Photo Paper Compatibility

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I've read that photo paper should be 'matched' to the printer or, I
suppose. the type of ink a printer uses. I have rather a large stock
of HP Premium Gloss Photo paper and presently use a HP930c printer. I
am thinking of buying a new printer and note that the Canon series
come highly recommended. Can I use the HP paper with a Canon machine
without degrading the image significantly or am I 'locked' into HP
machine.

As a follow up, the HP 930c is still in good working order. Am I
likely to see a significant/worthwhile improvement in print quality by
buying a more recent machine?

I will appreciate your guidance
 
Edward W. Thompson said:
I've read that photo paper should be 'matched' to the printer or, I
suppose. the type of ink a printer uses. I have rather a large stock
of HP Premium Gloss Photo paper and presently use a HP930c printer. I
am thinking of buying a new printer and note that the Canon series
come highly recommended. Can I use the HP paper with a Canon machine
without degrading the image significantly or am I 'locked' into HP
machine.

As a follow up, the HP 930c is still in good working order. Am I
likely to see a significant/worthwhile improvement in print quality by
buying a more recent machine?

I will appreciate your guidance
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For what it is worth, I have a Canon i850 and the only paper that has given
me problems is Kodak paper. The prints took a long time to cure (several
days) regardless of the printer setting used.

The new Canons have different ink so I don't know if the problem still
exists or not.
 
Kodak paper is known not to produce very good results in Canon
printers. Other than their own Canon will recommend Epson paper. I get
great results with Costco/Kirkland(?Ilford) paper at 1/7 of the cost.
The results rival Canon Photo Paper PRo.
 
Kodak paper is known not to produce very good results in Canon
printers. Other than their own Canon will recommend Epson paper. I get
great results with Costco/Kirkland(?Ilford) paper at 1/7 of the cost.
The results rival Canon Photo Paper PRo.
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It is not a brand. You don't know what you are getting (evidenced by your
"?"). Using your own logic(?!), comparisons to Canon Photo Paper Pro are
irrelevant. That Costco paper is crap, not a brand. Stick to Canon paper.
 
Edward said:
I've read that photo paper should be 'matched' to the printer or, I
suppose. the type of ink a printer uses. I have rather a large stock
of HP Premium Gloss Photo paper and presently use a HP930c printer. I
am thinking of buying a new printer and note that the Canon series
come highly recommended. Can I use the HP paper with a Canon machine
without degrading the image significantly or am I 'locked' into HP
machine.

As a follow up, the HP 930c is still in good working order. Am I
likely to see a significant/worthwhile improvement in print quality by
buying a more recent machine?

I will appreciate your guidance
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For this instant for what its worth - I have some left over HP paper
and it will not run through the Epson printer as the ink will not dry on
the surface.


I now make sure that paper is compatible. (I struggle with Kodak paper
also through the Epson)
 
Ron P said:
For what it is worth, I have a Canon i850 and the only paper that has
given me problems is Kodak paper. The prints took a long time to cure
(several days) regardless of the printer setting used.

The new Canons have different ink so I don't know if the problem still
exists or not.
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With my 6600D I cannot see any difference between the high gloss Kodak and
the Canon papers.
 
Edwin Pawlowski said:
With my 6600D I cannot see any difference between the high gloss Kodak and
the Canon papers.
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I have used Epson Glossy Photo Paper with 4 different printers without
problem...It seems to be a question of experimenting and use what works for
you.
 
Kodak paper is known not to produce very good results in Canon
printers. Other than their own Canon will recommend Epson paper. I get
great results with Costco/Kirkland(?Ilford) paper at 1/7 of the cost.
The results rival Canon Photo Paper PRo.
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My results (I haven't tried Kodak paper) pretty much match agree. Even
really cheap papers like Fry's GC give OK results (considering how cheap
they are) with a little tweaking, on my Canon i960.
 
I believe Consumer Reports recommended manufacturers' brand for paper (as
well as ink cartridges. However, I'd suggest that you would probably do well
just using your stock of HP paper until it runs out no matter what the
brand. You might go down to a local computer store when they are not busy
(Sunday morning?) and ask them to print something on your paper with
different printers to see the quality.

John
 
John said:
I believe Consumer Reports recommended manufacturers' brand for paper (as
well as ink cartridges.
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ESPECIALLY INK CARTS. THEY DO NOT WANT YOU TO HAVE A CLOG AND RUIN THE
PRINTER.
 
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