Old printer paper
Feb 3, 2020 17:03:26 #
Occasionally while digging through boxes at home I find packets, some unopened, of various photo printer papers or card stock type papers from the last 20 years, including some t-shirt transfer paper from the late 1990's. Will it damage my 2019 Canon Pixma Pro100 printer if I try it out?
Feb 3, 2020 17:12:17 #
Hamltnblue
Loc: Springfield PA
Not if you don't tell it :)
If the paper is straight, the head won't touch it so won't be a problem.
If the paper is straight, the head won't touch it so won't be a problem.
Feb 3, 2020 17:44:20 #
Hamltnblue wrote:
Not if you don't tell it :)
If the paper is straight, the head won't touch it so won't be a problem.
If the paper is straight, the head won't touch it so won't be a problem.
That would be my supposition also.
Feb 4, 2020 01:37:19 #
Thanks - I can use it for test prints or greeting cards or post cards, then.
Feb 4, 2020 03:19:20 #
Pablo8
Loc: Nottingham UK.
Just done some prints (A3plus) on Kodak Glossy Metallic Finish with date stamp 2004. on the carton. No problems. Just watch that the paper is flat with no upturned edges/corners.
Feb 4, 2020 07:08:45 #
BlueMorel wrote:
Thanks - I can use it for test prints or greeting cards or post cards, then.
Why not anything?
It's paper.
Feb 4, 2020 08:34:40 #
LarryFitz
Loc: Beacon NY
I am presently using Kodak Paper from the turn of the century on my HP printer with no problems.
Feb 4, 2020 09:05:10 #
LarryFitz wrote:
I am presently using Kodak Paper from the turn of the century on my HP printer with no problems.
Which century?
Feb 4, 2020 11:09:51 #
therwol
Loc: USA
BlueMorel wrote:
Occasionally while digging through boxes at home I find packets, some unopened, of various photo printer papers or card stock type papers from the last 20 years, including some t-shirt transfer paper from the late 1990's. Will it damage my 2019 Canon Pixma Pro100 printer if I try it out?
I don't think that you will damage your printer by using "old" paper in it. My experience has been that some (but not all) old photo paper becomes stiff and/or curved and won't feed properly through my Canon printer. Then I just get rid of it. New paper isn't terribly expensive.
Feb 4, 2020 12:29:56 #
boberic wrote:
Which century?
18th, of course. He was a friend of Jules Verne
Feb 4, 2020 12:52:37 #
boberic wrote:
Which century?
Yes, really. Legit question. I'm old enough to have used photo (light sensitive anyway) papers from the 20th Century. Photography originated in the early 19th Century. I have a Box of Kodak paper dated 1953. It is older than I am.
I've wondered if I were to Fix unexposed traditional printing paper, Wash and Dry it, could I Ink Jet print on it? Sure the cost of Fixer and time is a waste but it might still be interesting to try.
Feb 4, 2020 16:46:49 #
Don't just throw out old unusable paper. At least use it for scratch pads. Save a twig.
Feb 4, 2020 17:56:08 #
Feb 4, 2020 19:13:41 #
tnleafer wrote:
Inkjet paper has an inkjet receiver coating on it
Do you purchase ink jet paper for printing documents also?
(I just use copy paper.)
Feb 4, 2020 19:53:59 #
therwol
Loc: USA
tnleafer wrote:
Inkjet paper has an inkjet receiver coating on it
Some do and some don't. (I've been reading about this.). The coatings will vary according to use. In all cases, the fiber and coating are designed to assist in drying and prevent smearing compared with plain copy paper, which is what I mostly use for everything except photos. Photos don't print well on copy paper.
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