To speak of photo paper in my opinion is misleading. That's thicker paper without really special photo paper surface. Who here thinks a photographic quality to get out of the photofinishing similar to genuine, matt photo paper, will be totally disappointed. The results are even on my HP Photosmart 5520 is not nearly as compelling compared to a good photo lab. The pictures are a bit dull and just not as brilliant. For glossy photo paper I can see a difference to a printout from the photo lab with my printer hardly. The only positive is the thickness and thus the stability of the paper