Inkjet vs dye sub paper

[Niblets]

I'm thinking about purchasing the Olympus P440 (uses A4 size paper and will print 8 x 10s) dye-sub printer. I have a lot of glossy photo paper left over from when I used my now broken Photosmart printer. I notice that the dye subs all seem to use proprietary dye-sub paper. Is there a difference between photo paper for inkjets and photo paper for dye-sub printers? Would I get less than ideal results using my inkjet paper in my p440? Thanks in advance for your reply.

Tibs

 

[Mr 645]

<<< I used my now broken Photosmart printer. I notice =
that the dye subs all seem to use proprietary dye-sub paper.>>


yes, completly different. Dye-sub printers dont use ink, but a dye that is
transfered from a ribbon to the paper with heat. The heat turns the dye into a
gas which is absorbed by the paper. Not only will the Inkjet paper not work,
but paper from different dye-sub printers wont work either. The paper and
ribbon is specific to each printer.
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