Inkpress Media Duo Matte 80 Paper (11 x 17″, 50 Sheets)

123 reviews for Inkpress Media Duo Matte 80 Paper (11 x 17″, 50 Sheets)

1. Rated 5 out of 5

   Aaron Beahan
   April 24, 2022    Verified Purchase

   I use this paper for making greeting cards and for certain professional prints. Color come out well on a Canon Pro 100 printer; there is never any bleeding or smearing. The 250 sheet pack is a bargain and I am looking forward to having a much larger supply of paper on hand.

2. Rated 1 out of 5

   Spencer Daugherty
   April 21, 2022    Verified Purchase

   This paper is not for you if you have dark images to print.

3. Rated 5 out of 5

   Eudora Haley
   April 20, 2022    Verified Purchase

   This is a super affordable paper and really well-made for presentation-ready materials (or, I use it to proof some concepts before printing on a photo rag). I’ll only buy this at B&H because they usually have it in stock– Adorama makes you wait for delivery from their warehouse, and it’s never as convenient.

4. Rated 2 out of 5

   Marcella Shanahan
   April 18, 2022    Verified Purchase

   I have been using this paper for several years because of the price point and weight/size needs, but Ive gotten more and more frustrated and disappointed with the quality. Its now at the point where I can hardly use the paper anymore and must find an alternative such as the Moab Lasal Matte. Normally when you buy a box of paper you just assume all the sheets are fine. Maybe a couple in a box are unusable just on sheer happenstance but it never crosses your mind that you should open the package and go through each sheet one at a time and inspect each one discriminately to ensure they are all usable — especially with paper that’s specifically designed for presentation printing and not generic copy paper. Well that’s what Ive had to do over the last 10 or so boxes Ive bought of any Inkpress Matte paper of the last 3-4 years. I would estimate 50-75% of sheets in every box I order are completely unusable. Why? Because so many sheets have imperfections and artifacts imbedded into the paper. Small grey and brown specs and black spots that are actually in the paper and not on the paper. Oftentimes 5-10 imperfections per sheet, per side. This includes black specs and tiny artifacts ON the paper that must be removed delicately by scraping them away with an exacto blade — which in half the cases damages that sheet of paper and makes it unusable anyway. Sometimes trying a delicate eraser can remove some of the specs. But at other times the imperfections are just manufactured into the paper and no amount of DIY fixing can solve the problem. I make prints where the whites are as important as the inked areas and cannot have specs and artifacts showing in the white. And when you try to print over the imperfections they just show through anyway or some imperfections eventually flake off (and so too the ink you printed on top of the imperfection), so now you have a white fleck showing in a sea of ink. I have no idea what the QC protocol is at Inkpress but they need to start printing paper in an air-filtrated pressurized room or something because I could spend 2-3x as much on paper and still come out better priced per print because Id be throwing away so many fewer sheets. In any 50 sheet box of Inkpress DuoMatte I buy, I have to toss 30-35 of them. I know it before I even open the box. Well, I’m at the point where I can’t waste this kind of money anymore so I’m going to switch to another manufacturer with the hope the QC is infinitely better. If and when the Inkpress sheets are without imperfections, the quality of the paper is perfectly fine and performs well. But those times are few and far between. Its not just a random box either. Like I said Ive ordered probably 15-20 boxes over the last 7-8 years. The QC has never been acceptable. Unfortunately you cant get a refund from B&H unless you get the box and visually inspect each sheet of paper the moment you get it, otherwise the refund period will expire. Thats ridiculous for paper because you don’t buy boxes of paper under the proviso you need to inspect each sheet to verify its okay. You buy paper and you stock it in your business and you pull it off the supply shelf when you need it. You grab sheets from the top of the box as you need them. There’s a minimum level of presumption that the paper will not be so imperfect that its practically unusable for its intended use. If this were cheap copy paper these artifacts and imperfections might not be a big deal but this product is not that. There needs to be more practical return policy on paper based on how its ordered and used. Spending hours inspecting 500 sheets of paper ON BOTH SIDES with a close eye to ensure its okay is not fair ask by any metric. Time is money and I no longer have the time or patience to continue accepting this product as acceptable.

5. Rated 5 out of 5

   Alva Bauch
   April 15, 2022    Verified Purchase

   I use it for card making and scrapbooking. I don’t have any complaints and when I print it for scrapbooking, the pictures come out really clear. When you put it behind a clear sleeve, it is hard to tell that it is not photo paper.

6. Rated 5 out of 5

   Willis Lindgren
   April 13, 2022    Verified Purchase

   I purchased this for headshots so I can print my resume on the same paper rather than having to attach it with staples or tape. It prints excellently and serves the purpose and I prefer it to glossy as it doesn’t get affected by light conditions. Also, there was no ink smudging right after printing and for the past few weeks I haven’t had a single issue. Add this to the speedy delivery, intact shipment and helpful customer service prior to purchase and you’ve got yourself an excellent deal.

7. Rated 5 out of 5

   Grant McClure
   April 13, 2022    Verified Purchase

   Good Photo Paper. Did not see much difference with the Canon paper. Love that it’s double sided and helps with keeping my homemade mini photo albums light and well organized :)! Just one wish: I wish they had a semi matte type available.

