Chromocat Press offers a wide range of paper, canvas and speciality media suitable for perfect prints of photographs, digitised and digital-native artworks. We offer free, no obligation assistance with choosing the perfect paper for your art. If you aren’t sure what would suit your work, contact us and we’d be happy to help!
We offer a sample pack of all of our papers and canvas for only $10 including shipping, and it comes with a $10 discount coupon for your next order of prints.*
*Discount not included with free sample packs.
Breathing Color Lyve Canvas
Lyve Canvas is a 19 mil bright white, consistent poly-cotton blend matte canvas using an acid-free neutral pH coating. Unlike most fine art canvas on the market, Lyve utilises Breathing Color’s “Chromata White” technology to deliver a bright white surface free of optical brightening agents, together with an exceptional colour gamut and deep blacks.
We’ve tried virtually every canvas on the market, and Breathing Color Lyve provides the highest quality and most stable canvas platform for fine art and photographic works without the metamerism or color shift issues inherent in other canvases.
| Construction | Canvas |
| Made from | Cotton polyester blend |
| Weight | 450 gsm |
| Surface texture | Canvas |
| Tone | Bright white |
| Optical brighteners? | No |
Chromajet Metallic Pearl
Chromajet Metallic Pearl Photo Paper is a premium inkjet paper with a unique pearlescent surface finish. The finish is similar to traditional silver-halide metallic photographic papers and offers exceptional image clarity and brilliant colour reproduction with a cool, high-gloss metallic finish with a blue iridescence. The best match for Kodak’s classic Endura Metallic and ideal for architectural and landscape photography.
| Construction | Resin coated |
| Made from | 100% virgin fibre |
| Weight | 255 gsm |
| Surface texture | Gloss |
| Tone | Pearlescent |
| Optical brighteners? | Yes |
Chromajet Spectrum Satin
Chromajet Spectrum Satin 255gsm Inkjet Paper is a satin-finished proofing paper with a microporous coating on a resin-coated base. This makes it a very stable inkjet paper as it lays flat after printing and the image quality is sharp and shows great detail. This media also has a very wide colour gamut and the image will not smudge with handling. It can also be used as poster and photo paper.
| Construction | Resin coated |
| Made from | 100% virgin fibre |
| Weight | 255 gsm |
| Surface texture | Satin |
| Tone | Bright white |
| Optical brighteners? | Yes |
Hahnemühle Bamboo
Bamboo – a natural white paper with a smooth surface texture – is made from 90% bamboo fibres and 10% cotton and guarantees archival standards. With its premium matt inkjet coating Bamboo meets the highest industry standards regarding density, colour gamut, colour graduation and image sharpness while preserving the special touch and feel of genuine art paper.
| Construction | Fibre-based |
| Made from | 90% bamboo, 10% cotton |
| Weight | 290 gsm |
| Surface texture | Matte, smooth |
| Tone | Warm |
| Optical brighteners? | No |
Hahnemühle German Etching
German Etching – a white, 100% α-cellulose paper – guarantees archival standards. The mould-made etching paper features a distinct textured surface. With its premium matt inkjet coating German Etching meets the highest industry standards regarding density, colour gamut, colour graduation and image sharpness while preserving the special touch and feel of genuine art paper.
| Construction | Fibre-based |
| Made from | Alpha cellulose |
| Weight | 310 gsm |
| Surface texture | Matte, textured |
| Tone | White |
| Optical Brighteners? | Yes |
Hahnemühle Photo Rag
Hahnemühle Photo Rag – a white, 100% cotton paper with a smooth surface texture – guarantees archival standards. With its premium matt inkjet coating Photo Rag® meets the highest industry standards regarding density, colour gamut, colour graduation and image sharpness while preserving the special touch and feel of genuine art paper.
| Construction | Fibre-based |
| Made from | 100% cotton |
| Weight | 308 gsm |
| Surface texture | Matte, smooth |
| Tone | White |
| Optical Brighteners? | Yes |
Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Metallic
Photo Rag® Metallic features a special silvery-shimmering surface finish. The high-gloss premium inkjet coating with a unique metallic effect guarantees impressive printing results with bold colours, deep black and the perfect reproduction of colour and detail. The sophisticated silver metallic effect underscores the image and makes motifs with metallic elements, reflections, ice and glass, architecture and landscape shots, as well as black and white photographs with high-contrast tones shine.
