should i buy Printworks Matte 8-1/2 x 11-Inch reviews

Printworks Matte Photo Paper is a heavyweight paper with a smooth, non-reflective finish that is perfect for artistic-looking prints in a frame or as everyday prints in an album. And it is coated on both sides making it ideal for great-looking presentations, newsletters, scrapbook pages and so much more. Images, illustrations and graphics reproduce with sharp detail and vibrant color because of the Tru Color Technology that's built in. Printworks Matte Photo Paper combines affordable prints, maximum printing versatility along with vivid photographic color on all brands of inkjet printers. We used this paper to make photo calendars for Christmas gifts for everyone in our family (20 calendars). The photos looked wonderful. The 41# weight went easily through our hp laserjet and inkjet printers, yet was heavy enough to stand up to printing on both sides, hanging on the wall (via a hole in the paper, supporting the weight of all 15 pages), and flipping through all year..This paper (Burlington photo matte heavyweight inkjet paper) is not only good for generic pictures being printed and distributed in bulk but is also an excellent paper to print your first time business cards on. This paper works as well for an old timer that just wants to save a little money Up until September 10th 2001 amazon.com has (20 count) Burlington photo glossy heavyweight paper included for a price of just 8.99+tax (depending on where you live.) This paper makes very professional looking glossy cards for all occasions including wedding invitations, business advertisements, it also makes for very professional business cards. I have had extreme amounts of fun with my twin three year olds painting and coloring on this paper as well as printing off coloring pages for them (the rigidity of the paper makes it ideal for most crafts. Without having to by sheets upon sheets of butcher paper or construction paper.) Have fun and find your own unique uses for this paper because there are many-many more that I did not think to mention.
Carl W. David
San Diego California I have used this for both photos and, more recently, to print jewel-case inserts (album covers) for CDs. The CD covers are a combination of photo, color background, and text. The quality is excellent and matte is a good choice for this application. I am using an off-the-shelf Brother MFC-440n, which is a little painful speed-wise, but it likes this paper and so long as you properly set your print parameters in the pop-up panel, you don't experience the darkening that another reviewer complained about.

I have also used the 2-sided capability in general photo printing. There are absolutely no bleed-through issues and since ink dries very fast on this paper, it is really convenient for this use.As a photo paper, I'd give this 3 stars. When I think of Matte photos, I still think of something with just a touch of texture and gloss as you would get with professionally-printed matte photographs. This paper is not like that at all. While pictures print just fine on it, do not expect anything close to professional results. You'd probably get the same result with card-stock, nothing frame-worthy.

That being said, I still LOVE this paper for other printing purposes because it is nice and thick, but not too thick to seem too stiff as you would with card-stock. I use this all of the time for resumes and other business-documents that I want to look polished. This paper would work well for brochures, invitations, flyers, certificates, report-covers, and such. I especially love using it for printing sheet music. first off this is advertised as photo paper when its just regular computer paper but thicker. there is no gloss or finish whatsoever on this paper. then depending on what you are printing you may be able to see through the paper to the image on the other side and the paper may wrinkle if the image needs alot of ink. so its thicker than regular paper but still not thick enough. it has little value for me especially at the price it costs for advertising two sided photo paper. i intended on using this paper as the cover for pamplets im making but now im gonna have to buy a better quality paper and try and find another use for this paper. Printworks Mattee photo paper is so great for bulletin boards or children's projects. There is no glare that is noticed with the glossy paper. This paper was recommended by Joel Henriques on his website and book Made to Play!: Handmade Toys and Crafts for Growing Imaginations. It is really wonderful for art projects. Crafters, parents, teachers will not be disappointedThis is the best product I have found for making the annual calendar gifts. The Paper is heavy enough that it holds up but not heavy enough to jam in a C7280 HP printer. The paper does not bleed through on even the heaviest of saturated colors. The price cannot be beat! I was very pleased at how happy I received my order. Most important to me is I was able to order this from home as I couldn't find it in a local store. Order is just what I wanted and arrived in great shape. I returned this product because it was fraudulently, incorrectly and, I feel, purpousely misrepresented as it was described totally wrong. It was not "Premium" paper. I am an ameteur photographer and digital imager and know print paper and PrintWorks makes some excellent paper and I feel they would be disgusted with the fact that their product was mis-listed. In reporting my disappointment to Amazon I was treated like an idiot when I opposed their part in such a transaction. I did have some unkind words while communicating with the Amazon representative because she acted like "Ha,Ha' I've got your information and there's nothing you can do about it. I shall never work with Amazon again because they support unnacceptable merchandizing and then treat the buyer with disdain. Ruth P OConnor, Merrimack, NH