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 09/15/2005 08:17:13 PM · #1
Could someone please explain to me the difference to printing a b/w photo on coloured paper or b/w paper?... or if there is a difference... i have a b/w photo that i would like to keep 'matt' not glossy, and have been asked do i want it on b/w or coloured paper...
thanks in advance
 09/16/2005 10:19:20 AM · #2
The surface of both B&W & color papers can be both matt or glossy, or even in between like Illford's pearl. What the the photofinisher is probably asking is that you can save money by printing onto color paper, but its really hard to do that without some color shift. Where as B&W papers are designed for B&W and only have the color bias built into the paper. Go with B&W if quailty is a big concern.

Edit:

As a side note I read that Kodak is going stop stop producing silver based B&W papers. Although I very seldom used their papers it will probably turn the market into a niche market and prices will skyrocket. It makes me sad, but I guess its the price of technology.

Message edited by author 2005-09-16 10:23:48.
 09/17/2005 01:26:38 AM · #3
Thanks so much Steven... i ended up going for the b/w paper, as now you have explained it to me, the colour shift has happened to me before, i had a b/w photo printed and it came back with a pink tinge through it....
thanks again... much appreciated...
 09/17/2005 01:54:11 AM · #4
dude only print on b/w white paper, if you have a true b/w image. I worked in a photo lab awhile ago, and even after multiple calibrations you still get a slight magenta or green color shift on the b/w photos. True b/w images will only ever come up on true b/w white paper.
 09/17/2005 05:54:33 AM · #5
This brings up a question that I have had for some time -

Where can you buy silver based paper??

When I first got my Canon i9900, it came with some silver based paper, and honestly, the black and whites that I printed with it were STUNNING! The best black and whites I have ever printed at home. But since then, I can't find that paper anywhere. I have searched online everywhere for it. Does anyone have any experience with silver based papers that they like?

Thanks, Linda
 09/17/2005 07:32:10 AM · #6
Originally posted by lhall:
This brings up a question that I have had for some time -

Where can you buy silver based paper??

When I first got my Canon i9900, it came with some silver based paper, and honestly, the black and whites that I printed with it were STUNNING! The best black and whites I have ever printed at home. But since then, I can't find that paper anywhere. I have searched online everywhere for it. Does anyone have any experience with silver based papers that they like?

Thanks, Linda


The paper was actually packaged inside the box? If so, it was in all likelihood, Canon paper but I've never heard of this type of product from them. Or did the retailer throw it in?

edit: //www.redrivercatalog.com/browse/cat=4&prod=30.htm I wonder was it this type of product?

Message edited by author 2005-09-17 07:37:55.
 09/17/2005 09:50:59 AM · #7
It was packaged with the printer, and it was Canon paper, but I have not been able to find it since.
 09/17/2005 11:11:12 AM · #8
Originally posted by lhall:
This brings up a question that I have had for some time -

Where can you buy silver based paper??

When I first got my Canon i9900, it came with some silver based paper, and honestly, the black and whites that I printed with it were STUNNING! The best black and whites I have ever printed at home. But since then, I can't find that paper anywhere. I have searched online everywhere for it. Does anyone have any experience with silver based papers that they like?

Thanks, Linda


Linda,

I've never heard of silver based paper for inkjets. When I talked about silver based papers I was talking about conventional photographic paper. To use this paper with digital files instead of negatives photofinishers use a processor that uses lasers, instead of projected light like a conventional enlarger, to burn the image in the paper.
 09/17/2005 10:58:13 PM · #9
Originally posted by petrakka:
dude only print on b/w white paper, if you have a true b/w image. I worked in a photo lab awhile ago, and even after multiple calibrations you still get a slight magenta or green color shift on the b/w photos. True b/w images will only ever come up on true b/w white paper.


Is this the same effect you get if you try to print a b/w but don't tell your printer to use pure black instead of mixing all the inks to get black?

good info here, I will have to try b/w paper sometime (if I can ever find a print shop that will do what I ask instead of just having the machine with only one choice).
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