HP photo paper is photastic!

Advantages: Good quality paper produces a shop quality print
Disadvantages: Tear off side can be a bit ragged

...This product is premium quality photo paper with each sheet weighing 240 g/m² (which is quite heavy). It is pre-cut on three sides like normal paper but with a perforated tear-off tab down the fourth side so you can handle the print without touching the photo itself. It aims to give you a finished product that looks like a traditional glossy photograph and claims to be optimised print quality and reliability with HP inkjet printers. "What the manufacturer says about this product: (taken from their web site)": The HP Premium Photo Paper is designed especially for home users who want the look and feel of traditional photographs when producing reprints, enlargements or photos for sharing as well as business users for whom high quality, high impact outputs are vital. The traditional-quality 240 g/m2 weight gives your digital photos...

sadoldbag 31.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of HP Premium Glossy Photo Paper

A Glossy picture.

Advantages: Print off exactly which photos you want
Disadvantages: Light weight paper

...has come down in price and is available in various thicknesses and sizes. I favour the A4 size, as most programmes allow you to print multiple photos and this gives you more choice, so you can print off a selection at one time or multiple small photos, perhaps of your wee one or family to enclose with Christmas cards. I have purchased several packets of Epson Photo quality glossy paper from Costco. It comes in a pack of 3 containing 20 sheets in each packet. Each sheet is A4 and weighs 141 g. It is glossy white in colour and the back is a dull creamy, white colour, so there is no problem deciding which the side for printing is. It is very slightly thinner and lighter weight than photos developed from a photographer. This doesn't stop me using it because if you are fitting in a frame it will be fine If you intend to pass the photos around...

jo145 16.07.2005 · Read review
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Review of Epson Photo Quality Glossy Paper - glossy photo paper - 30 sheet(s)

I'm in love with... Premium Glossy Photo Paper??

Advantages: The quality is excellent - looks just like "proper" photos
Disadvantages: You may have to fiddle with photos before printing to get it to fit!

...paper in all good computer/stationery stores - online or on the High Street. I seem to see it everywhere I go. Ciao has some links too if you can't find it. (Try http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000CG1PD/qid=1093475070/sr=2-1/ref=sr211/202-4971733-2357466 if you have problems - sorry about the long address!) Quick comparison: I recently shared some photos I took on a holiday in Russia with a friend, who wanted to print out some copies. I went round to her house and we set up her printer, but the paper she bought was Kodak Glossy Photo Paper or a similar name (sorry - can't remember the exact name!) Her printer was pretty similar to mine. Comparing the same photos, one thing I did notice was that the Kodak photos didn't look as much like the photos I used to get from Boots as my Epson photos did. Normally I would...

ILoveBargains 25.08.2004 (31.08.2004) · Read review
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Review of Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper - resin coated glossy photo paper - 20 sheet(s)

Hp's Premium Photo Paper.

Advantages: Excellent high-quality photo paper, produces high quality prints.
Disadvantages: None whatsoever.

...Last week, I was asked to journey to my local Office World to buy paper for some holiday snaps. After some shelve browsing I came across the Hewlett Packard Premium photo paper. I bought it purely due to the fact the packaging seemed to reach out, and in one swift promotional swing, forced me to purchase the product. Well okay I'm exaggurating, the main thing which attracted me to the product was the price tag. Office World have always been pretty good on prices, and the 6.79 I paid for a 10 sheet A4 pack of this left me feeling most impressed, infact I picked up two packs worth to cover all the pictures! The paper's appearance is of particular high quality. Its extremely glossy, and resembles the sort of paper you find on the covers of magazines, yet much thicker. Of course, I was highly skeptical of the results when used in...

Credance100 30.10.2004 · Read review
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Review of HP Premium Photo Paper - glossy photo paper - 20 sheet(s)

Great glossy photo paper by Epson

Advantages: excellent quality. durable and easy to use
Disadvantages: high price, low number of sheets (20) per pack

...Having Just an Epson printer to print photographs from my pc, I decided to use the manufacturers approved paper. Epson Durabrite Photo Paper is excellent for printing glossy high quality photos. And with DuraBrite pigment ink for a better bright and detailed print together with its 200gsm weight means it's ideal for photos. I bought the 20-sheet pack on line for £7.34 online and at this price its only going to be used for special photos, I also paid £1.50 for postage and packaging. This price equates to 34- 40 pence a photo so any mistakes printing are costly, but the quality is good and I haven’t had any problems as yet. So if you need to print quality pictures and you have an Epsom printer (would work in any printer as it I standard A4) I would highly recommend this paper with its glossy coating and durable...

