Replicating the appearance and feel of a traditional F-surface darkroom paper, Epson Exhibition Fiber Paper aims to provide users with a beautiful soft gloss finish for their digital prints. A fiber base offers a professional feel with a weight of 325 gsm and thickness of 13 mil, making it an excellent choice for galleries and exhibitions. Also, by utilizing some optical brightening agents the paper is able to reach a whiteness of 147% and a brightness of 111%. This makes it possible to create prints with deep blacks and subtle tonal gradations, suitable for advanced black-and-white printing as well as long-lasting color prints. Additionally, this paper is instant drying.
This paper is available here as a 25-pack of 8.5 x 11″ sheets.
Eladio Moore (verified owner) –
Used with Epson Photo printers and Epson Ink will yield high quality color or b&w photographic prints.
Rossie Bogisich (verified owner) –
This paper has a surface that is pretty close to classic silver gelatin paper, glossy-dried-matte. It is actually a bit more glossy, but has a little more texture, and so gives a similar appearance at a distance. In any case, both b&w and color prints look great. It has minimal optical brighteners, and gives pretty neutral white tones, which I prefer to warm tones. I also like the Hahnemuhle FineArt Bartya. That paper has significant optical brighteners, so is bight white, and has more surface texture. It’s also a beautiful paper, but is much more expensive that the Exhibition Fiber. One gripe: Epson, like most photo paper manufacturers, does not offer 17 x 25 sheet sizes, which are the perfect size for printing 16 x 24 images, consistent with the 1:1.5 DSLR format. I buy 17 rolls and cut the sheets myself, which is a lot of work, and you have to uncurl the paper before it can be effectively fed into the printer sheet feeder. I haven’t yet tried this with Exhibition Fiber, and I’m not looking forward to it.
Leonor Leannon (verified owner) –
My favorite paper–tonality, blacks, F-like surface, thickness–exactly what I want. But recently I had a big problem. Suddenly there was unevenness in pure black backgrounds that could only be seen at certain angles; it looked like a mechanical scraping. I tried everything (adjusting platen gap etc.) to fix it but nothing worked. Then I got a new box and the problem disappeared. If I hadn’t had the problem, the paper would certainly get 5 stars.
Angie Ortiz (verified owner) –
Nothing but great results with this on my Epson 3800. Consistently beautiful color and black and white printing.
Pansy Hessel (verified owner) –
Exhibition fiber is a heavy wonderfully printing paper with excellent qualities for an exhibition paper.
Eloisa Senger (verified owner) –
I was disappointed with my color prints using cheap-generic photo papers. My friend told me to try more expensive photo paper, such as Epson’s Exhibition Fiber Paper. To my surprise, my prints were indeed more vivid and cleaner than the cheaper photo paper. Good paper equals good prints!
Gretchen Kautzer (verified owner) –
This paper in combination with my Epson 3880 printer produces B&W prints with the look and feel of darkroom prints made with double weight glossy paper. It has great blacks and bright whites and an amazing range of gray-tones. I have also used this paper with the Epson 2880 and achieved the same great results. It also works great with RGB images producing prints with colors that truly pop!
Selena Morar (verified owner) –
When Epson introduced K3 inks, I started using premium luster paper for black and white on my 4800. The look was great, but the paper was thin up close with window matting. Exhibition Fiber is the answer. Premium Luster look with Ilford Fiber Gloss feel. I still miss the fixer smell on my hands though.
Merlin Heaney (verified owner) –
This acid- and lignin-free photo paper produces resonant contrasts in black and white. Details come out more clearly than with luster paper, and the color fidelity is excellent.
Dee Schowalter (verified owner) –
This has always been one of my favorite papers. It has a very bright white, which can be a drawback if you don’t like optical brighteners. It works especially well with Black and White, full scale images. The texture is a bit stronger than what I like. Perfect for many images. Take care that dust doesn’t adhere to the paper before printing, but that goes for all inkjet prints.
Coralie Waelchi (verified owner) –
Excellent dmax and smooth finish. The free profile from Pixel Genius is almost perfect! Combine a calibrated monitor, EFP, and the Pixel Genius profile and you will get stunning results!
Daren Ward (verified owner) –
I used this paper for my fine art prints and was happily surprised at the quality and boldness. I love the thickness of the paper as well. One issue I have to contend with is dust-if a print is made over a speck it may come off afterward and create a white spot.
Alycia Hegmann (verified owner) –
This is a thick paper with a solid feel and nice texture — much better than Lustre. Without a doubt it is Epson’s finest paper ever manufactured. I viewed several prints made with an Epson 9900 and this paper that were beyond description. They were that great! The sharp tones and brilliant colors are terrific. As for this paper being similar to that of papers used by wet darkroom owners, I highly disagree on this point. I had a darkroom for many years. Exhibition Fiber Paper is absolutely nothing at all like the papers I used in that environment. This is not a shortcoming. It is just an observation. Exhibition Fiber Paper is a marvelous product on its own basis.
Baylee Veum (verified owner) –
looks and feels great.
Kasandra Shanahan (verified owner) –
The product stands up to the claims and is very high quality. Images are crisp and color rendition is very accurate and balanced.
Ophelia Christiansen (verified owner) –
Works as advertised
Murl Kuhic (verified owner) –
I’m new both to photography and printing, so pls take this w/ a grain or two of salt. I purchased an Epson Signature Worthy sample pack from B&H when I bought my Epson 3880 about a month ago. Tried several of the papers in the pack, then hit on the Exhibition Fiber, which uses a Photo Black ICC profile. Prints were stunning. Direct comparison against the same image printed on Epson Premium Luster (which is very nice paper) shows deeper, richer colors – and how this can be I don’t know – but the EF has depth to it. I liked the product so much I purchased a pack of 17×22. Like other reviewers here I’ve noticed that the paper is quite delicate. You have to be very careful when handling it to prevent scratching it. Yes it’s expensive and an indulgence, but I feel good about photography when a print on Exhibition Fiber rolls out of my 3880. How much is that worth? And as always, B&H provided great service.
Rogers McGlynn (verified owner) –
A premium luster paper with enough gloss to look like a photo print but with lower glare than hi gloss and a beautiful texture.
Felicita D’Amore (verified owner) –
I use this for black and white prints. I will use it for color when I get a photo worthy of printing on this paper. It is a durable paper. It has a great look to it. Anything I am framing I will print on this. Not for all prints because of its price. Epson will send sample prints if you call them.
Jayne Harris (verified owner) –
I have been using this digital paper exclusively. I find the results to be the closest to the silver gelatin papers I printed my black and white film negatives with. True whites and blacks,and I prefer the soft gloss finish.