8. Rated 5 out of 5

   Callie Kuhic
   April 12, 2022    Verified Purchase

   Have ordered this before and I have some clients who love the results. If your a macro detailed photographer, I wouldn’t purchase it for the grain will hide the detail.

9. Rated 4 out of 5

   Ellis Reichert
   April 11, 2022    Verified Purchase

   Very pleased with the Duo-Matt 80 paper.

10. Rated 5 out of 5

    Dina Hodkiewicz
    April 8, 2022    Verified Purchase

    So great for digital scrapbooking! Must buy more.

11. Rated 4 out of 5

    Zelda Davis
    April 1, 2022    Verified Purchase

    The price for this paper is unbeatable. It has a beautiful texture and prints quite nicely with an Epson SureColor 600. I had some difficulty discerning how to load it and what category of paper to pick when printing. However, for the price it’s not a bad trade off

12. Rated 5 out of 5

    Tillman Runte
    March 30, 2022    Verified Purchase

    I was printing a photo with type over it to be used as thank you cards. I love that this is 12 pts thick. My epson Inkjet prints super clear on it. Very nice!

13. Rated 5 out of 5

    Lucious Yost
    March 21, 2022    Verified Purchase

    Here’s what’s great about this paper: It’s affordable, high quality, you can print on both sides, and it comes in a nifty box. Here’s what’s not so great: the paper must’ve gotten hot during transport as the stack was curled up after I opened it. Laying it all flat under some books remedied that. Oddly, my printer (Epson NX series) won’t feed the paper through. If I stand there & jiggle it just so after the feeder opens, I can subtly lift & drop the paper into the upright feeder & convince the printer to take it. This is probably a glitch with my printer, not the papers fault, but I wanted to share this in case any of you out there are having the same dilemma. All in all I LOVE this paper & would highly recommend it.

14. Rated 5 out of 5

    Kayleigh Kulas
    March 19, 2022    Verified Purchase

    I ran 90copies of the same print for a brochure – with extreme success from an epsonR1800. Inkpress.com suggested using the printer profile for it’s ultra premium matte paper but this paper performed admirably at 600dpi regular matte. My printer could only take the paper one sheet at time or it would get confused (its a consumer model, don’t know if its the case for more advanced printers). I did perform test strips using different print rendering intentions that I compared against using a color control system. The most accurate was epson’s standard without black point compensation. This paper is as accurate as epson’s single sided matte at 1/3 of the price.

15. Rated 5 out of 5

    Effie Little
    March 18, 2022    Verified Purchase

    I created invitations that came out so crisp and colorful

16. Rated 2 out of 5

    Carlie O’Keefe
    March 12, 2022    Verified Purchase

    Black areas of image reveal a surface texture with an unpleasant mottled sheen. Ruins shadow areas and black hair, as two examples.Though brighter than Epson Ultra Premium Presentation Matte, prints have noticeably less contrast, resulting in a slight muddiness that is hard to overcome.For some reason, the 5×7, the only size I’ve tried, causes the 3880 to deposit blobs of black ink, somewhat mitigated by changing paper thickness in the driver settings, but not completely. I’ve done my best to flatten the paper, which tends to curl easily.Note I’m using a new Epson 3880 which is having no problems with other Matte papers, including Presentation and Cold Press Natural, or with luster papers. Only this paper has blotting issues.Perhaps this was never meant for photos, but for graphics and text?It is slightly brighter than Epson Ultra Premium Presentation Paper MATTE. It is cheap. No other positive comments…

17. Rated 1 out of 5

    Zoe Kohler
    February 25, 2022    Verified Purchase

    I’ve been using Inkpress Print Plus Matte 80 for some time and it was a great, low cost, substitute for Epson, Enhanced Matte, but their new Inkpress Due Matte 80 is very disappointing to me. It doesn’t seem to accept Cyan ink very well from my Epson 2200. Solid blue skies look more like a snow storm. Expertise: Full time photographer Problems Encountered: See above.

18. Rated 5 out of 5

    Maida Weber
    February 25, 2022    Verified Purchase

    This paper is really everything it says it is- a 2 sided decent weight bright white matte paper. I use this paper to produce prints of my artwork and I absolutely love it! I prefer the matte paper to the gloss or even semi because with the proper printing equipment will will get amazningly deep & rich prints that dont have a distracting gloss. The paper weight is also just right so that it can be rolled in tubes for shipping without damaging the paper. Since it is a matte paper you do of coures want to make sure your fingers are clean when handling it

19. Rated 4 out of 5

    Kristin Kulas
    February 19, 2022    Verified Purchase

    I bought this paper to get as high a quality as possible from my inkjet printer. I liked the weight and the texture. Color rendition was quite impressive. Affordability is a plus. Satisfied with the purchase

20. Rated 5 out of 5

    Alec Grimes
    February 17, 2022    Verified Purchase

    I USED THIS PHOTO PAPER TO MAKE ‘SAVE THE DATE’ CARDS FOR MY DAUGHTER’S WEDDING. THEY CAME OUT SUPER AND VERY HAPPY WITH THE PAPER. NEEDED DOUBLE SIDED SO THAT WAS A NEEDED FIND! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!