Possible to Use Long Roll of Color Paper?

[RedSun]

There is available some color paper for the photo lab. They are long rolls of 6" or other sizes. I do not have the machine and just wonder if I can cut it in total dark and use it.

Is it worth the efforts? Thx.

[vinny]

Possible? why wouldn't it be. Worth the effort over just buying 8x10 sheets if you're making 10" wide prints? No.

[RedSun]

Those long rolls are cheap since most people can't use them.... :p

[RandyB]

In years past I've used B&W paper cut from a 250 ft roll 11" wide. I made a small rig with my roller cutter so I could cut 11x14, 8x11, 7x11 and 5x11 sizes. The only real problem I had was the curl of the paper especially as I got to the center of the roll. I wound up using most of the roll for contact sheets 8x11, I cut about 100 sheets and put then curl to curl in lots of 25 in a paper box and then put some weight on top of the box in a deep freezer. After about 6 months the curl was almost gone.

[RedSun]

I checked another site and some folks are smart enough to use roll papers, even color papers. I'll give it a try. There should not be any problem with BW roll papers.