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On 16 Jan 2006 07:04:31 -0800, A strange species called "zakezuke"
wrote: For those on the other side of the Atlantic, when you go and buy a pint in the pub you get short changed too, since ours is 20 fluid ounces as opposed to your 16 Such sillyness with measurments. It does make me wish that we went metric rather than imperial... at least metric was a standard wher emperial decided to change. Either that or we got it wrong, not sure on that point. But I don't feel I get short changed in pubs. I have a choice between a glass (12oz) and pint (16oz) or either an imperial pint (20oz) or a mondo pint (22 or 24oz). Bottles I buy are either the 12oz size, or the 20 to 24 range though typicaly 22. I've seen 8oz and 10oz though only for lucky lager or mickey's big mouth. Forgot about beer being imperial still. I don't drink beer though, mainly vodka so I forgot that one. Usually the odd occasion I have beer its from a bottle. Also in the US their gallons are slightly less than ours. I believe they are 3.8 litres to 1 US gallon, whereas here it is 4.55 litres to a UK gallon. Despite the difference, and even with fuel prices in the US high by American standards they still get it a lot cheaper than we do ;( I've got to admit the regular drinks you can get in the US you can get bottles of coke etc in lots of different sizes. Here you would have a 330ml can, then the 500ml bottle. Next up it would be 1 or 1.5 litres. 2 litres and 3 litre bottles. I think in the States they get 355ml cans, 600ml bottles, and so on for lower prices than we get lesser amounts. John |
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On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 03:53:30 GMT, A strange species called Ken Weitzel
wrote: John wrote: Hi. I am just after some advice on A4 paper. I don't know too much about the different grades and weights, but what I am looking for at the moment is something that is really good quality and will allow me to print on both sides of the paper without the ink showing through to the other side and without the paper curling after it has been printed on. Regular cheap office paper (I think this is 80gsm whatever gsm means!) is no good for this. I have been using white card, which does what I want however it takes twice as long to print on white card and it costs a lot more for the card and the ink. I would really like something that would still be classed as paper and can be sucked through my printer on sheet feed instead of manual (without any jams), but obviously is more heavy weight than regular paper, were the ink can't be seen through the paper and it doesn't cost a lot to buy. What should I be looking for? Can you recommend what grade of paper would fit this purpose and were I can buy cheaply? Thanks for any recommendations John Hi John... With all due respect, you haven't made the mistake that many newbies (myself included) make, have you? That is... try to get better quality prints by telling the printer that you're using better paper than you in fact are? I ask because, if you put in plain paper and then select for instance photo quality, the result will be horrendously excess ink, which will saturate the paper, ruining it and wasting gobs of ink. If you put in plain paper, select plain paper Take care. Ken Yes I have been doing that mate. The problem is that it was cheap office paper probably 80gsm, and I was printing two sides, one side was a photo the other test (using pretty much the entire scope of the paper (almost edge to edge), but I was printing it using the lowest settings for plain paper, either draft or just text mode. I have been using white card on the heavyweight paper setting, but that is too time consuming because I have to manually feed each one to avoid jams, and it also uses more ink. This is why I wanted to find a high quality paper especially for colour ink jet printing. John |
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Thanks for all the helps guys.
