ILFORD Galerie Professional Inkjet 8.5 x 11-Inches, 50 Sheet, Gold Fibre Silk (115 4047)

A heavy weight slightly warm toned paper with a lovely silky sheen similar in a way to some luster papers. I have used many papers over the years sticking with Epson Photo Luster as my everyday run of the mill printing material. I really noticed an improvement in quality with this Ilford paper and black and white prints. Either the tonal range is longer with the Ilford or the blacks are blacker, but for the slight extra price, well worth it. Color must also be better but I don't notice that had quite so much an obvious improvement as with the B/W prints, although to be fair have not laid color prints on both materials side by side. That way I am sure I would see there is a difference. This Ilford paper is probably comparable to some Hahnemühle FineArt papers at a much lower price. In the end I guess you have to try a box and see if it meets your own personal requirements.

I love this paper, even if it is on the expensive side -- I use it with my Canon Pro9500 Mark II for my best portrait and fine art photos.With the custom printer profile for my printer, I'm able to get accurate colors with this paper.The paper has a slight, silky sheen to it -- not too glossy; the texture is much more subtle than Ilford's gallerie smooth pearl paper (which I also like). This paper is a bit heavier and stiffer than Ilford's gallerie smooth pearl paper.It's a bit too expensive for me to use for everyday prints, and I wouldn't recommend Ilford's Gold Fibre Silk paper unless you have a high quality printer to match.But the overall quality and feel of the paper is so nice, I think it's worth the price for my occassional special prints.

I went to the Ilford site to download ICC profile. Gold fibresilk wasn't there. I e-mailed support. That's when I found out I wasted 60 plus dollars. This should be stated upfront. I know all you "experts" will tell me it's my fault. I know I'm just an amateur. Still it should be stated up front DYE based inks not supported.

Very nice paper and not nearly as expensive as some others, makes for very professional looking prints of your photos.

Ilford Galerie Gold is quite simply the best ink jet paper I've ever used. While at this price point I wouldn't recommend it for family snapshots, for high end printing you owe it to yourself to at least give it a try.As a graphic designer and photographer, I've used many paper brands over the years. Ilford has always impressed me with it high standard and quality. Not too long ago I started using HP 8-ink printers that rely on expensive Vivera pigment based inks rather than the older dye based inks. Until recently I had used HP's own Advanced Glossy Photo paper and was happy with the results. But after trying the Gold series paper, I'm a convert. The difference isn't night and day, but you can definitely see that prints made on the Ilford paper are superior. The special surface formulation provides the perfect base for the pigment inks. The surface is dry by the time is finishes spooling from the printer, and the bright neutral white really shows off both color and B&W to it's best advantage.If you want the highest quality pigment ink jet print possible, definitely consider using Ilford Galerie Gold.

I recently read a great comparison review of Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta 325 , Harman Gloss FB AI, and Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk on the Luminous Landscape website. They gave glowing reviews of the Hahnemuhle and Ilford papers, so I decided to buy both and try it myself. Both of these papers are INCREDIBLE. Deep rich blacks, great tonal range, and almost no glossing or bronzing whatsoever. However, much to my surprise, I have to give the edge to the Ilford paper. I have always been a fan of Hahnemuhle products, and not a big fan of Ilford (except back in the film days when it was my favorite darkroom photopaper), but the Ilford clearly wins out. Both are incredible papers, but the Hahnemuhle has a little too much surface stipple for my liking whereas the Ilford is more subtle. The fact that the Ilford paper is considerably cheaper certainly doesn't hurt, but even setting price aside I like the Ilford better. Very heavy 310 gm paper that is wonderful to work with (it must be run through the specialty media tray of an HP Pro B9180 printer). I highly recommend this paper. Best I have ever tried.

I've been testing this paper on both an Epson 3800 and a Canon iPF5000, both high quality pigment printers. I've also been testing the new Harman Gloss FB AI paper. The Ilford is very good and I much prefer it to the Harman (which is stupidly expensive compared to the Ilford Gold Fibre Silk). The Ilford lays flat, is heavy, has a wonderful traditional look and feel, provides a very good dynamic range with deep blacks and luminous highlights, has no optical brightners (has a slightly warm tone), and works very well for both B&W and Color. It does exhibit slightly more gloss differential than the Harman paper, but overall is the nicest photo black ink "high end" paper that I've come across. Definitely recommend for use with pigment photo printers.

I've used it in my Epson R1900 with its corresponding ICC profile, and I like the thickness, almost no bronzing in B&W, good tonal range, excellent results overall. Will continue purchasing this professional paper.