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 05/10/2005 04:24:02 PM · #1
I am curious to know if anyone has tried the "Kirkland Photo Paper" available at Costco? And if so, what printer are using it with? If anyone is using it with the Canon i9900 what profile are you using?

Thanks.


05/10/2005 04:41:14 PM · #2
I've used it with a Canon i960 and it worked great. It does seem to be more glossy than the Epson paper I had been using.
 05/10/2005 04:44:16 PM · #3
Kirkland are re-named brands. They don't manufacture....

So the Kirkland brand paper is very likely HP, Canon, Epson, Kodak, or on of the handful of other brands - just in disguise!
 05/10/2005 04:55:28 PM · #4
How do you know this?

Originally posted by theSaj:
Kirkland are re-named brands. They don't manufacture....

So the Kirkland brand paper is very likely HP, Canon, Epson, Kodak, or on of the handful of other brands - just in disguise!

05/10/2005 04:59:18 PM · #5
I just had this conversation with my printer yesterday... Paper's have a "marketed name" and a "generic" name as many items do.

Certain stores have items labeled specifically for their stores, vs. the nationally known brands.

Food companies do it as well.

Same thing, different label, and often a lower price.
 05/11/2005 03:32:09 AM · #6
Hi
Having bought a few box`s of Kirkland paper from Costco and pleasantly surprised with the value for money. This also confirmed by my local photo shop on the quality. I notice that it is manufactured in Switzerland. So I do not think it is made by any of the big names.
 05/11/2005 07:44:36 AM · #7
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 05/11/2005 08:21:12 AM · #8
Same here, on the quality.

I have compared several makes and for photo quality and feel, I like the Staples professional (a little bit thicker than Kirkland) and the Kirkland.

Cheers
 05/11/2005 09:03:40 AM · #9
"How do you know this?"
[[[Cause, Costco is not a manufacturer, and they're Kirkland brand is a generic re-label. I know people who work for CostCo. I also used to work for a chemical company. We sold our product under our own name and had alternate labels for nearly a dozen other companies. It was always funny when we'd get an order for our product and then an order for one of our resold products from the same company. Did they ever realize they were buying the same thing.

*lol*

Anyways, it is extremely common practice. Do you really think your local grocery store has their own dairy farm to make milk and butter for them? Nope...they purchase it from a mainstream dairy and it's relabeled. Why is this done? A guarantees a large pre-order. Second, it usually guarantees branding.

Example: you are a dairy farm and you have a rival. you arrange an agreement to provide generic store-branded milk to the area super-market chain. and with that agreement the super-market agrees to carry your premium branded product over your rival.
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 05/11/2005 10:08:57 AM · #10
Originally posted by theSaj:
"How do you know this?"
[[[Cause, Costco is not a manufacturer, and they're Kirkland brand is a generic re-label. I know people who work for CostCo. I also used to work for a chemical company. We sold our product under our own name and had alternate labels for nearly a dozen other companies. It was always funny when we'd get an order for our product and then an order for one of our resold products from the same company. Did they ever realize they were buying the same thing.

*lol*



Thanks for all of that info.

Would you happen to know if HP, Canon, Epson, Kodak, etc. manufactures their product in Switzerland?

The box of Kirkland paper that I purchased says on the back of the box that it was made in Switzerland.
 05/11/2005 10:12:05 AM · #11
"The box of Kirkland paper that I purchased says on the back of the box that it was made in Switzerland."
[[[Just a note, sometimes that refers to exactly what it says "box" made in Switzerland. It's funny when you realize that. The packaging is made in one place and product on another. Product "Made in Taiwan" and the packaging "Made in Canada". *lol*
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 05/11/2005 10:14:51 AM · #12
Oh...just a note for those who do a lot of your own printing!

Because most generic paper are made by name brands (and with HP and Epson I actually doubt they make the paper itself...they probably just have a certain company like Kodak, Fuji, etc. which has a dedicated high end paper business actually make the paper).

But anyways, because of that...some generic paper will perform poorly in say an Epson but great in an HP or vice-versa. I forget if it was HP and Kodak that I had bought both papers and discovered an identical texture, print-quality, etc. And I realized it was the same paper. Don't remember if it was Kodak or not. But it was HP and a generic.
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