HP Glossy paper on an Epson

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Geoff

Found some cheap HP Colour Packs at a car boot. The pack includes 5 sheets
of inkjet glossy, which I thought might work well enough on an Epson 870.

Sadly not - dreadful mottled effect, no big loss (two quid for six packs)
but seemed odd that the results would be so bad. There's obviously a huge
difference the two technologies. The generic brand paper I'm otherwise
using is great.

Geoff.
 
Geoff said:
Found some cheap HP Colour Packs at a car boot. The pack includes 5 sheets
of inkjet glossy, which I thought might work well enough on an Epson 870.

Sadly not - dreadful mottled effect, no big loss (two quid for six packs)
but seemed odd that the results would be so bad. There's obviously a huge
difference the two technologies. The generic brand paper I'm otherwise
using is great.
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I noticed exactly the same thing. I quite like TDK PRO Quality Photo Glossy
if you can find it and it works in both of my printers )one HP one Epson.

Meanwhile read this....

http://bermangraphics.com/press/wilhelm.htm
 
CWatters said:
I noticed exactly the same thing. I quite like TDK PRO Quality Photo Glossy
if you can find it and it works in both of my printers )one HP one Epson.

Meanwhile read this....

http://bermangraphics.com/press/wilhelm.htm
Click to expand...

Thanks, interesting read. I'll just summarize the relevance for my own
situation, maybe not entirely relevant to the OP.

I got some Kodak Premium Glossy which is rather awful on my pigment
based Epson R1800. Apparently it is swellable type not microporous
because it takes a while to dry. This article says swellable is actually
good for longevity because it swells dye inks in than closes up whereas
the microporous papers remain open to ozone and are more susceptible to
deterioration. The pigment inks however, are more stable in the short to
medium time range and do not drift like dyes. Pigment inks are also
waterproof but this Kodak swellable paper makes prints that are easily
damaged, especially with moisture.

Then they talk about differential gloss using pigment inks on glossy
paper. You get a different sheen, so it seems I ought to go with
something more like a semi-gloss or luster (pearl?).

Ah ha! Here's what's relevant to my Kodak paper experience and the OP:

"Certainly one thing I would advise people to be very aware of is that
the papers made by Kodak and the other third-party companies -- that is
other than the printer manufacturers themselves -- are all advertised,
without exception, as being suitable for all printers. It means that in
the formulation that they are not optimized for any particular inkset or
printer. They are using a “one size fits all” approach and that means
that they don’t fit any of them well compared to what the printer
manufacturers can do because they design their papers specifically for
their inksets."
 
There is a large difference although it depends upon which Epson printer
and which ink set you are using.

Art
 
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