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Article: Reviews - Inkjet photo paper group test - The great paper chase. Using photo paper supplied by your printer's manufacturer can be expensive and there are cheaper options. Terry Relph-Knight pitches third-party alternatives against branded paper.
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- Personal Computer World
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
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You can now buy inkjet colour printers for less than [pounds sterling]80 that can produce up to A4-format photo prints of astounding quality. Coupled with digital cameras, this means even the casual snapster can print photos at home. But should you use the printer manufacturer's own-brand photo paper or third-party options?
In this test we compare the options to see if you can save money or whether, as the printer manufacturers insist, it's a false economy to use third-party paper, as you will lose out on print quality. We're not covering the controversial issue of print fading in this group test, although we will be looking at this in a future edition. We tested ...