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Canon claims that the colors won't fade for 20 years, guaranteed. I can't verify the claim because the oldest pictures I printed on Canon's paper are probably 5-6 years old but those look as fresh today as they did the day I printed them. None of them were exposed to direct sunlight for any significant amount of time but some of them have been sitting in my office for that many years, under constant fluorescent light (framed and under glass) and they continue to look great, 5 years later.

I should note that I used the paper with a Canon photo printer loaded with Canon ink cartridges. Canon's original ink cartridges are expensive on a 'per photo' basis and the paper isn't a bargain either but I am more than pleased with the end-results.

I will continue to use Canon paper in the future.

Oh, and, to my surprise, I experienced the same spectacular results with an HP printer.

I print with a Canon 9000 and if you want the best printouts at a reasonable price per page, this is it. One of the things I like about this paper is how white it is and how little ink is required to produce vibrant colors.

Now I often print with the higher end papers like Photo Rag and Premium Matte and those are great and all, but in reality they are only about 10% better results than this paper, cost 2.5 times as much per square inch and most importantly they DRINK ink. Total cost of ownership and the resulting pics you get put this paper at the top of the Canon list for my most frequent pic printing needs.

I'm very pleased with this photo paper. It works well with my Canon MP460 all-in-one printer. Pictures are clear and look just like they came from a photo lab.

My son wanted this photo paper for Christmas. He has a new son so lots of pictures are being taken. This paper is the best.

Tired of paying the higher prices associated with Canon brand photo paper (versus any other brand of photo paper), I decided to do a little quality comparison right at home. I bought some less expensive Microsoft photo paper that was also termed "high gloss" photo paper (by the way, you'll disover that there is clearly no industry standard of "high gloss" - it seems anything can be branded as high gloss no matter what the quality). I decided to try to print out a low-resolution photo on each type of photo paper and compare them both. For starters, my Canon printer would not even let me choose the option of low resolution when I selected any other type of photo paper aside from Canon. So I had to settle for printing a medium-resolution photo on the Microsoft paper and comparing it to the low-resolution photo printed on the Canon high gloss. AMAZING what a difference there was - the Canon paper beat out the Microsoft paper by far, even with low resolution. Furthermore, even when I swtiched to high resolution for the Microsoft paper, there was no comparison to the low resolution Canon paper. Canon really knows how to make the best photo paper - pay the price, it's well worth it.