What is a ream? Is that a pack of 500 sheets? I went to Staples today in Leeds at lunchtime and was going to buy some paper. I was a little disappointed because they had 80, 90 and 100g but no 120g. The next weight was 160g. They did have some Epson paper at 90g which I was going to buy and just see if it did the job, it was on special offer at £4-99 for 500 sheets, but I was waiting in the queue for something like 10 minutes, they only had one person on the till serving and she was taking her time so I just put it back and walked out. I had to get back for work. I'm glad I didn't get it though because the paper I have used I believe is 80g and if that is showing through on two sided printing and curling, I'm sure this would as well as it is not much heavier. I don't really need a double coated paper because I just really need to print the photo on one side and basic text on the other. I don't need to print the photo with any of the best settings, just a low quality setting that uses less ink is all I need to do it with. I ended up going to another stationary shop in Leeds after work and got some 100gsm ink jet paper. I just got 100 sheets, but will give this a try and see if it is any good. Then I will be able to tell whether I really need 120gsm or can drop to 90 or stick with 100. I will have to check out the Viking Direct paper that has been recommended. The trouble with buying online though is that the postage costs will make it quite expensive unless you are buying lots of other things at the same time or bulk buying. One final thing, I just wondered if any places here in the UK sell paper in the "Legal" size? It is a little bit bigger than A4 size at 21.60x35.55 (8.5x14"). I think this size could be quite useful for certain things, like printing out web pages etc. Cheers John |
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In message , John
writes I will have to check out the Viking Direct paper that has been recommended. The trouble with buying online though is that the postage costs will make it quite expensive unless you are buying lots of other things at the same time or bulk buying. Once you get to thirty quid with viking its free delivery, even below that I don't think its much. -- Timothy |
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I've got to admit the regular drinks you can get in the US you can get
bottles of coke etc in lots of different sizes. Here you would have a 330ml can, then the 500ml bottle. Next up it would be 1 or 1.5 litres. 2 litres and 3 litre bottles. I think in the States they get 355ml cans, 600ml bottles, and so on for lower prices than we get lesser amounts. I've been told by UK residents that fountain drinks tend to be smaller but work out to be about the same price for the smaller size. I'm not up on soda. I simply have bought any in years. I know there are glass bottles of coke available in the 10oz size. These are rare as these bottles are actually recycled at the local bottler though co-operation with the reseller. They e-bay more than the value of the think, so they are getting fewer and fewer. I've even seen 6 ounce 1/2 can cokes though mostly in hospitals. I can't say i've ever seen anything larger than 2l in cola but when ever I have actually bought soda i've taken the time to evaluate the prices... and basicly a 2l bottle foats at about 99cents in a supermarket where as a 20oz bottle from a gas station costs over 99cents. This is common among the big names who engage in a price war. Any soda I would like simply isn't big enough to play that game and one would have to spend the usual price, which foats at about 3 to 4 bucks a 6 pack, or 2.50 per 2l bottle the last time I would have looked. But franky... the few times i've bought any sort of drink... it would have been either iced tea or iced coffee in big mouth glass bottles. 6oz for coffee and I think 20+oz for tea. Those things I can actually reuse. |
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John wrote:
Thanks for all the helps guys. What is a ream? Is that a pack of 500 sheets? It's a pack of paper that's usually between 300 and 500 sheets depending on the paper weight... 160gsm card would obviously have fewer sheets but the same rough weight in paper. I went to Staples today in Leeds at lunchtime and was going to buy some paper. I was a little disappointed because they had 80, 90 and 100g but no 120g. The next weight was 160g. Remember that your printer will have a limit to the type, weight and thickness of paper it can receive. I've noticed that there are heavy inkjet papers for things like photo printing that are 200gsm+ but if you were to try paper or card at that weight it wouldn't go through. I can't be 100% but I'm reasonably sure the issue is thickness and/or issues with the rollers being able to gain enough traction to pull the paper through. I'm more than willing to be corrected on that though. They did have some Epson paper at 90g which I was going to buy and just see if it did the job, it was on special offer at £4-99 for 500 sheets, but I was waiting in the queue for something like 10 minutes, they only had one person on the till serving and she was taking her time so I just put it back and walked out. I had to get back for work. I'm glad I didn't get it though because the paper I have used I believe is 80g and if that is showing through on two sided printing and curling, I'm sure this would as well as it is not much heavier. I've had a few reams of 90gsm and it's come out rather well, even with double sided printing... There's some minimal show through but nothing to write home about. I don't really need a double coated paper because I just really need to print the photo on one side and basic text on the other. I don't need to print the photo with any of the best settings, just a low quality setting that uses less ink is all I need to do it with. I ended up going to another stationary shop in Leeds after work and got some 100gsm ink jet paper. I just got 100 sheets, but will give this a try and see if it is any good. Then I will be able to tell whether I really need 120gsm or can drop to 90 or stick with 100. I will have to check out the Viking Direct paper that has been recommended. The trouble with buying online though is that the postage costs will make it quite expensive unless you are buying lots of other things at the same time or bulk buying. One final thing, I just wondered if any places here in the UK sell paper in the "Legal" size? It is a little bit bigger than A4 size at 21.60x35.55 (8.5x14"). I think this size could be quite useful for certain things, like printing out web pages etc. Try googling for legal/law office supplies, that might help... or even ask your local accountant where they get their supplies from. Thanks to livewire for the tip on viking direct though... Martin |
