Canon FA-RG1 Premium Fine Art Rough Paper, A4, 25 sheets

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Canon’s **FA-RG1 Premium Fine Art Rough** is the kind of A4 paper you buy when you’re already fussy about prints and you don’t want to play the “will it look right?” lottery. At **£36.38 ex‑VAT for 25 sheets**, it’s not cheap—so I’d only recommend it if you’re producing fine-art style work (textured monochrome, abstracts, photographic prints where you want visible paper character) and you’re confident your printer/pigment setup can do it justice. The rough surface tends to add depth and a more tactile feel than standard inkjet paper, and that’s where this paper earns its keep. If your customers notice texture or you’re building a portfolio where “it looks like fine art paper” matters, this is a sensible, repeatable choice.

That said, if you’re mainly doing drafts, internal test prints, marketing handouts, or anything where image fidelity matters more than the paper aesthetic, you’ll likely feel this cost quickly. A lot of people end up buying premium fine-art paper too early—then they realise the bottleneck is actually **printer calibration, ink performance, or viewing conditions**, not paper brand. Bottom line: buy it if you want a premium tactile finish for final output; skip it for everyday printing unless your budget genuinely allows it.