These defects are barely visible to the naked eye, but they show up quite clearly under a 10 x loupe. Resolution is slightly lower than the direction of paper motion. This test illustrates the improvement from sharpening, even at low magnification. This improvement takes place across a wide range of magnification. A small amount of color fringing, comparable to Semigloss and barely visible to the naked eye, is visible near some of the edges.
Resolution is just slightly lower than for semigloss paper.
The sharpness of Matte Heavyweight paper is surprisingly close to Semigloss. The improvement due to sharpening is very striking. Image sharpness is still mostly limited by the printer at this magnification. Of course most 35mm images, particularly those taken with fast films, large apertures, hand-held, etc., won't be this sharp. The improvement due to sharpening remains striking.