Canon Printer with Epson Photo Paper?

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Just gotten myself a canon i450. Anyone tried epson or hp photopaper with
it? or should i just stick to canon paper. not too sure about the price
difference though.

thanx!
 
john said:
Just gotten myself a canon i450. Anyone tried epson or hp photopaper with
it? or should i just stick to canon paper. not too sure about the price
difference though.
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I see you're in Singapore, so I doubt you will find an Office Depot
nearby. :)

But you might be able to order from RedRiver which apparently is very
good stuff:

http://www.redriverpaper.com/
 
I have a Canon i950 and use Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper with excellent
results. I use the Canon Photo Paper Pro setting when printing and Vivid
Photo setting.

Mary
 
john said:
Just gotten myself a canon i450. Anyone tried epson or hp photopaper
with it? or should i just stick to canon paper. not too sure about
the price difference though.

thanx!
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Stick with the Canon papers (for my use the PRO is great, but overkill
compared to Plus), or some of the Red River or Office Depot papers
recommended by others (which I have not personally tested). The Epson
paper is nominally a microceramic coated paper like Canon's, but it is
optimized for Epson ink with solid pigments. Canon printers use dyes,
with no solids content, so there are technical differences in required
papers, not that Epson papers are inferior.

Q
 
Just gotten myself a canon i450. Anyone tried epson or hp photopaper with
it? or should i just stick to canon paper. not too sure about the price
difference though.
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I get GREAT results out of my Canon S800 (BCI-6 inks) using Epson
Matte Heavyweight paper. I've found that prints on Canon Photo Paper
Pro (unmouted, under flourescent lighting) show a significant colour
shift after a year in an office setting. Prints on the Epson Matte
paper in the same location look like they did day one.

I have some framed (glass) prints at home, and for that I prefer the
Canon Photo Pro paper. But for "stick it up on your whiteboard"
stuff, the Epson excels. And it's a fraction of the price of Canon
Photo Paper Pro.

I use the "High Resolution Paper" setting in the print driver with the
Epson Matte paper.

I haven't tried any Epson glossy papers.
 
In addition to Office Depot and Red River which I use and get excellent
results from, I've just finished printing with Ilford Galerie which I got
from Sam's. I would put the Ilford right up there with Canon, OD and RR. It
gives a little warmer skin tone which I consider a plus. FWIW, the box
indicates it's made in Japan. I'd think that it would be available
worldwide.
 
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