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I am looking for an acid free semigloss or gloss paper that is
doublesided. Basically, the same type of paper that is used for music
cd booklets. (weight, feel etc) Suggestions ?
I have an epson i320 printer.
TIA, mes.
 
I am looking for an acid free semigloss or gloss paper that is
doublesided. Basically, the same type of paper that is used for music
cd booklets. (weight, feel etc) Suggestions ?
I have an epson i320 printer.
TIA, mes.
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You can buy glossy CD booklet templates from Avery or other brands
that are pre-scored and pre-perforated but only for two-page booklets.
A tad expensive, as well. I would suggest glossy brochure paper, which
is heavyweight without being cardstock. I use the HP one, but I have a
HP printer and don't know how well it would work with Epson ink (I
think the box says it's compatible with all inkjets, but I'm not
sure). You can, however, find store-brand (Staples and Office Depot)
glossy brochure paper that works in all printers. It's a little
heavier than the HP one. I think this would work fine for what you
want.

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Fenrir Enterprises said:
You can buy glossy CD booklet templates from Avery or other brands
that are pre-scored and pre-perforated but only for two-page booklets.
A tad expensive, as well. I would suggest glossy brochure paper, which
is heavyweight without being cardstock. I use the HP one, but I have a
HP printer and don't know how well it would work with Epson ink (I
think the box says it's compatible with all inkjets, but I'm not
sure). You can, however, find store-brand (Staples and Office Depot)
glossy brochure paper that works in all printers. It's a little
heavier than the HP one. I think this would work fine for what you
want.

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Hi.

I also use the HP Brochure paper, and do so in my Epson 1290 (1280).

It works Ok, except that the colours will be slightly off, as compared to a
Colour Managed Print. The ink does take a little bit longer to dry than it
would on Epson papers.

There are now quite a range of double sided papers on the market, and Epson
might have one, but I am still working my way through the HP stock.

Roy G
 
I was wondering about that HP broshure paper, but did not know about how
the thickness compares to retail cd booklets. I have what they call
an "8 page" booklet to print, which is 2 double sided pages stapled
together and then folded. Of course, I would use that type of paper
for other things too. I did look at epson, but they do not have one
in gloss or semigloss. Those papers made specifically for cd's are
wayyy over priced and really not what I was looking for. mes.
 
I was wondering about that HP broshure paper, but did not know about how
the thickness compares to retail cd booklets. I have what they call
an "8 page" booklet to print, which is 2 double sided pages stapled
together and then folded. Of course, I would use that type of paper
for other things too. I did look at epson, but they do not have one
in gloss or semigloss. Those papers made specifically for cd's are
wayyy over priced and really not what I was looking for. mes.
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It's about the same. The Office Depot brand is more universally
compatible and I think about a dozen gsm heavier, so you might want to
get that one instead.

If this is for anything professional, you may want to get glossy laser
brochure paper and make one copy on inkjet photo paper, then take it
in to get printed on the brochure paper on a color laser copier.
Inkjet is not waterproof enough for professional use (unless you have
an Epson Durabrite printer), you don't want the item to smear if they
flip through the book after drinking an iced coffee.

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Good point. It is the dye based printer. I used to have a durabrite
one but it bit the dust.
I didn't know lazer printers did very good on photos? At least the
comercial ones.
BTW it is an R220. mes.
 
Good point. It is the dye based printer. I used to have a durabrite
one but it bit the dust.
I didn't know lazer printers did very good on photos? At least the
comercial ones.
BTW it is an R220. mes.
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If it's just a one time item, you can spray the paper with Krylon
clear or some other similar spray (art stores carry 'better' ones but
they're a tad expensive) to make it more water resistant and fade
resistant. Commercial lasers do a decent job, though the 'gloss' won't
be as good because the toner sits on top of the paper like a thin
layer of plastic, rather than being absorbed into the paper so that
the gloss shows through. You could try a test on standard paper to get
an idea of the quality, at least. Most Staples usually have a Xerox
DocuColor 12 which does nice prints. I always print at the highest
quality to make a master print from the inkjet, then use that to run
off multiples at Staples (such as business cards). Office Depot
usually have varied models of Xerox printers. They don't charge to
print directly off a disk, but Staples still does. The R220 definitely
doesn't do very water resistant prints on standard papers, though I
have found that prints on the Premium and Ultra Premium photo papers
stand up pretty well. I haven't tried it on any kind of brochure paper
yet.

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Well, I have some cd's of my own music, but I wanted to just print them
as needed. Last time I had a "printer" do them, I had to do alot all at
once and it wasn't cheap.
I went to office max and they had HP glossy brosure paper. (the
office depot paper said it was not acid free) It only came in packs of
150 at 30 dollars a pack, but I got lucky and they had a buy one get one
free sale. So it comes out to 10 cents per page.
I say I was lucky, When printing on it, text is fine, but photographs
are printing way too wet and it makes subtle shading on faces harder
lines. Basically, it just doesn't do very well on photos. I've tried
settings for "premium semigloss photo/ glossy photo/ premium glossy
photo/ ultra premium GP/ Premium luster paper. There doesn't seem
to be much difference. I though to try transparency, but there was
not a setting for that.
I don't know if lightening it would help or not.
Any ideas? TIA, mes.
BTW, at least it seems pretty smudge resistant so far.
 
Well, I have some cd's of my own music, but I wanted to just print them
as needed. Last time I had a "printer" do them, I had to do alot all at
once and it wasn't cheap.
I went to office max and they had HP glossy brosure paper. (the
office depot paper said it was not acid free) It only came in packs of
150 at 30 dollars a pack, but I got lucky and they had a buy one get one
free sale. So it comes out to 10 cents per page.
I say I was lucky, When printing on it, text is fine, but photographs
are printing way too wet and it makes subtle shading on faces harder
lines. Basically, it just doesn't do very well on photos. I've tried
settings for "premium semigloss photo/ glossy photo/ premium glossy
photo/ ultra premium GP/ Premium luster paper. There doesn't seem
to be much difference. I though to try transparency, but there was
not a setting for that.
I don't know if lightening it would help or not.
Any ideas? TIA, mes.
BTW, at least it seems pretty smudge resistant so far.
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I think your problem is simply that you're using HP paper with an
Epson printer. Epson doesn't make Epson brand glossy brochure paper,
so you'd have to go with a generic like Office Depot's that's
formulated to work over a wide variety of printers. You can get a PH
testing pen from a craft store (usually with the scrapbooking
supplies) or photography store, and test the Office Depot paper with
that. Nearly all paper these days is acid free, even if it doesn't
have it printed on the package. I used the older style Office Max type
once and it smeared all over everything, so I haven't tried their
newer ones (they have changed their supplier).

You may also be expecting too much from it, no brochure paper is going
to have as good a print quality as photo paper, but it shouldn't be
/bad/. Other settings you might want to try are Photo Quality Ink Jet
Paper, or Photo Stickers.

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