"Just came across an interesting Photo.net printing article by Pete Myers titled "Why Paper?"...
http://www.photo.net/learning/fine-art/why-paper/
Printing on white polyester film very similar to the old Cibachromes. I'm tempted to pay the $35 for 20 sheet 8 1/2x11 box
of the Pictorico and see what flies on my "All In One". Mitsubishi says it's compatible with all inkjets and inks both dye and
pigment. You can't get more nonperishable than polyester film as the article states."
Epson used to make a similar type paper. The surface was an amazingly smooth matte finish (I hate every other matte
finish paper) that produced the finest detail of all of Epson's papers at the time. It had a ceramic coating, if I remember
correctly. The bizarre, but awesome, thing about that "paper" is that it also made dye ink prints waterproof. If I used one of
Epson's regular photo papers I could easily smudge the dried ink with water. With the Epson plastic film "paper" sheets
you could literally run the print under a faucet with no damage.
It was amazing stuff, and yet Epson discontinued it. Don't know why. Yeah, it was their most expensive paper, but it was
certainly worth it. If they still made that film today I might still be using my Epson. It was an awesome material that I liked
even better than traditional chemical glossy prints. I'd go so far as to say was, and still is, easily the best "paper" I ever
have used for photos, whether traditional chemical process or inkjet. Really amazing stuff. It sounds like that Mitsubishi
film "paper" is the same stuff. Will have to look into it. Thanks for sharing.