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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Printing: Printers, Papers and Inks => Topic started by: a_krause on May 06, 2009, 12:18:59 pm

Title: color laser copy paper in 2400
Post by: a_krause on May 06, 2009, 12:18:59 pm

hey there

so i was thinking about printing on some glossy copy paper , not for good prints but rather im putting a book together and need to just figure out order and pacing, and thought this paper is cheap and has a glossy surface, so could possibly work. Has anyone ever tried this? would it harm the printer in anyway?

Or are there any relatively cheaper  glossy/luster photo papers that would work just as good?

thanks
adam

Title: color laser copy paper in 2400
Post by: Randy Carone on May 06, 2009, 01:14:35 pm

It won't hurt the printer, but unless it has an inkjet receptive coating, the ink may not bond. Send text or a small, cropped section of a photo to determine if the ink will bond or run off like a water off a duck's back.

Title: color laser copy paper in 2400
Post by: tomm101 on May 06, 2009, 04:29:23 pm

Quote from: a_krause

hey there

so i was thinking about printing on some glossy copy paper , not for good prints but rather im putting a book together and need to just figure out order and pacing, and thought this paper is cheap and has a glossy surface, so could possibly work. Has anyone ever tried this? would it harm the printer in anyway?

Or are there any relatively cheaper  glossy/luster photo papers that would work just as good?

thanks
adam

We received some HP Glossy laser accidentally on an order, since we had run out of our regular paper we tried some. The prints were very flat and lifeless, tried a couple of paper choices and profiles, still not acceptable. May work for the mock ups you need  but you loose a lot of detail.

Tom

Title: color laser copy paper in 2400
Post by: KeithR on May 06, 2009, 04:56:46 pm

I would imagine that the copy paper is formulated to take a dry coating, like from toner, which I believe is a powder. Wouldn't ink, being wet, just bleed and soak the paper?