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Best Paper?
I'm printing reports with lots of words, small photographic portraits
(2" x 2") and scans of simple line drawings, of about the same size as the portraits, on a Canon IP4500 with MIS ink. The portraits look better on Xerox Premium Multipurpose (96 bright) 24# paper, than on Southworth 25% cotton 24# white fine linen paper (laser, inkjet and copier guaranteed). The portraits on the Southworth are slightly fuzzy. However, I like the "feel" and presentation of the Southworth paper better -- so use it. I think it makes the reports seem "special." The text and line drawings look good on both types of paper. I'm lookng for paper suggestions for this application. Ideally, I'd like a high quality paper with a great "feel" and presentation, that would print small portraits crisply. Thanks, Larry |
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, LF wrote: The portraits look better on Xerox Premium Multipurpose (96 bright) 24# paper, than on Southworth 25% cotton 24# white fine linen paper (laser, inkjet and copier guaranteed) Larry- Does Southworth make a similar paper specifically for inkjet printers? Inkjet-specific paper often has a coating that improves the appearance of photographs. The fact that your paper is guaranteed to be compatible with Laser and copier, indicates it does NOT have that coating (which could ruin a Laser printer). Another thought - have you considered using a Laser Printer? Advantages are that the ink (plastic toner) is waterproof, and it is usually less expensive on a per-print basis. Fred |
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:03:23 -0700 (PDT), LF wrote:
| I'm printing reports with lots of words, small photographic portraits | (2" x 2") and scans of simple line drawings, of about the same size as | the portraits, on a Canon IP4500 with MIS ink. The portraits look | better on Xerox Premium Multipurpose (96 bright) 24# paper, than on | Southworth 25% cotton 24# white fine linen paper (laser, inkjet and | copier guaranteed). The portraits on the Southworth are slightly | fuzzy. However, I like the "feel" and presentation of the Southworth | paper better -- so use it. I think it makes the reports seem | "special." | | The text and line drawings look good on both types of paper. | | I'm lookng for paper suggestions for this application. Ideally, I'd | like a high quality paper with a great "feel" and presentation, that | would print small portraits crisply. | | Thanks, | Larry It's hard for me to recommend paper since I've had so many problems with it myself. I don't recall even once finding what I considered to be very good to excellent paper and then being able to find it again when the initial purchase ran out. Printer paper is very definitely a constantly moving target, IMHO. Larc |
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On Mar 19, 12:17*pm, Fred McKenzie wrote:
In article , *LF wrote: The portraits look better on Xerox Premium Multipurpose (96 bright) 24# paper, than on Southworth 25% cotton 24# white fine linen paper (laser, inkjet and copier guaranteed) Larry- Does Southworth make a similar paper specifically for inkjet printers? * snip Good thought. I'll ask. Another thought - have you considered using a Laser Printer? * snip Portraits and pics are in color. Reports are printed on boths sides of the paper, auto duplex. I don't know anything about the quality of affordable color laser that might do the job. Another good thought. Thanks, Larry |
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Printer paper is very definitely a constantly moving target, IMHO. Multi-purpose pater that includes laser in its compatibility is unlikely to be coated, so is less than optimum for inkjet. Of the multi-purpose papers going up in weight seems to improve inkjet print quality and the subjective feel of a slightly heavier paper is better. So 80 gms/sq/m for general use, 90 gsm for letters, and 100gsm for legal documents, contracts and stuff you want to feel impressive. |
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:03:23 -0700, LF wrote:
I'm printing reports with lots of words, small photographic portraits (2" x 2") and scans of simple line drawings, of about the same size as the portraits, on a Canon IP4500 with MIS ink. The portraits look better on Xerox Premium Multipurpose (96 bright) 24# paper, than on Southworth 25% cotton 24# white fine linen paper (laser, inkjet and copier guaranteed). The portraits on the Southworth are slightly fuzzy. However, I like the "feel" and presentation of the Southworth paper better -- so use it. I think it makes the reports seem "special." The text and line drawings look good on both types of paper. I'm lookng for paper suggestions for this application. Ideally, I'd like a high quality paper with a great "feel" and presentation, that would print small portraits crisply. Thanks, Larry To look really good you need OEM ink and Hammermill paper. Using expensive paper with crap ink will not get you the quality you are after. |
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measekite wrote:
