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Paper Choosing Tips
We will give you some tips in choosing paper in this blog.

During the initial period of printers, there was only copy paper acknowledged in that era. Photo paper was only recognized by photographical studio. After some time, it was established that people could create their own photos with a lab quality at home, by using these photo papers. Glossy and matte were not a deciding matter at the time. People only knew that photo paper worked better than copy paper as it is thicker and shinier.

Today the decision is not that simple, as printer manufacturers make it challenging. There are more than 50 different papers to choose from if you combine the different photo paper types from the big brands. If you go to a store for photo paper, there will be an endlessly range of gloss levels to choose, while it is difficult to tell their difference except for the price. Premium Photo Paper sounds great but all is not as it sounds, it is only a standard paper for HP. The only lower type of paper produced by HP is Everyday Photo Paper. The best photo paper HP produce is Premium Plus, but the best gloss type still has to be decided for your printing needs. Other manufacturers, such as Epson, make it easier by naming Premium on the best photo paper they have, this is also the case with their ink cartridges. Epson have created impressive names for their products with various prices and give the idea that you have to pay more to get more. There are solutions on this problem:

1. There is some free paper samples provided when a printer is bought to give the consumer an idea what is preferable, for their needs. Use these samples if possible. It is very helpful, as it is a good chance to test your printing need for free and to find out the types of papers required.

2. Find out which type of gloss you need and stick with it.

3. If you only print intermidently, then consider taking a small pack such as a 25 pack paper instead of taking a big pack of 100. The 100 pack papers might be cheaper per page; however, it can result in wasted paper if the print results are not what is required.

4. Consider the type of photos that will be printed before buying the paper. Many people print a lot of 4 x 6 pictures. If printing out 4 x 6 is done at a printing studio then having a 100 pack of photo paper at home is not really necessary.

5. If all of these attempts fail, then get the photo paper with the same brand as your printer.

Hopefully you will not face the last tips.
 
 
 
 
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