Ink Jet Photo Paper...

[elbows]

Okay, so I got this new scanner and colour printer about 6 wks ago. Well, I'm just having a great time with the whole set up. Playing with photos, using the Adobe PhotoDeluxe program that came with the scanner and every bad snapshot I have ever taken.I am working my way up to Adobe Photoshop.

So here's the thing, in the six weeks that I've been at this I have tried all kinds of photopaper, most of it from stores you'd know, in packages of 20 pages for like almost $20.

Surely there is a better deal on photo paper. But I'll tell you what, I have friends in the paper business but they don't handle this item. I can't seem to find it in any bundle bigger than 20 pages. Anywhere.

I'm burning through the stuff too, something's got to give.I would buy a hundred sheets or more at a time if only I could find it.

Is there a photopaper cartel somewhere that is controlling the distribution of photopaper for inkjet printers that I am unaware of?

How about it, got any suggestions for me, I've done some footwork and some searching without much success. I'm in Canada so buying it over the internet in US $ and paying postage involves doing a little math to figure out if it's really any cheaper.

That said, I'd surely love to know where people who use lots of this stuff buy it in bulk.

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[oneofthemillions]

not sure where you live, or shop- but at our swap meet, we have a "paper person". a booth filled with retail paper. he sells a pack of 200 for around $159.00 if i remember correctly.

[Ringo]

When I want better than plain paper, but don't want to use the pricey stuff, I use laser printer paper (not copier paper).

[Kat]

I know of a site that has Hammermill photo paper and Xerox photo paper (and maybe more brands, I stopped looking after finding 2). It's a commercial site, so I won't post it here, but if you want the URL, email me. (It's one of several that were in some article rating sites that sold office supplies, but the only one I remember the URL of.)

[kunilou]

There are a buncha different grades of paper. Do all your photos require photographic paper? Try the laser paper discussed above. Also look for "coated" paper stock and compare prices on that.

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[handy]

Thats how those printer people make money. But you could try a generic brand I suppose, from the internet, which should be a lot cheaper.

BRIGHTNESS of the paper, if you just want to use laser paper, is the key. How bright paper is should be mentioned on the side of the ream. 92 is ideal if you can find it. Put a 92 brightness next to a 84 brightness & you can tell.

[Harmonious Discord]

It looks like a photo, when you use photo paper. Photo paper is also thicker like a photo.

Glossy paper can look a lot like photo paper, but it is not a thick rigid paper.

It doesn't look like a photo when you use photo quality injet paper, but you get a crisper output than regular injet paper.

Regular injet paper is brighter white than copy paper, but just as rough.


The quality of the paper has to do with brightness, smoothness of the printing surface, and thickness or weight of the paper. This doesn't include the specialty papers either.

I get 20 packs of photo paper at one store for $10. That's the cheapest I've found it locally.

[Harmonious Discord]

Try 20 piece packs for $20.

Say that twenty times quickly.

[StrTrkr777]

Around here, GA, you can buy the Kodak photo paper in either 20 or 50 sheet packs. About the best I have found it is about .60 a sheet.

I do not know if you start adding in shipping and currency conversions.

Jeffery

[handy]

I don't know if you guys noticed this but laser & inkjet paper has a proper side for printing on. The package should have an arrow saying which one to print on. Photo paper you can tell just by looking. But regular papers have a smooth printing side you have to use.