Agfa was once one of the world's film giants, and after the film business was hit by the shock, it quickly adapted to enter the prepress and industrial inkjet fields, becoming an industry leader, with extensive experience in coating technology and high-performance coating materials. Agfa photo paper has a solid ink layer and a protective layer, and the plastic-coated polyethylene support used in the ink-absorbing layer has a strong effect on ink fixation, no color channeling, no paper staining, good color rendering effect, and strong stability.
 
Agfa photo paper has two categories: professional RC photo paper and cast coated photo paper, as well as an additional product, adhesive high-gloss photo paper, covering high-end, mid-range, entry-level and DIY needs.
 
Professional RC high-gloss photo paper is a five-star high-end product in all AGFA photo papers, with a thickness of 270g, a stiff texture, nano-level microporous coating on both sides, and fast ink absorption and drying speed, so the color cannot be infiltrated, with high color reproduction, clear details and rich layers. It comes with resin luster, it will not become soft and halo when rinsed with water, and the moisture-proof performance is good, and the price of a 6-inch professional RC high-gloss photo paper is close to 3 cents, and the cost performance is good.
 
The super high-gloss photo paper in the middle of the four-star belongs to the cast coated photo paper, the surface coating is not as delicate as the RC photo paper but the gloss is high, due to the use of the base paper base, the back side will be soft after encountering water. There are two thicknesses of 230g and 200g, and there are also 5 inches, 6 inches, 7 inches, A4 and other conventional sizes to choose from, and the price of a 6-inch super high-gloss photo paper is between 1 Mao ~ 2 Mao, which is a cost-effective product. The 180g glossy photo paper is defined by Agfa as a three-star entry-level product, but the packaging made in China shows a four-star product, and aside from the thickness, the gloss is slightly inferior compared to a true four-star product.
 
The adhesive-backed high-gloss photo paper has two thicknesses of 150g and 135g, which is suitable for all color inkjet printers, and the color rendering effect is also good, and the adhesive surface on the back is sticky, but it cannot be pasted repeatedly, which is not as good as Kodak's non-marking photo stickers, which is better than the texture is more stiff. There is not much difference in the price of the two thicknesses of photo paper, and the price of an A6 adhesive high-gloss photo paper is more than 1 cent, which should be the cheapest pastable photo paper among the big brands.
 
In fact, in addition to high-gloss photo paper, there are satin and matte photo paper styles on the product line of Agfa photo paper, whether it is five-star or four-star, but in China, Agfa only aims at high-gloss photos that have more demand, and those who need to buy suede and matte photo paper can skip Agfa and choose other brands.