Canon LU-101 LTR(50) Luster Photo Paper Letter, 50 Sheets (LU-101 LTR)

I really like the print results I get from this paper! Colors look great! The paper feels high quality, there's no brand logo printed on the back side, just plain white which is very clean and professional looking. The grain finish looks nice and even, you can also feel the grain texture on the main side, very smooth and soft. The final print have beautiful results. I would buy more of this but the price is a bit high when I bought it...

I really like this paper for photo printing on my Canon MX870. I had previously been using el cheapo OfficeMax glossy photo paper and prints were okay, but I had to do a lot of finagling with develop settings in Lightroom to get the color/contrast dialed in. With this paper, though, what you see is pretty much what you get.Here's a few tips if you happen to use Adobe Lightroom on a Mac to edit and print your photos (may apply to other editing software, as well) and a Canon Photo printer:• Create a virtual copy of your photo first, then crop for aspect and make other "print-only" adjustments.• Before you enter Soft Proofing, assuming you don't have horribly clipped shadows/highlights, adjust your "Blacks" and "Whites" sliders so that your brightest whites and darkest blacks are 3-5% inside each end of the histogram (blacks at 3-5% and whites at 95-97%) using clipping indicators and the eyedropper tool.• Enter the Develop module and check "Soft Proofing". Since you've already created a virtual copy, choose to use this copy for proofing.• Set your proof settings below the histogram before making any adjustments. Choose your printer profile with the suffix PR3. This lets your printer driver know that you are using your specific printer with Canon Pro Photo paper.• You may be tempted, based on the appearance of the image in Soft Proofing mode, to warm the image up via the white balance controls. I would suggest you print the image as-is first and adjust as needed. The Soft Proofing give the image a cool appearance, at least on my monitor.• Use to page clipping indicator in top right of histogram to view out-of-gammet colors (most likely red and/or green hues) and use the HSL Saturation adjustments to reign them in until the clipping indication on the image is nearly gone. I would also suggest that if you have to desaturate a lot of a specific cold, that you desaturate its compliment by about half (IE: if you have to desaturate Magenta by 50%, desaturate green by 25%, as well).• Enter the Print module and select your size/layout.• Choose "Print Settings" on the bottom left to bring up the settings dialog box. Select your printer and, for presets, select "Default Settings". We'll adjust those next.• Below the page range selection, choose "Color Matching" from the selection and select "Canon Color Matching". Choose "Quality and Media" and select "Photo Paper Plus Semi-Gloss" for media type and "High" for print Quality. I would also suggest that, if you have the option to select a paper source, you use the feeding path that bends the paper the least. On mine it is via the rear tray, as opposed to the lower paper cassette.• Go back up to presets, select "Save Current Settings...", name it something like Canon Semi-Gloss/Luster so you can use it again, and finally save to exit the Print Settings dialog.• In the "Print Job" section along the right, be sure to set the color management profile to "Managed by Printer", since we changed that setting in previous steps.You should be pretty much good to go, save for some test printing adjustments to taste. Cheers!

Awesome paper! Using a canon pro 310 printer with this paper worked out better than I expected. This was my first time printing a photo and had to jump through some hoops. Don’t forget to use the textured side for printing! The back of the paper is smooth and shouldn’t be printed on. There is no other difference like wording saying this is the back. If you have a Mac and are printing through photoshop, I would skip that part. Make your edits in photoshop and save off. If you have a canon printer, download their ppl software (super easy to do) and print from there. You’ll save alot of time and frustration.

I am a photographer and I print a LOT. I don't use these papers for fine art printing but I do use them when printing cast photos (for theatre) or mock magazine covers, or photos for animal shelters. It's just high end art prints that I don't use these canon papers for.That said, even though typically I much prefer the look of semi gloss to gloss, for years I've been using the canon photo paper pro because I didn't care for the look of the semi gloss prints. Recently I purchased a new printer which came with a pack of 8.5x11 luster paper. I tried it on a sample print and loved the result. it's a subtle sheen which makes a really sharp print. Totally different look from my usual canon paper pro, of course but after a few test prints I came to Amazon and bought a pack of fifty sheets. This is great paper and it comes at a great price. I still don't think it's the paper for the fine art prints I sell but I also don't think it is meant to be. Instead, it is a beautiful paper for all but the most demanding printing jobs. And paired with a canon printer is will enjoy a long life. I'm a convert.BOTTOM LINE: Canon engineers have created a beautiful paper for those of us who don't love super glossy printing. There is a really nice sheen that gives photos a good pop. Price can't be beat.