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dry I spray them with Lysons 'Print Guard' which makes them water
resistant and give it some UV protection ( I held one test print under running water, and it just beads and runs off. Dried it with a towel and you'd never know it had been near water.) Does Print Guard dull the gloss? Not in the slightest |
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I use the Hammermill Jetprint on my Pixma i8500. I think it is a little bit
better to the same as Canon Pro, and about half the price. I only use the Canon inks (8 cartridges). The Jetprint is usually only available in 8.5x11, which is perfect for me. Staples usually carries Jetprint. Shoot well! "tomviolin" wrote in message oups.com... I just purchased a Canon PIXMA iP8500. Does anyone have any experience using inkjet photo papers other than Canon brand in this or a similar printer? For example, Kodak papers or store brands like Office Max photo paper? I have found the Canon-brand papers to be more expensive with less variety than, say, HP. I do have some HP glossy Brochure and Flyer paper lying around, but I just can't get acceptable results with it on the Canon. Help, Anyone? |
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Rick (Saga 35) wrote: I use the Hammermill Jetprint on my Pixma i8500. I think it is a little bit better to the same as Canon Pro, and about half the price. I only use the Canon inks (8 cartridges). The Jetprint is usually only available in 8.5x11, which is perfect for me. Staples usually carries Jetprint. First JetPrint 24# is not photo paper but inkjetpaper. I use it all of the time but now I can't. I went to Office Depot and Staples and it was not there. I then contacted International Paper, the parent company of Hamermill. Unfortunately, they decided it was not selling enough and discontinued. I went around with them telling them that it was by far the best paper, the smoothest paper, and the brightest white. They still discontinued it. Maybe you might have bought the last of it. I wish I knew where to get some of the left overs. Shoot well! "tomviolin" wrote in message roups.com... I just purchased a Canon PIXMA iP8500. Does anyone have any experience using inkjet photo papers other than Canon brand in this or a similar printer? For example, Kodak papers or store brands like Office Max photo paper? I have found the Canon-brand papers to be more expensive with less variety than, say, HP. I do have some HP glossy Brochure and Flyer paper lying around, but I just can't get acceptable results with it on the Canon. Help, Anyone? |
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tomviolin wrote:
I just purchased a Canon PIXMA iP8500. Does anyone have any experience using inkjet photo papers other than Canon brand in this or a similar printer? For example, Kodak papers or store brands like Office Max photo paper? I have found the Canon-brand papers to be more expensive with less variety than, say, HP. I do have some HP glossy Brochure and Flyer paper lying around, but I just can't get acceptable results with it on the Canon. Help, Anyone? HP and Kodak paper do not work well with the fast Canon printers because the ink doesn't get absorbed fast enough and pools as a result. Ben |
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On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 01:30:16 GMT, Ben Thomas
wrote: HP and Kodak paper do not work well with the fast Canon printers because the ink doesn't get absorbed fast enough and pools as a result. How about Epson papers? I'm probably going to buy a Canon printer when my old slow Epson finishes its current cartridges, and I'll have some Epson Heavyweight Matte and a little Epson Glossy Photo left. |
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They work just fine in my Canon i960. Beautiful prints. You can also buy
Epson double sided matte for reasonably good two sided printing. Glossy paper prints just have more color intensity and "snap" "Jim Shaffer" wrote in message ... On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 01:30:16 GMT, Ben Thomas wrote: HP and Kodak paper do not work well with the fast Canon printers because the ink doesn't get absorbed fast enough and pools as a result. How about Epson papers? I'm probably going to buy a Canon printer when my old slow Epson finishes its current cartridges, and I'll have some Epson Heavyweight Matte and a little Epson Glossy Photo left. |
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Canon Tech Support, in writing, said the while they feel Canon Photo
Paper Pro performs best they would also recommend Epson Glossy Photo paper as well. They also said that HP and Kodak paper did not produce good results. Jim Shaffer wrote: On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 01:30:16 GMT, Ben Thomas wrote: HP and Kodak paper do not work well with the fast Canon printers because the ink doesn't get absorbed fast enough and pools as a result. How about Epson papers? I'm probably going to buy a Canon printer when my old slow Epson finishes its current cartridges, and I'll have some Epson Heavyweight Matte and a little Epson Glossy Photo left. |
