Which Paper is Right for Your Printer?

Get better-quality printouts with the right paper!

Printer paper stores offer a wide range of paper types to select from, which is often quite confusing. For better-quality printouts, it is always advisable to buy coated or specialty paper, like Photo Paper (Glossy or Matte), Coated Paper (Glossy or Matte), All-purpose Paper, Proofing Paper, Signage Media, etc., recommended by the manufacturer of your printer model.

Specialty paper for your inkjet, photo printers, and multifunction devices could cost around 10 cents to $2 per letter-size sheet. However, specialty paper is essential as your ultimate aim is to avoid inaccurate colors, lower print resolution, and a dull finish to your text and photos. So, you should be in a position to choose judiciously and get the maximum out of your printer.

The list below helps you in making the best choice of Specialty Paper for your purpose:

Home Use

Photographic Papers (Gloss / Semi-gloss) - Ideal for a lab-quality look and feel of photos with a gloss or semigloss finish. Use Photo Papers to print colorful & scenic images, presentations, flyers, reports and contact sheets
Photo Papers (Matte) - Best suited for vivid photos with a non-reflective coating. Best for framing non-glare images, printing craft projects, newsletters and signage
All Purpose Papers - Made to meet your daily business and personal inkjet printing needs. Ideal for everyday high-resolution color printing. Print deep, sharp colors and text, sales brochures, greeting cards, newsletters and photographic portfolios
Scrapbook Papers - Formulated for scrapbook enthusiasts looking for acid-free, lignin-free matte and semigloss papers for scrapbooks. Print beautiful quality, matte photos and scrapbook-safe elements
Specialty Media - Set your imagination free with fun projects. Print stickers, greeting cards, invitations, promotional cards, customize t-shirts, cotton placemats, tote bags labels, CDs, convenient photo storage envelopes and mailers.

Professional Use

Photo Papers - Photo Papers are known for their resin coating, supreme print quality, and professional photographic look and feel. Photographic papers are available in gloss, semi-gloss, luster & semi-matte surface finishes
Coated Papers (Gloss / Semi-gloss) - Made for vivid high quality presentation applications. Coated Papers are made to meet the rising demand of the professional graphics industry and offer a range of products matchless in performance, quality and value
Coated Papers (Matte) - Suited for multi-purpose non-reflective presentation and display. Coated Papers helps the professional graphics industry by offering cost-effective, quality products
Proofing Papers - Print on Commercial Glossy or Semi-matte Proofing Paper for color accurate comping and perfect prepress proofing
Fine Art Papers - Use these acid free archival cotton papers to get a luxurious weight, texture, and finish for museum quality archival prints and reproductions
Signage Media - A matte, water-proof solution for signage that requires adhesive backing, used for advertising, banners, and point of purchase display applications.

Bobby Hudson is the writer of all articles for Databazaar.com, an online retailer of printer supplies and storage media.

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