Digital BW, The Print

HP Premium Plus Photo Paper should be the only paper to use with an 
HP photo printer if you expect longevity.

I would never use Kirkland (or any other paper) in an HP printer.

Scott


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Hahn" 
<markhahn2000@y...> wrote:
> I wouldn't trust that paper for anything.  At a county fair 
recently 
> my young daughter begged me to waste $10 getting a photo of her 
done 
> with a giant python.  I looked over and saw a couple 7690s and a 
box 
> of HP Premium Plus Glossy and figured... well, at least it will 
> last.  I paid my money AND THEN saw the Kirkland box.  Put the 
photo 
> on the mantle for two weeks and it faded to orange (accerated due 
to 
> running the swamp cooler)... that's dye etc... but still.  Aside 
from 
> not being waterproof, the HP Premium Plus is an excellent glossy 
> paper.
> 
> I don't understand being cheap with paper... if you are selling the 
> output, a buck or so shouldn't cut into your profits and if it is 
> done just for personal reasons, why bother produce junk... just my 
> opinion...
> 
> mark
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Scott 
McLoughlin 
> <scott@a...> wrote:
> > Below, this was a post from an HP user on the LUG. Wondering about
> > whether this will apply to Kirkland Paper + MIS inks or the UC
> > inks?
> > 
> > Scott
> > ------
> > 
> > I've been printing B&W prints with Kirkland glossy paper from 
> Costco for about six months now using a HP 7690 and their 
grey/black 
> carts.  There has been a noticable fade towards yellow/green in the 
> B&W images I have had sitting on a mantlepiece in our living room 
(no 
> direct sunlight, prints unframed).  Similar prints on HP's top of 
the 
> line glossy paper have had no fading at all that I can see.  As 
much 
> as I hate to say it, the combination of ink and paper really does 
> matter.  I would caution all of those expecting some sort of image 
> stability from ink-jet prints to test carefully under display 
> conditions (particularly with the inks being as expensive as they 
> are).