"Since I am always interested in other's experience with inkjet paper, I thought I'd throw in my two cents in on the new photo paper put out by Epson (ColorLife Photo). It is very thick, maybe even thicker than regular photographs. It prints so well, you wonder if you are looking at the real thing or a picture of it. The colors are unbelievably perfect when compared to the original.

While our kids were growing up I collected my children's art work - like good Mothers are supposed to do. Now that our son is a professional artist, I decided to scan selections of his art from 5 years until now and make a book for his 31 birthday. I used the ColorLife PhotoPaper from Epson on my new Epson Stylus Photo 780 inkjet printer ($100) that uses archival ink. When I showed some of the pages to my sister, she assumed I had attached the art work to the pages rather than printed it out - that's how real it looked. Photographs printed on this paper look just like they do when sent out to a professional developer (actually much better in my opinion because you can tweak them). The paper has a very slight texture to it like high quality photographs usually do.

It is no more expensive than other glossy paper. It is recommended for use with the Epson printers that use the new archival type inks."