Roll paper

[mark herring]

Looking for information on "consumer-level" roll paper---eg 8" wide, 13"
wide, etc. ---for archival ink-jet printing.

For example, Epson sells many of their pro papers only in rolls 24" and
larger. Many types of archival media seem to be not available in rolls at
all.

Current specific need is printing panoramas in the range of 6-10" tall, and
20-40" wide
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Mark Herring
Pasadena, CA, USA
private e-mail: just say no to "No"

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[Bob Hatch]

Looking for information on "consumer-level" roll paper---eg 8" wide, 13"
wide, etc. ---for archival ink-jet printing.

For example, Epson sells many of their pro papers only in rolls 24" and
larger. Many types of archival media seem to be not available in rolls at
all.

Current specific need is printing panoramas in the range of 6-10" tall, and
20-40" wide
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You can always buy the larger rolls and cut them with a good radial arm or
chop saw. The place I buy most of my paper from does this for me from time
to time when I need a roll of 24" and all they have is 44". So you could buy
a roll of 20" and cut it into 2 10" wide rolls.

 

[mark herring]

Bob;
Sounds logical, but.........Radial arm???? How would you get a clean cut?

Who is your supplier? Mail order?

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Mark Herring
Pasadena, CA, USA
private e-mail: just say no to "No"

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[Bob Hatch]

Bob;
Sounds logical, but.........Radial arm???? How would you get a clean cut?

Who is your supplier? Mail order?

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I buy most all my stuff from Pro Photo Supply in Portland, OR. I'm sure they
would mail out to you but I don't see why you couldn't find a place locally
that could do the cut.

Radial Arm, I don't see why not. You'd have to make sure you had one of the
larger radial arms so you could cut the roll in one pass. You would need to
put a bigger fence across the table to hold the roll stable, and get one
other person to help hold the roll tight against the fence, and use a fine
tooth plywood blade, but it should be an easy cut.

 

[Jim Waggener]

How is that RV holding up Bob..

 

[Tom Monego]

Epson is coming out with more roll paper with the Stylus 4000, which has just
been released. A lot of pro printers don't like roll paper because of the
exteme curl you get at the end of a roll. Most high end paper suppliers will
be carrying narrow rolls and large packs of paper. Check Epson.com under the
Epson 4000 for paper supplies.

Tom

 

[Bob Hatch]

How is that RV holding up Bob..

Doing good. We just ordered a new Glider Chair to replace the recliner. Mary
hated the recliner. (RV furniture is expensive as heck.) I installed an air
compressor in one of the storage bays and bought enough air hose to reach
all the tires. We're straightening things out and getting ready to head to
AZ for the month of January.

Can't remember, do you have one, or want one?

 

[Jim Waggener]

Epson is coming out with more roll paper with the Stylus 4000, which has just
been released. A lot of pro printers don't like roll paper because of the
exteme curl you get at the end of a roll. Most high end paper suppliers will
be carrying narrow rolls and large packs of paper. Check Epson.com under the
Epson 4000 for paper supplies.

Tom

why would anyone buy a 4000 when you can get a 7600 for a couple hundred
more?

 

[Flycaster]

why would anyone buy a 4000 when you can get a 7600 for a couple hundred
more?

One difference off the top of my head is the 4000 holds both the photo and
matte black inks, requiring no purge when changing papers. The 7600 burns a
*lot* of ink with each and every purge, and (IIRC) the change-over costs add
up pretty quickly.

 

[Tom Monego]

It is $1100 more, there are very few discounts, If you don't want the very
large printing capabilities, over 16x20, and the 7600 has less convenient paper
handling. The 4000 is more of a desktop on steroids while the 7600 is a large
format printer. Now if I had a 4000 and wanted a LF printer I wouldn't go with
the 7600, I'd get the 9600 and now Epson has sold 2 printers.

Tom