Kodak 1096023 Premium Picture Paper (8.5x11, 50 Sheets)

Paper prints very well so that photos can be framed and shown.

Printed finish shows very faint gray lines about 1 inch apart over the entire surface of the sheet of paper.

The packing was bad, few sheets damaged

This is the best photo paper out there, in my opinion. And this is a great price -- with free shipping, it's the same as the store, but you don't have to make the trip.

Very good quality

it works good

Using my Canon i560s printer, Kodak's recommended printer driver settings, and Kodak's free software for printing, this paper produces near flawless photos. They are semi-gloss (not high-gloss like Canon's Photo Paper Plus Glossy that comes with the printer). This paper has been reformulated recently (according to the packaging) and I will continue to use it for all photos. I have been unable to get Canon's software to print accurate colors on this paper - so use Kodak's! Canon's software (Easy Photo Print) won't print accurate colors even on their own Photo Paper Plus Glossy paper (and there is no way to manually tinker with the color settings in Easy Photo Print - you can in the Kodak software via the Canon print driver). If you run a comparison, you will see that Kodak has got the color thing nailed cold and Canon does not, regardless of paper type.The only detectable flaw I've seen in any print on Kodak's Premium Picture Paper is on photos with very dark/black areas. If you hold the print at a sharp angle in bright light (you never would unless looking for this flaw) you can see a slight decrease in the reflectivness of these really dark areas that you don't see using the Canon Photo Paper Plus Glossy paper.Nobody who has looked at my prints (except me) has noticed this flaw - so don't worry about it. By the way, I much prefer the semi-glossy nature of this paper to Canon's Photo Paper Plus Glossy which truly is so glossy it can be annoying in some lighting conditions.The Canon i560s uses dye-based ink for printing photos. I think pigment-based ink will have different results (Canon mixes the 3 dye-based colors to produce black when printing photos, as the black cartridge is pigment based in this printer).

The paper says it works with all brands of inkjet printer. I went to Kodak's website and set up my printer settings exactly as instructed for my printer (Canon S800). Even though this paper is very white, smooth, and glossy (all good things), the print quality of the output is significantly inferior to comparably priced Epson Photo Paper and Canon Glossy Photo Paper. Needless to say, I am very disappointed with the print quality. I can see lots of the individual pixels, especially on human flesh. Now I am stuck with a 50-sheet pack of expensive, nearly unusable paper. If you have a Canon S800 printer, stay away from this paper!