Sample Packs

Sample packs are the best way to get an overview of what's available from the fine art inkjet paper brands. Each pack is A4 sized and comes with one or two sheets of each paper type within that range.

In some cases, the brands themselves don't make a sample pack up, so we've gone ahead and made our own for them.

We make these sample pack ourselves as Ilford don't currently do one. We have separated the range into Matte and Gloss, with each pack containing two sheets of each paper for ample testing before deciding on your favourites!

We update it frequently as new papers are released, choosing the best options from the current range.

Museo have only a limited range of papers, but what they do well they do very well indeed.

This sample pack, which we make up here, includes samples of what we think is the very best smooth matte fine art paper - Museo Portfolio Rag. Also included is the the first great 'darkroom alternative' paper that was released - Museo Silver Rag, which has the longest tonal range in deep shadows of pretty much any paper ever made. It's a lovely warm toned paper suited especially to black and white portraiture.

We also include samples of Museo's excellent Artists Cards.

Canson have been a paper mill since just after the printing press was invented - no one else has such a long, consistent tradition in fine art papers. If you've ever walked into an art materials store, you'll recognise names of classic art papers like Arches Aquarelle and BFK Rives.

Canson have two samples packs available, broken down into art materials and photo materials (although both are printed on both of course!).

Of the two the fine art pack is the more interesting, we feel, though the photo pack includes Platine which is a highly regarded fibre based gloss paper that we print on here and a popular competitor to Silver Rag.

This one is a little different.

Unlike all the other packs, which contain blank sheets, this pack contains printed samples of a bunch of excellent papers we've chosen for our in house printing services.

They're just little A6 samples but it's a great way of getting an idea of what's possible and a quick overview of some of the most beloved fine art materials.

This one has free shipping AND you get a $10 off coupon to use with our printing services, too, so you could say this pack is basically free!