I'm using an Epson 1280 photo printer. The luster roll paper is very nice, and I think it's a significant improvement over the standard glossy paper. I find the glossy far too shiny (the glossy paper resembles glossy RC paper, while the matte is closer to Azo in finish). Each to their own taste, but I think for large prints a semimatte or matte finish is the way to go.
Loading roll paper is a bit painful, as it needs to be decurled at the end before it's loaded and the whole process wasn't terribly intuitive. It took a few tries the first time to get it loaded, but now it seems pretty easy.
Cutting the paper after it's been printed is a bit awkward, but the solution I found was to leave a 1-2" border at the end of the job, chop it off with some scissors (probably cutting it crookedly in the process) then cut it neatly later with a paper cutter.
I'm printing out very large (26" by 24") images, and so far it's worked great. I'm still learning some tricks to get two 13" prints merged together, but even my rough efforts so far look just fine... and it's a lot less expensive than a 36" printer. It's just a neat trick one can do with a borderless printer.
