Please comment briefly on your experience with using other than printer manufacturer's papers.

By Editor • Posted: Jul 27, 2004

There are a host of inkjet paper surfaces and brands available. To get the best results it's often recommended to work with the paper with the printer manufacturer's brand. Is this your practice?

Yes, it's the easiest and simplest way.

19% (13 votes)

Yes, but I experiment with other "3rd party" papers.

43% (29 votes)

No, I like other papers and am comfortable with downloading profiles for them.

38% (26 votes)

Total votes: 68

Comments

Submitted by Timothy G. Boudreaux on June 5, 2011 - 4:30pm.

I find staying with my printer's manufacturers (HP) paper I get much better results.

Submitted by Ms. Jones on June 5, 2011 - 4:30pm.

I also print on artists water color paper and artists coated canvas. I print on an Epson 785EPX.

Submitted by John Ray Neagu on June 5, 2011 - 4:30pm.

I'm an advanced amature and would go broke if had to pay for native inks and paper while gladly admitting germain supplies are tuned in for specific printers. I find it relatively easy and cost efficeint to fine-tune quality generic profiles for a given printer

Submitted by Andrew Pike on June 5, 2011 - 4:30pm.

The printer has paper settings for use with the manufacturer's brand papers. I beleive I will get better results if the printer knows exactly what it's working with.

Submitted by Bob Morrison on June 5, 2011 - 4:30pm.

For everyday use the Manufacturer's papers are overpriced, and for special prints for art shows and the like they do not offer a variety of finishes. I also find that clients appreciate seeing prints made from premium papers, especially if they recognize the Manufacturer's name and associate it with quality.