested in the PPD matte papers.

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  @nottimothy5994 · 8 months ago (edited)

  Nice :) Will the profile table be updated soon on the site?

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  @stadoooin · 7 months ago

  hi Keith, thank your for your contribution to the printing folks. May i recommend further knowledge transfer: can you show us on your web site some detail shots of prints - idealy of your test images - that you say are good results and some which are in your opinion - let say - bad prints. i think it woundnt be of help to put names of the papers and printers so that people get a false perspective. just some informations to know what to search for when printing or trying different papers, to get a feel to what to look for. i hope my question/request makes sense. thx in advance

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  @mirceagavan7046 · 6 months ago

  Canon high glossy letter size paper works very very well w/o any pre preparation, I mean no profiles I try it because I did not have any paper more finish the job