photo paper

[dab]

I finally broke down and bought a new printer, HP970cse, same specs as the 1000 just dont have the option of printing from a memory card, Printer is excellent, outstanding results.
I have been using HP and Kodak paper with NO problems.

I thought I`d get smart and ordered some High Quality paper off ebay, 250 sheets for only 29.99 opened it up, looked great, felt great, man I was happy, until I printed my first picture. it is pure ****, takes forever to dry, wont print no where near as clear as the others. actually I dont think it`s photo paper, because the tag has been removed off the pack and I talked to a few others that bought the same paper and their tag was removed also. "live and learn"

[SysOpt]

It probably wasn't photo paper because of the fact that it had to "dry". If you try to print in high quality mode on regular paper, you'll dump a bunch of ink on it and it will smear, stay wet for a long time, etc. Could you tell if one side was particularly white, or shiny?

[Stan]

250 sheets for $29.99 ????? waow, that's cheap !
At that price, that can not be photo paper !

I have the HP895Cxi and I use HP Premium Photo Paper to print out the photos taken with my digital camera.
It costs me £9.99 (approx $16) for 10 sheets !!!

Stan

[Wiz]

yeah, photo paper is outrageously expensive. Sorry to hear you were ripped off Dab, i'd suggest eiterh reporting a fraud, or complain.

[dab]

It looks just like photo paper, just by looking at it, the only difference I can tell between HP and this one is that it isnt quite as white.
the thing that gets me is that I emailed a few people that bought the same paper, and some say it is great and some say it`s ****.

also, everyone says that their label was torn off too. the paper is in a wraper that has Crown Vantage on it. I went to their site and found that they do make paper, but I didnt see photo paper.

I guess it could be worse, I just got an email from a guy that bought 500 sheets,He`s highly irregular to put it mildly, but I learned a good lesson. I guess I can always print on the back side! lol

[Bleep]

Have a good look at the paper. I have bought some paper like this (i think). bend a sheet almost in half and see if one side isn't quite a bit whiter than the other. Print on the bright white side. My guess is that this paper was made by Epson, they make a pretty cheap Photo paper but it is not very heavy, it is good at 720 DPI give it a shot
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