Kodak · Paper & Media

PROFESSIONAL Inkjet Photo Paper, Glossy / 255g

Name: KODAK PROFESSIONAL Inkjet Photo Paper, Glossy / 255g
Brand: Kodak
Price: 169.95 USD
Availability: InStock

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Specifications

Dye· BESTPigment· BEST3″ core

A 10-mil, 255 gsm resin-coated gloss photo paper that Kodak describes as a next-generation stock with a larger colour gamut and higher Dmax for deeper blacks and more shadow detail. Opacity 90%, whiteness 134 CIE. Rated BEST for aqueous dye and pigment inks. Rolls 17 to 60 inches.

Media type	Photo Paper › Gloss
Finish	Glossy
Thickness	10 mil
Weight	255 gsm
Core size	3" core

Available sizes

17" x 100' (3" core)
24" x 100' (3" core)
36" x 100' (3" core)
44" x 100' (3" core)
60" x 100' (3" core)

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Overview

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Expert analysis

What you should know

KODAK PROFESSIONAL Inkjet Photo Paper, Glossy / 255g is a resin-coated photo paper at 10 mil and 255 gsm. Kodak’s claim for it is specific and measurable rather than general: this next-generation paper has a larger colour gamut and a higher Dmax, so colours captured in camera reproduce more accurately while blacks go deeper and richer, dynamic range expands, and more detail survives in shadow areas.

What KODAK PROFESSIONAL Inkjet Photo Paper, Glossy / 255g is used for

Kodak does not publish an application list for this paper. What it publishes instead is the technical argument above — gamut, Dmax, dynamic range and shadow detail — and that tells you plainly what the paper is aimed at: work where the print is judged against the file. Portraiture, exhibition printing and any output where a client compares the print to a calibrated screen sit in that category. We have not invented an application list to fill the gap.

Ink compatibility

Aqueous dye and aqueous pigment inks are each rated BEST — the full aqueous photo-plotter category. Latex, solvent, eco-solvent and UV-curable inks are not rated for this paper. Kodak stocks separate solvent-series photo papers for those presses.

Working with it

Gloss is the finish that shows both the most depth and the most handling, so Kodak’s guidance is firm: a protective laminate is always recommended after printing, hand-applying it is not recommended, pressure-sensitive or thermal laminates can be used, and the image should be allowed to dry for 24 hours before the laminate goes on. Opacity is 90% and whiteness 134 CIE. Rolls run 17 to 60 inches wide on 3-inch cores, which covers desktop-width photo printers through to full production machines from a single item.

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Printers this media fits

Checked against every wide-format printer we track: 217 can run it — HP 81 · Epson 77 · Canon 59. Compatibility is resolved from the printer’s published media handling (roll width, core size and the roll diameter the spindle holds), not from a marketing list.

The list starts from the maker’s own ink ratings for this media — rated BEST for Dye, Pigment ink. A printer only appears here if its ink chemistry is one of those.