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KH
Why is photo printer paper so expensive and what is a good source? I'm new
to this digital camera business. I have an Epson Stylus C84.
Thanks,
Karl
to this digital camera business. I have an Epson Stylus C84.
Thanks,
Karl
Why is photo printer paper so expensive and what is a good source?
I'm new to this digital camera business. I have an Epson Stylus C84.
Thanks,
Karl
What artificial materials, please.KH typed:
Because normal paper is made from wood (well, basically), while photo paper
is made from artificial materials, which are (still) expensive and as a
consequence photo paper is expensive. It's because they doesn't contain
wood, they don't absorb so much ink which results in smaller drops and
better quality.
What kind of paper is best for your printer, you'll have to test it, since
printers differ in such manners.
Larry said:What artificial materials, please.
LP
Why is photo printer paper so expensive and what is a good source? I'm new
to this digital camera business. I have an Epson Stylus C84.
Thanks,
Karl
Technically traditional paper is made from shards or fibers of wood (and
other things to give it body), and photo papers for darkroom use had
plastic resin added to this. I suspect that this is true of ink-jet photo
papers as well. You don't want no absorbtion, or the ink would take
forever to dry, but controlled absorbtion, where the dot doesn't spread
out in the texture of the wood fiber. The top coating would accomplish
this, of course, but to get a paper that tears so neatly for "borderless"
prints you'd have plastic in it.
Brendan
Technically traditional paper is made from shards or fibers of wood (and
other things to give it body), and photo papers for darkroom use had
plastic resin added to this. I suspect that this is true of ink-jet photo
papers as well. You don't want no absorbtion, or the ink would take
forever to dry, but controlled absorbtion, where the dot doesn't spread
out in the texture of the wood fiber. The top coating would accomplish
this, of course, but to get a paper that tears so neatly for "borderless"
prints you'd have plastic in it.
Brendan
Technically traditional paper is made from shards or fibers of wood
(and other things to give it body), and photo papers for darkroom use
had plastic resin added to this. I suspect that this is true of
ink-jet photo papers as well. You don't want no absorbtion, or the
ink would take forever to dry, but controlled absorbtion, where the
dot doesn't spread out in the texture of the wood fiber. The top
coating would accomplish this, of course, but to get a paper that
tears so neatly for "borderless" prints you'd have plastic in it.
Brendan
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