Is There An Inkjet Paper Like Kodak Endura Metallic?

The Kodak Endura Metallic surface is certainly one of the most popular papers used by traditional photo labs today.

We get asked, and read on forums almost weekly comments looking for the inkjet equivalent of that product. Unfortunately one does not exist at this moment.

Red River Paper has prompted several top mills to pursue a similar photobase inkjet paper. Hopefully we'll see one in the near future.

New Pano Greeting Card

53lb. Premium Gloss is now available in Red River's unique Pano Greeting Card size.



Turn your favorite landscape and wide angle shots into custom note card creations for under $1.00 each. Have a unique vertical shot? Make it into a attention getting vertical pano card.

Shop for the new 53lb. Premium Gloss Pano Cards here

See other Pano Card size papers here

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The excellent Epson 1400 price keeps dropping

If you're looking for a great all around inkjet printer the Epson 1400 is your ticket. Using Claria dye based inks, color saturation and details are excellent. The dye inks are compatible with basically any photo inkjet paper you can find.

There are good deals around the net for the Epson 1400, and here's one we just found at Amazon.com - $275 with free shipping

Red River Paper's line of over 25 different photo inkjet papers are all compatible with the Epson 1400.

Our most popular papers for the Epson 1400 are here

Note: This post is dated 2/4/2009 and the deal / offer will change over time

Media (paper) type selection when using ICC profiles

We hear this often - "I've installed your ICC profiles and still don't see the Red River paper name in my media selection menu." Here's an explanation of what's going on:


The ICC profile is a small data file that contains the color performance information for a certain paper, ink, and printer. That information is read only by Photoshop (or your other ICC aware editing software). You tell Photoshop that a) you want Photoshop to be in control of color management and b) what ICC profile you will be using in the process.


The next step is in the printer properties. These are the manufacturer built controls where you choose print quality (dpi), media / paper type you are using, and other special features.

The MEDIA / PAPER TYPE is hard coded at the factory and contains manufacturer paper types only! Your ICC profile instructions should tell you what media type to select when using that particular profile.


The reason - when we make a print target for ICC profile production, we set the printer using specific media type, quality settings, etc. You need to replicate what we did when using the profile for best possible results.

So no, Red River Paper products will never show up in the printer properties dialog. You will only see our name in the Photoshop ICC profile selection dialog.