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In this chapter
- The Importance of Paper
- Archival Paper
- Advantages of CD-ROMs
- Archiving Your Own Photo Gallery
Preserving Your Images
Today’s inkjet printers rival machine prints from your local drugstore or
photo lab. However, these printers will only print to the quality of the
media you put in them. In other words, don’t skimp on paper! Use the
best paper you can afford when printing images on your printer.
The amazing thing about today’s inkjet printers is that the technology
powering the $25,000 machines is exactly the same as the little inkjet
printhead in a $100 printer (see Figure 19.1). The only difference is the
amount of ink each can hold and the printing width. The quality you see
on billboards is available on a consumer-level Epson or HP printer.
This chapter will outline the different types of papers available for inkjet
printers. A mini-renaissance in paper science, technology, and manufac-
turing has occurred in the past 10 years thanks to inkjet printers.
Companies such as HP, Kodak, Epson, Ilford, Agfa, and Fuji have research-
and-development dollars and salaries working on brighter, faster-drying,
and better priced papers.