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How to select the type of photo paper

How to select the type of photo paper

More and more developed many different types of paper required for printing colorful photos, images at home and in the workplace in the office. Already, there are many semi-professional, amateur and professional digital cameras that allow you to get pictures in the highest quality, which is achieved thanks to the high resolution of the pre-built templates. It is for this reason, the newcomer may have very serious problems with the choice of not only a good and suitable inkjet photo printer that will print the photos, and the most high-quality paper necessary for everyday printing photographs and images.
    
    Photo Paper can be divided into three types:
    
  • Glossy Photo Paper (Glossy)
  • Matte Photo Paper (Matte)
  • Conventional photographic (used in offices).
    
  Glossy Glossy Photo Paper has a very increased density, glossy layer through which avoids flushing and fading ink on the surface of photo paper. Type of paper - Glossy, are very often used to print a picture, images or photographs, which have soft tones and vibrant landscapes. The glossy photo paper is perfect for images, photos and types of printing, which requires a very rich color reproduction and very high capacity for reflection. One of the main disadvantages of glossy paper - the inability to print with pigment inks. For pigment inks are very easy to wipe the surface of the glossy photo paper. If you wish to print your photos using pigment inks on glossy photo paper, you need to use superglyantsevuyu photo paper, which in turn has a special layer to prevent deterioration of print.
    
  Consider matte paper. It can be divided on photographic paper with a density of 120 g/m2 or more. Matte Photo Paper with most lower density often used to create printed products, leaflets, etc. Photo paper with a high density is used for printing high-quality photos. When comparing superglyantsevoy and glossy paper, matte photo paper best suited for these types of ink like:
    
  • Water Ink
  • Pigment ink
  • Sublimation ink (thermal transfer image)
    
  Looks great pictures with high detail, which transmit very fine details, while not displaying halftones. Matte Photo Paper has a lower cost and resistance to various prints by hand and scratches.
    
  Selection depends on the paper that the user wants to print on it. If you want to print the most simple documents, courses or reports, while using color graphics, illustrations, that user will be sufficient to use the standard photo paper 80 g/m2. If you wish to print high-quality photos, use photo paper with a matte, which has a density of 180 - 230 g/m2. If you are printing small printing You can choose matte photo paper, which has plotostyu 90 - 180 g/m2. If you wish to print your photos, it is important to accurately convey halftone and color saturation, so use glossy photo paper density 150 - 230 g/m2. The glossy photo paper printing density of 90 - 150g/m2.