Archival Sheetfeedable Paper

[Ed Richards]

Just did a job that required an archival, no brighteners paper. I have an Epson 4900 and used Epson Hot Press Natural. Beautiful paper, but so thick that I had to manually feed the sheets. By the time I was done, including reprinting some screw-ups, I had feed 200 or so sheets through the print. A huge pain. I am looking for an archival fiber paper with no brighteners that is thin enough for sheet feeding. These are technical prints (HABS), not fine art prints, so the paper needs to be smooth, but not elegant.:-)

Thanks,

Ed

[djdister]

Just did a job that required an archival, no brighteners paper. I have an Epson 4900 and used Epson Hot Press Natural. Beautiful paper, but so thick that I had to manually feed the sheets. By the time I was done, including reprinting some screw-ups, I had feed 200 or so sheets through the print. A huge pain. I am looking for an archival fiber paper with no brighteners that is thin enough for sheet feeding. These are technical prints (HABS), not fine art prints, so the paper needs to be smooth, but not elegant.:-)

Thanks,

Ed

Why look for sheet feed paper when your printer can handle roll paper?

[Peter Gomena]

Moab Entrada Natural is smooth, brightener-free, lighter weight.

[Ed Richards]

> Why look for sheet feed paper when your printer can handle roll paper?

Flattening cut sheets off a roll is also a pain, plus Epson does not offer any of their archival paper without brighteners in rolls less than 17" wide. If I could get an 8.5 or 11 in wide roll it might be worth the hassle of flattening the prints.

[scm]

I use Red River San Gabriel SemiGloss Fiber (http://www.redrivercatalog.com/browse/semigloss-fiber-baryta-inkjet-papers.html) tray fed in my 4900. I did have to open the platen gap but it works fine except for problems with the last sheet feeding if I don't have a piece of matboard at the bottom of the tray. The surface is a lot like air-dried F surface paper, though, it may not be what you are looking for.

[Jan Pietrzak]

Ed,

I am not a digital pro, not even close. But if you go to the Freestyle site and look at the digital catalogs, the smaller one has a list of injet papers that they sell and lists all the characteristics of the papers. If that does not help e-mail Eric Joseph at Freestyle with your question.

Jan Pietrzak

[djdister]

Moab Entrada Natural is smooth, brightener-free, lighter weight.

I'll second Moab Rag Natural - available in sheets or rolls, and in different weights. I use it in my Epson 3880 and it works just great.