dingoo 22.10.2005 · Read review
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Review of EPSON DURABrite - photo paper - 20 sheet(s)

Surprisingly good results from a very cheap paper

Advantages: Dirt cheap, at approx 8p per sheet, you can't go wrong.
Disadvantages: None that I know of

...I don't do a lot printing, but for anything other than general documents, I use this paper. Tesco's 180 gsm paper used to be my paper of choice, but this comes in a great deal cheaper. To give you an idea, PC World stock HP paper very similar to this that comes in at about £7 for 25 sheets, this paper from Sumvision can be had for about £2. So, HP paper from PC World works out at about 28p per sheet, this paper is about 8p per sheet. The package is a thin plastic bag, much like magazines are often in nowadays, with card inserts to protect the paper. The bag can be opened and resealed to ensure the paper doesn't dry or become contaminated. In comparison to the Tesco paper, and I would imagine, Epson or Kodak paper too, there is little to distinguish this paper from it's rivals. Only the purist is going to notice...

Danneey 03.12.2007 · Read review
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Review of Sumvision Premium Glossy Photo Paper A4 (180gsm)

The ideal paper for colour laserjet printing...

Advantages: Print quality, reliability, good value for money
Disadvantages: None really...

...Hewlett Packard produce this soft gloss laser paper to work specifically with their colour laserjet series of printers. At my workplace we use an HP 4500 colour laserjet and when we need to print off high quality photos or reports, this paper comes in very handy, due to the high quality of print that can be produced. This paper is priced at around £15 per box, although it may be cheaper depending on which supplier you use. Specs The paper has a satin gloss finish to it. It is coated with this finish on both sides, which is very handy for producing documents with doubled sided print. According to HP, the paper is finished with higher brightness, which should mean that greys and blacks are produced very clearly on the paper. The weight of the paper is 100 g/m2, which means that it is reasonably thick, but still able to...

richard_richard 09.04.2004 · Read review
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Review of HP Soft Gloss Laser Paper - satin glossy paper (Q2418A)

Its only made of paper

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: none

...Gosh these simple cheap paper light shades take me back a few years. The love nest (we shared the attic room) I shared with my boyfriend in a student house in the early seventies had the identical shade to the one in this picture. The reason why? Yes it was dirt cheap. The modern equivalent is only £2.99 for a 12, a larger 12 inch £3.49inch ball shade the larger 16 inch £3.99 available at http://www.discount-lighting-store.co.uk/subprod/paper-lamp-shades-0001801.aspx... Similar ones from habitat cost about £4 or £5. Of course you can buy more elaborate paper shades some different shaped ones Argos has a set of three Sphere, cube and prism shaped. For £4.89. Paper Disney character shades can be bought for your children?s rooms for about a fiver each. These light shades are quite good as they are quite neutral will not...

mumsymary 16.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Paper Lampshades

Daphne and her Paper Factory

Advantages: Educational visit
Disadvantages: It's not exactly Disney Land

..."Would you like to see the paper factory?" our guide asked us as we wandered around the tourist attractions of Thimphu, Bhutan's capital city. We'd just left the National Library and he'd clearly realised that all his attempts to explain to us what sort of plants were used to make the paper used in the historic volumes had failed completely. "It's made from Daphne" he said and we looked at him vaguely, with absolutely no idea what or who Daphne was. He tried and failed to explain and eventually realised that, unlike more horticulturally savvy guests, he'd landed himself a pair of ignorant dodos. We were clueless on plants appropriate for making paper. And so, heading back to our hotel, the River View, we pulled off the main road and scuttled up a rather rough looking side road and parked up outside a small building with a hand...

koshkha 15.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Jungshi Handmade Paper Factory, Thimphu

Paper Toss Game

Advantages: A quick and simple game for free...
Disadvantages: ...very basic

...So here's a little number for all us iPhone addicts to enjoy...the "Paper Toss" Application to be exact made by Backflip Studios...and what's that?? It's free?! Oh yes! Ever since I downloaded this game a coupe of months back, it's still ranked as one of, if not the top free download game on the iTunes store - a great pinnacle to hold, especially considering how simple this game is. Now, remember the iPhone is a touch phone, and that's how you control the game. As the title denotes, you 'toss' the paper into the bin from a set distance regarding the level you pick - Easy, Medium or Hard. But it's not as straight forward as that. It never is! To make the game somewhat taxing and therefore add the addictiveness to the App, a wind level will change after each throw, meaning the trajectory will need to change. This all means a certain...

carl.mcqueen 15.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Paper Toss (iPhone)