I would like add a bit of caution when using home printers. Generally it's best to use the papers from the printer manufacturer except for some exotic fine art papers. So if your a HP fan use their papers unless you want to fool with printer ICC profiles for every paper combination you use. I personally use Epson printers with their papers. I would think Epson Premium Matte would be an excellent choice. This paper requires a special matte ink/pigment but is dead flat. Most of the Epson products will outlast your models unless you stain them. This is a problem when spraying scenery materials that are close to your flats.
One of my dear departed friends enlisted a local HS owner who is also a computer nerd. He owns a large roll paper printer (something like a Epson 9600--way beyond what most anybody would every need) to make him a continuous background. I think they were making 40" x 12' segments. I never did see the final results but it all came from a series of beautiful Colorado mountain scenes. With some of the features in PhotoShop it is now quite feasible to shoot a whole series of shots and stitch them together to make a panoramic scene without resorting to the traditional Walter's backgrounds. So if anybody needs some great images, send me someplace and I'll come back with a panoramic background just for you!!! Bob Werre BobWphoto.com Robert Frascella wrote: > For best results printing photos with ink jet printers, you should be > using > only coated papers such as photo paper. If you don't like the glossy > finish, I suggest using matte photo paper such as Epson Presentation Paper > (available at places like Staples) instead of plain bond paper and the > results will be much better. Plain paper adsorbs too much ink and the > results are a dull flat looking print. > > Would love to see some photos of the finished backdrop. > > Bob Frascella > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 9:12 PM, G C <[email protected] > <mailto:ecphora123%40yahoo.com>> wrote: > > > Joe, I found that with my ink jet printer, the thing looked very washed > > out on regular computer paper. Probably has to do with how much I > enlarged > > the image. I went as far as possible without it getting to blurry or > > pixilated. At the time, I found that the photo paper worked better. My > > intention was to try spraying Dullcoat or Krylon Matte Finish over > it. Never > > got that far as I didn't want to ruin it by having the ink run. If > you have > > any ideas, I'm game. > > > > Gene > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Joe Visinitne <[email protected] > <mailto:h2oman%40razzolink.com> <h2oman%40razzolink.com>> > > To: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > <S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 8:55:11 PM > > Subject: {S-Scale List} Walthers flyers for backdrops > > > > Gene > > I got a kick out of your posting about coping a scene from a Walthers > > flyer, altering it and using it for a background. My question to you > is why > > are you using photo paper? Doesn't that have a gloss to it? 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