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This paper has an acid free cotton rag base with a silky satin topcoat giving a photo quality to Fine Art prints. Compatible with dye and pigment inks.

My personal comments: I spent a few very enjoyable years sharing business premises with the old colour production Manager for Colour Processing Laboratories (CPL), Dave Newton, and during that time, I was lucky enough to be able to pick up many valuable insights into the world of high-end production colour and black and white processing and print production. Dave used to say to me; remember John, all you are dealing with here is light, colour, density and feel. If you dont start with the right base material, the game is lost if it doesnt handle the light correctly, forget it..

The art of print display relies on the ability of the paper to reflect light back to the viewer of the image while conveying as much of the image information and subtlety of tone as possible. The Lyson 275gsm Silk Fine Art media captures the old fashioned ‘classic’ feel of a fibre-based paper with a subtle low-sheen emulsion.

Extraordinary mid-tone detail is retained, and many high-end photographic professionals use this media choice to evoke classic tone prints, recreating many effects which many thought lost to darkroom processes only.

Many well-known photographers use both the Silk and Gloss Fine Art for their classic photographic projects.

If there are photographic finishes you would like to see Lyson produce, please e-mail me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it I will pass your comments on to the Lyson Research and Development Laboratories at Stockport in Manchester, who develop advanced digital inkjet media solutions for the entire world-wide market for Nazdar, the large digital graphics ink company who own the Lyson brand.

My final advice when choosing and using inkjet papers for professional or keen enthusiast use:

1. Never pay more than you need.
2. Never compromise on your print quality aspirations
3. Minimise your wastage try to make every print a winner
4. Get others to regularly criticize your work you can always improve
5. Never buy a quality inkjet paper without testing first get samples
6. There is no such thing as the perfect print that's the fun!

Thank you for watching this Lyson Media Review series..