With its specially formulated inkjet coating, no optical brighteners, and acid and lignin-free, this paper meets the most exacting requirements for age-resistant Fine Art prints.
| Construction | Fibre-based |
| Made from | 100% cotton |
| Weight | 340 gsm |
| Surface texture | High gloss |
| Tone | Metallic |
| Optical brighteners? | No |
Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Gloss
A throwback to a bygone era, this traditional fibre-base photo paper is ideal for high quality black and white printing and offers an exceptional wide gamut for color, detail and tonality. In developing GALERIE Prestige Gold Fibre Gloss, ILFORD has taken into account all the elements that make the perfect traditional photo paper, reminiscent of papers produced for the darkroom.
With no optical brighteners, and a seamless transition between contrast, shadow detail and highlight areas, this new exciting addition to the GALERIE Prestige range is sure to be a winner.
| Construction | Fibre-based |
| Made from | 100% Cotton |
| Weight | 310 gsm |
| Surface texture | Semi-gloss |
| Tone | White |
| Optical brighteners? | No |
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag
Ilford Smooth Cotton Rag paper is 100% cotton, with no optical brighteners, giving it a perfect surface for faithful colour reproduction and exceptionally crisp detail.
We love this paper for its clean matt surface and smooth feel.
| Construction | FineArt |
| Made From | Cotton |
| Weight | 310 gsm |
| Surface Texture | Smooth Matt |
| Tone | White |
| Optical Brighteners? | x |
Ilford Galerie Smooth Gloss
GALERIE Prestige Smooth Gloss paper features the very latest HDR (High Dynamic Range) optically clear coating and coupled with recent advancements in inkjet receiving layer design, makes this the reference media for producing images with superb clarity, high sharpness and excellent colour gamut.
We love this paper for its smooth, almost glass-like gloss finish. It is our glossiest paper and offers an impressively wide colour gamut, with a good weight (310 gsm) and great handling.
| Construction | Resin coated |
| Made from | Wood pulp |
| Weight | 310 gsm |
| Surface texture | Semi gloss |
| Tone | Bright white |
| Optical brighteners? | Yes |
Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl
GALERIE Prestige Smooth Pearl paper features the very latest HDR (High Dynamic Range) optically clear coating and coupled with recent advancements in inkjet receiving layer design, makes this the reference media for producing images with superb clarity, high sharpness and excellent colour gamut.
The high-density, resin coated heavyweight base and smooth pearl finish not only eliminate glare and fingerprints but with its natural photographic white tint, produce prints with the true look and feel of a photograph. For outstanding imaging performance, combined with the benefit of “touch dry” from the printer, this pearl surface media is the “choice of professionals”.
| Construction | Resin coated |
| Made from | Wood pulp |
| Weight | 310 gsm |
| Surface texture | Semi gloss |
| Tone | Bright white |
| Optical brighteners? | Yes |
Kodak Universal Backlit Film
This heavyweight front-print backlit film provides excellent image quality. It is perfect for use with light boxes and other backlit applications, with exceptional colour saturation combined with excellent print handling and finishing characteristics.
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PhotoTex Blockout
PhotoTex Blockout is a specialist peel-and-stick fabric that can be applied to almost any flat surface and repositioned over and over without leaving residue. It won’t tear, wrinkle or curl and will pull apart easily if it gets stuck to itself. It has a clean white surface that’s great for bright colour. It makes great temporary wallpaper, will wrap around corners and poles and can be cut with a vinyl cutter to make wall or window decals.
| Construction | Artificial fibre |
| Made from | Polyester |
| Weight | 300 gsm |
| Surface | Matte, smooth |
| Tone | White |
| Optical brighteners? | No |