Monday, January 9, 2012

Digital Printing Los Angeles - Information About Photo Paper

By Michael Fraser


With all the hi-tech technical equipment such as digital cameras, computers, scanners and digital printing Los Angeles it is not surprising that people are learning to do everything on their own. No more photo lab companies to print images, portrait or special occasion photos. A lot of people rather choose to print their photos with their own digital printing Los Angeles at home than having them print in a photo lab. A lot of digital printers can handle various kinds of paper but you need to make sure the photo paper is compatible with the digital printer.

Photo paper is the medium on which people use to print photographs. Picking the right type of photo paper can help achieve the look and results you want in the photos you print. There are photo paper that can be porous or not and comes with various sizes and different kinds of finishes.

All porous photo paper has fine particles glued together on the surface with air spaces, or pores, between the particles. Also known as to dry quickly it works well with printers that print quickly and require photo paper that both absorbs ink and dries out quickly. However porous media is at risk of air fading. The nonporous or swell able type, photo paper has no pores, which means pictures print on this type of paper is less likely to air fade. It also has the ability to swell to three times its original thickness as it quickly absorbs ink. Once the coating absorbs the ink the coating will dries up and return to its original thickness and captures the ink.

Aside from the texture of the photo paper the size also matters. A good size of photo paper to make use of when coming up with a scrapbook and even an album is the 4x6 or 5x7 inch paper. Of course there is an option for larger photo size for instance 8x10, 8.5x14 and 11x14 inch photo paper. Posters, calendars and studio-quality enlargements will likely require 11x17 inch photo paper. Photo paper emerges in two main types that are high glossy type and matte. The glossy finish reflects a great deal of light and lends itself well to scrapbook projects, family albums and prints not displayed near bright lights and windows. And a matte finish works well for framed photos since it decreases glare.

Next time you go shopping for photo paper make sure the paper works with your digital printing Los Angeles. Not a lot of people know this but it's important that you follow the proper steps to correctly print on photo paper or the photo prints may not turn out very well. Plus you could encounter paper jam or the printer might not be able to even feed the photo paper into the printer. Photo paper is really a lot more expensive compared to plain printer paper so it pays off to take your time and be sure you set up a photo print session correctly.




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