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Greetings Tom,
Kodak has created something called One Touch. This feature is incorporated into the Kodak EasyShare Software as well as a stand alone reference from their website. Please visit http://www.kodak.com/go/inkjet http://www.kodak.com/go/onetouch These two options will give you some insight into what is offered. If you go to the Inkjet site, look to the left of the screen and click on Printer Settings. If you have a current driver installed for your printer, use the suggested settings and you will find that Kodak paper will yield good results. The One Touch site gives you the option of downloading and installing the latest driver adjustments for your printer if you are using the EasyShare software. Of course, all of this is free. Talk to you soon, Ron Baird Eastman Kodak Company "tomviolin" wrote in message oups.com... I just purchased a Canon PIXMA iP8500. Does anyone have any experience using inkjet photo papers other than Canon brand in this or a similar printer? For example, Kodak papers or store brands like Office Max photo paper? I have found the Canon-brand papers to be more expensive with less variety than, say, HP. I do have some HP glossy Brochure and Flyer paper lying around, but I just can't get acceptable results with it on the Canon. Help, Anyone? |
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"Ronald Baird" wrote in message ... Greetings Tom, Kodak has created something called One Touch. This feature is incorporated into the Kodak EasyShare Software as well as a stand alone reference from their website. Please visit http://www.kodak.com/go/inkjet http://www.kodak.com/go/onetouch These two options will give you some insight into what is offered. If you go to the Inkjet site, look to the left of the screen and click on Printer Settings. If you have a current driver installed for your printer, use the suggested settings and you will find that Kodak paper will yield good results. The One Touch site gives you the option of downloading and installing the latest driver adjustments for your printer if you are using the EasyShare software. Of course, all of this is free. Talk to you soon, Ron Baird Eastman Kodak Company Hi Ron, Thanks for your input into this thread. I don't know if it's official or unofficial your input on behalf of Kodak, but it's welcome. It's a shame other manufacturer don't contribute. I would like to ask one question though. I have used many brands of paper, not all covered in my previous post as some were cheap and cheerful and other were specific to here in the uk. All brands I've tried required some fine tuning of the printer settings to achieve correct results. I've just gone through about 20/30 sheets of Folex stock printing out a GretagMacbeth colour chart with embedded sRGB colour space (Yes my monitor is calibrated to 2.2 also. There was nothing really wrong with the results on default settings, but they didn't quite match what I saw on my monitor and as I manipulate my images its important to know what I'm seeing on the screen will be printed. So I know that all paper requires some tweaking. However Kodak paper I've used in the past required much more than just tweaking. On default setting the whole image would have a pink cast, brightness and contrast way off. Why does it appear as if Kodak paper requires more adjustment to printer settings than other brands? Please don't take this question the wrong way - I'm no expert - just and enthusiastic amateur. Kind Regards, Patrick |
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I know you are trying to be helpful but this NG and the printer NG is
not a venue for you company's advertising aka SPAM. Ronald Baird wrote: Greetings Tom, Kodak has created something called One Touch. This feature is incorporated into the Kodak EasyShare Software as well as a stand alone reference from their website. Please visit http://www.kodak.com/go/inkjet http://www.kodak.com/go/onetouch These two options will give you some insight into what is offered. If you go to the Inkjet site, look to the left of the screen and click on Printer Settings. If you have a current driver installed for your printer, use the suggested settings and you will find that Kodak paper will yield good results. The One Touch site gives you the option of downloading and installing the latest driver adjustments for your printer if you are using the EasyShare software. Of course, all of this is free. Talk to you soon, Ron Baird Eastman Kodak Company "tomviolin" wrote in message roups.com... I just purchased a Canon PIXMA iP8500. Does anyone have any experience using inkjet photo papers other than Canon brand in this or a similar printer? For example, Kodak papers or store brands like Office Max photo paper? I have found the Canon-brand papers to be more expensive with less variety than, say, HP. I do have some HP glossy Brochure and Flyer paper lying around, but I just can't get acceptable results with it on the Canon. Help, Anyone? |
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