[Cialug] OT - Photo Laser paper

[Matt Stanton]

  You'll actually find that glossy photo paper for use in laser printers 
is near impossible to find.  The main reason is probably because toner 
flattens a gloss coating, so you are not able to get a 'magazine slick' 
finish to the printed photo.  Even worse, the more 'color', the less 
glossy it is, so if you use glossy paper and the photo has some white to 
it, the white areas will be glossy, while the 'colored' areas will be matte.

There are some options for matte finish photo paper for laser printers, 
though... HP makes a very nice photo paper for laser printers that is 
not glossy.  You should probably be able to find something along the 
same lines at officemax/depot.

Finally, avoid photo paper that is not specifically made for laser 
printers.  It highly depends on the printer, but some of them heat the 
paper up to a relatively high temperature in the fuser.  We have a 
copier at work that goes up over 300degF, so any sort of plastic film 
could stick to the fuser drum and cause you paper jams and later grief.  
I think most desktop lase printers probably don't get as hot as the 
copier we have does, though.

Sorry that I don't have a specific recommendation, but we generally just 
buy something with a good weight and a nice finish.  It's hard to know 
what you're buying online, though.  I'll have a look to see if we have 
any laser photo paper at work and reply to the list tomorrow if you 
haven't gotten any other recommendations.

On 8/26/2010 11:40 PM, Matt Breitbach wrote:
> So anyone got any good suggestions for photo-grade color laser printer
> paper?  I just picked up a Minolta 2300DL for pennies, and I wanted to try
> out some photo paper on it.  I've only ever dealt with inkjets and photo
> printing, so I'm a little out of my element on the laserjets.  I know I
> can't use inkjet paper and wondered if anyone had a particular preference
> and source (locally if possible).
>
> -Matt
>
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