For photographers who want a flat matte surface, Epson Ultra Premium Presentation Paper Matte is a great choice with its bright whites and ability to preserve shadow detail. The alpha cellulose paper features a heavy basis weight of 192 gsm along with a thickness of 10.3 mil. Also, it has a high rated brightness of 104% that helps highlights look their best.
This paper is available here as a 100-pack of 13 x 19″ sheets.
Syble Davis (verified owner) –
Excellent. Exceptional customer service.
Lenny Mueller (verified owner) –
Photos
Otilia Homenick (verified owner) –
Ultra Premium Matte does a fabulous job and Black and White photo presentations. Recommend Highly
Olen Howe (verified owner) –
I wouldn’t buy this again, unless you print a lot of proofs, or are testing (as to not waste good paper). I prefer other Epson matte papers, much better. This is thin, and hard to tell with side to print on. No brand logo on backside. I would only recommend for proofs, or cheap prints on matte. Not for prints for sale, museum or gallery prints.
Jonas Mitchell (verified owner) –
I have been using Epson printers (my current printer is the R2880) and papers for many, many years and always find their products to be excellent. The packaging was also well done, with special attention to protect against damaged corners.
Winifred Collins (verified owner) –
As usual, Epson paper rules! I loved the softer look of this paper, a more painterly quality, than the usual Epson luster I use. Try this one out.
Owen Howell (verified owner) –
Works great
London Douglas (verified owner) –
Amazing quality prints delivered on my little desktop photo printer. Color prints nicely but, black and white images print beautifully on this paper. The matte finish gives deep, rich blacks and beautiful shadow detail. Weight is good. Price can’t be beat.
Roger Mosciski (verified owner) –
great paper for photographic printing
Lucile Pacocha (verified owner) –
This is a good product for the price. It would be a 5 star product if it could be printed both sides like their Premium Presentation Matte. The color gamut is way better than the Premium Presentation Matte product and images look crisper due to the high white level. Blacks also look better.
Pablo Zboncak (verified owner) –
Low cost, good reproduction quality.
Noble Walker (verified owner) –
I use this size for test prints. It’s cost effective and makes for a great print.
Santino Fadel (verified owner) –
Can’t beat it for price and/or output quality. This paper, coupled with the correct ICC profile is, simply, amazing. I love it. The paper ranges more toward a natural white, rather than being overly bright with optical whiteners. Thus it’s a bit warmer than some of the other matte papers. Images, when printed on this paper, are crisp, and clear, well defined, with an amazing tonal range. I love it. My only complaint about the paper is that it’s a bit thin in terms of feel. It is ultra-premium but I do like the feel of the heavier papers. I use this as a final paper as well as a burner to print test images on.
Lue Mertz (verified owner) –
This paper is one of the best for great B&W images, and for the price it beats t He competition hands down.
Angela Corkery (verified owner) –
I used Epson Premium Luster and Glossy for quite a while but never happy with the surface/ink combination. Dark and black ink did not match the shiny-ness of the paper. I’d always used Agfa Brovira and Portriga rapid–air dried when I was making silver gelatine black and white prints. The surface of Premium Luster was the closest digital medium, but the inconsistent reflectivity led me to using Matte. Combined with matte black ink color images are nice and saturated, maybe not as crisp color contrast as Luster or Glossy but very good. Black and white photos I scan using 16-bit RGB. In Photoshop I either use the red channel, desaturated, (which has a similar effect of a red filter on camera lens using b&w film) or desaturate the RGB combined. That is the way to utilize the light black ink in the Stylus Photo 2200, which gives a much longer tonal scale than when selecting Black Ink in the print settings. I like the results of B&W on Matte paper using RGB/16-bit. It’s also easy to tone the desaturated image using Photoshop filters at low %, either sepia or warming 85a/b. I can get a Portriga Rapid warm tone this way.The question not answered on the package or anywhere on Epson’s website: Is Ultra Premium Presentation Matte acid free?
Abigail Larson (verified owner) –
This paper makes great B&W prints with good shadow and highlight details, also good for color prints if one does not need gloss.
Liliane Pfeffer (verified owner) –
I use this paper to make greeting cards. It’s a perfect blend of quality paper and good weight to do this with.
Martina Stoltenberg (verified owner) –
I use this for perfect inexpensive proofs for Epson HotPress Bright.
Jacynthe King (verified owner) –
Excellent. Exceptional customer service.
Genesis Kshlerin (verified owner) –
This is very good paper for the price. It is a little thin but excellent for test prints.