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:03:23 -0700, LF wrote: I'm printing reports with lots of words, small photographic portraits (2" x 2") and scans of simple line drawings, of about the same size as the portraits, on a Canon IP4500 with MIS ink. The portraits look better on Xerox Premium Multipurpose (96 bright) 24# paper, than on Southworth 25% cotton 24# white fine linen paper (laser, inkjet and copier guaranteed). The portraits on the Southworth are slightly fuzzy. However, I like the "feel" and presentation of the Southworth paper better -- so use it. I think it makes the reports seem "special." The text and line drawings look good on both types of paper. I'm lookng for paper suggestions for this application. Ideally, I'd like a high quality paper with a great "feel" and presentation, that would print small portraits crisply. Thanks, Larry To look really good you need OEM ink and Hammermill paper. Using expensive paper with crap ink will not get you the quality you are after. Using crap paper with oem ink will give you crappy results. |
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measekite wrote:
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:03:23 -0700, LF wrote: I'm printing reports with lots of words, small photographic portraits (2" x 2") and scans of simple line drawings, of about the same size as the portraits, on a Canon IP4500 with MIS ink. The portraits look better on Xerox Premium Multipurpose (96 bright) 24# paper, than on Southworth 25% cotton 24# white fine linen paper (laser, inkjet and copier guaranteed). The portraits on the Southworth are slightly fuzzy. However, I like the "feel" and presentation of the Southworth paper better -- so use it. I think it makes the reports seem "special." The text and line drawings look good on both types of paper. I'm lookng for paper suggestions for this application. Ideally, I'd like a high quality paper with a great "feel" and presentation, that would print small portraits crisply. Thanks, Larry To look really good you need OEM ink and Hammermill paper. Using expensive paper with crap ink will not get you the quality you are after. He isn't using crap ink. He's using MIS. TJ |
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measekite wrote:
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:03:23 -0700, LF wrote: I'm printing reports with lots of words, small photographic portraits (2" x 2") and scans of simple line drawings, of about the same size as the portraits, on a Canon IP4500 with MIS ink. The portraits look better on Xerox Premium Multipurpose (96 bright) 24# paper, than on Southworth 25% cotton 24# white fine linen paper (laser, inkjet and copier guaranteed). The portraits on the Southworth are slightly fuzzy. However, I like the "feel" and presentation of the Southworth paper better -- so use it. I think it makes the reports seem "special." The text and line drawings look good on both types of paper. I'm lookng for paper suggestions for this application. Ideally, I'd like a high quality paper with a great "feel" and presentation, that would print small portraits crisply. Thanks, Larry To look really good you need OEM ink and Hammermill paper. Using expensive paper with crap ink will not get you the quality you are after. This coming from someone that uses compatible paper is rather ironic. You expect us to take anything you say as truthful? The facts are that quality compatible ink is as good as OEM ink just as you know compatible photo paper is as good as OEM paper. You should have never told us you buy compatible photo paper because we are going to hammer you with your own hypocrisy every time you pop your ugly head out of your OEM hole. I find it interesting that every time someone mentions that you use compatible photo paper you won't reply to them. It must suck to step on your OEM crank like you have done by admitting to using compatible photo paper. Then again, I don't expect anything less than this type of stupidity from our village idiot. |
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On Mar 20, 3:01*pm, Michael Johnson wrote:
measekite wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:03:23 -0700, LF wrote: I'm printing reports with lots of words, small photographic portraits (2" x 2") and scans of simple line drawings, of about the same size as the portraits, on a Canon IP4500 with MIS ink. *The portraits look better on Xerox Premium Multipurpose (96 bright) 24# paper, than on Southworth 25% cotton 24# white fine linen paper (laser, inkjet and copier guaranteed). *The portraits on the Southworth are slightly fuzzy. *However, I like the "feel" and presentation of the Southworth paper better -- so use it. *I think it makes the reports seem "special." The text and line drawings look good on both types of paper. I'm lookng for paper suggestions for this application. *Ideally, I'd like a high quality paper with a great "feel" and presentation, that would print small portraits crisply. Thanks, Larry To look really good you need OEM ink and Hammermill paper. *Using expensive paper with crap ink will not get you the quality you are after. |
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