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In comp.periphs.printers Martin wrote:
John wrote: Thanks for all the helps guys. What is a ream? Is that a pack of 500 sheets? It's a pack of paper that's usually between 300 and 500 sheets depending on the paper weight... 160gsm card would obviously have fewer sheets but the same rough weight in paper. I thought a ream was 500 sheets regardless of weight. -- Chris Green |
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I'm coming into this discussion a bit late so, I'm not sure what has
already been mentioned. You have to be careful with paper weights, if they are done in pounds particularly (as many North American papers are rated). Those unfortunately have little to do with the weight of the paper you are buying in cut sizes like A4 or A3 (or letter size, or legal size, or whathaveyou). Paper weights when given in pounds are determined by the standard printers size the paper is cut to at the mill. They take, I believe 500 pages (which is one ream) and weight it, and that determines the weight of the paper, regardless of how it is cut up later. That would be fine except the standard paper size for weighing purposes is not consistent. Cover stock, or card stock or bond, all start at different standard sizes, so the weights do not correspond to one another is any logical fashion. Luckily, specialty papers have gone to using a much more logical system (although it doesn't necessarily correspond to the older "pounds" system). That is using grams (or grammes) per meter (or metre) square, This is a true "standard, because regardless of the cut size, or size of origin, the weight is based upon one square meter/metre of paper. So, each should be comparable, However, one more caveat. Paper weight does not tell you several other factors which can influence their use: Opacity - some papers have additives to make them more opaque to reduce "show through" from double-sided printing, while other papers may have high transparency, Absorbency - This can effect both dot gain, and if the paper is porous enough it may bleed ink right through to the other side Rigidity - This is how stiff the paper is. Some papers can be thick but floppy, others can be thin but rigid. Again additives and milling process can alter this characteristic. Most papers also have a "grain" which makes them more rigid in one direction than the other Surfacing - some papers have distinct "sides" to them, which others have equal qualities on both sides Texturing - the type of surface the paper displays. This may or may not alter how the inks respond. Thickness - paper weight may not be directly related to thickness. Some coatings weigh more than others, and some papers are weighed with the coatings and some only the base is considered. Kaolin clay is heavy, and a common coating on inkjet papers, for instance. Shed - some papers tend to flake off the surface with minimal manipulation. With inkjet printing, this can prove disastrous, particularly after the image has been printed. Surface consistency - some papers simply are milled from a variable pulp and these parts absorb ink differently. That can cause mottling or variation in darkness in otherwise evenly toned areas. There is no way to know before working with a specific paper how these different characteristics will interact. Papers designated for inkjet use, usually are designed to eliminate these variables, but if you, like myself, use papers not specifically designated for inkjet printing and use them in an inkjet setting, there are bound to be surprises, some pleasant, and some just a bit surprising. Art John wrote: Thanks for all the helps guys. What is a ream? Is that a pack of 500 sheets? I went to Staples today in Leeds at lunchtime and was going to buy some paper. I was a little disappointed because they had 80, 90 and 100g but no 120g. The next weight was 160g. They did have some Epson paper at 90g which I was going to buy and just see if it did the job, it was on special offer at £4-99 for 500 sheets, but I was waiting in the queue for something like 10 minutes, they only had one person on the till serving and she was taking her time so I just put it back and walked out. I had to get back for work. I'm glad I didn't get it though because the paper I have used I believe is 80g and if that is showing through on two sided printing and curling, I'm sure this would as well as it is not much heavier. I don't really need a double coated paper because I just really need to print the photo on one side and basic text on the other. I don't need to print the photo with any of the best settings, just a low quality setting that uses less ink is all I need to do it with. I ended up going to another stationary shop in Leeds after work and got some 100gsm ink jet paper. I just got 100 sheets, but will give this a try and see if it is any good. Then I will be able to tell whether I really need 120gsm or can drop to 90 or stick with 100. I will have to check out the Viking Direct paper that has been recommended. The trouble with buying online though is that the postage costs will make it quite expensive unless you are buying lots of other things at the same time or bulk buying. One final thing, I just wondered if any places here in the UK sell paper in the "Legal" size? It is a little bit bigger than A4 size at 21.60x35.55 (8.5x14"). I think this size could be quite useful for certain things, like printing out web pages etc. Cheers John |
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In message xy6zf.370371$ki.123634@pd7tw2no, Arthur Entlich
writes I'm coming into this discussion a bit late so, I'm not sure what has already been mentioned. You have to be careful with paper weights, if they are done in pounds particularly (as many North American papers are rated). Those unfortunately have little to do with the weight of the paper you are buying in cut sizes like A4 or A3 (or letter size, or legal size, or whathaveyou). Paper weights when given in pounds are determined by the standard printers size the paper is cut to at the mill. They take, I believe 500 pages (which is one ream) and weight it, and that determines the weight of the paper, regardless of how it is cut up later. Snip The OP is in the UK (Leeds to be precise) so he doesn't have those things to worry about... -- Surfer! Email to: ramwater at uk2 dot net |
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