Printing on different photopapers

[Craig]

I am not trained in photography, printing engineering, arts, etc but an
ordinary guy like you.
Out of my curiosity, I decided to test which photo papers are better for
printing memorable images.
Papers I purchased (all were 4 x 6 cut) were Kodak (Costco), Kirkland
(Costco), HP Premium Plus, and Canon photo pro papers (which came with Canon
printers). Printers I used were: Canon ip4000 and Canon i9900 with OEM
inks.

I took some nice outdoor pictures with my new Nikon D50 camera.
Images were downloaded and opened using Adobe Photoshop CS2.
Images were resized at 4 x 6 with a resolution of 300 ppi.
Then, I printed the same image on 4 different papers with "Photo Paper Pro"
and high print quality "high" settings.
Actually, I tried two different images, though.

It seems that Kirkland papers produced the best pictures in my opinion.
Colors on these papers seem to be almost identical, but I see a subtle,
gradual darkening of images on papers other than Kirkland papers.
The order of the darkening : Kirkland > Canon > Kodak > HP Premium Plus.
Darkening does not mean really dark but only relatively darker when compared
with those images on Kirkland papers.

In my opinion, all these papers produced nice pictures.
Even though HP Premium papers produced slightly darker images (compared with
other papers) but I do not mind using HP papers for printing.
But I prefer Kirkland papers.

Craig

 

[Morgan Ohlson]

Out of my curiosity, I decided to test which photo papers are better for
printing memorable images.

I don't think the colored ink really will be that good to keep your memory
for very long.

Sometimes results get better on a lower resolution, or set to a lower
quality level paper (change in ink dot volume) then actually used.


Morgan O.

 

[measekite]

I am not trained in photography, printing engineering, arts, etc but an
ordinary guy like you.
Out of my curiosity, I decided to test which photo papers are better for
printing memorable images.
Papers I purchased (all were 4 x 6 cut) were Kodak (Costco), Kirkland
(Costco), HP Premium Plus, and Canon photo pro papers (which came with Canon
printers). Printers I used were: Canon ip4000 and Canon i9900 with OEM
inks.

I took some nice outdoor pictures with my new Nikon D50 camera.
Images were downloaded and opened using Adobe Photoshop CS2.
Images were resized at 4 x 6 with a resolution of 300 ppi.
Then, I printed the same image on 4 different papers with "Photo Paper Pro"
and high print quality "high" settings.
Actually, I tried two different images, though.

It seems that Kirkland papers produced the best pictures in my opinion.
Colors on these papers seem to be almost identical, but I see a subtle,
gradual darkening of images on papers other than Kirkland papers.
The order of the darkening : Kirkland > Canon > Kodak > HP Premium Plus.
Darkening does not mean really dark but only relatively darker when compared
with those images on Kirkland papers.

In my opinion, all these papers produced nice pictures.
Even though HP Premium papers produced slightly darker images (compared with
other papers) but I do not mind using HP papers for printing.
But I prefer Kirkland papers.

the costco paper is almost as good as the canon photo paper pro and 1/7
of the price. i use the full sheet and cut it with a fiskars rotary
paper cutter. that model is sold exclusively at costco. it looks nicer
than the fiskars sold at other stores. i think the full sheet kirkland
paper mfg in switzerland is made by ilford for costco. the cut 4x6 made
in america is not at white so the whites are not as pure. i guess it is
ok for the average snapshooter that uses their lcd for composition with
their arms stretched out. you see them all over hold the pictures the
wrong way after setting their camera on maximimum compression with
minimum photo size in order to maximize the number of photos on the
memory card. they can barely print out a 4x6 that is supersharp.

but this people do possess the intiligence to use factory ink in their
printers.