A4 paper... wastage is annoying!

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I print allot of my photos large and put them in albums... I still think it's the best way of presentation... However I like to print one per page and find 4 x 6 paper to small. Digital papers im talking about.

I used to love 8 x 10 paper in my film days... but you cant seem to get anything like that sort of size! Occassionally you can get 5 x 7" but it's hard to find... and quite pricey...

I hate using A4 as I always feel im wasting allot...

Does anyone else suffer the same problem... or is it just me and I need to accept the wastage? Does anyone know where to get 8 x 10" paper

Mark
 
Think it's part of the digital age we live in, I've never seen any 10'x8'.
More annoying is printing bank statements, only to have a blank page with a little disclaimer printed at the bottom of page 2
 
I always use 8 x 10 and every photography shop I use stocks it.

Then again, I am over here, not over there.

Have you tried online? I know Canon, Epson and Ilford all make it.
 
You are talking digital photo paper and not dark room stuff... It's certainly not available in any of the camera or computer shops i've been in over here... especially the big players!

M
 
markelliot said:
You are talking digital photo paper and not dark room stuff... It's certainly not available in any of the camera or computer shops i've been in over here... especially the big players!

M
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I'm talking about inkjet paper for my Epson R2400 printer.

Oops, it seems Ilford don't :bonk:
 
You're not wasting that much 1 3/4 in on one side and 1/4'' on the other. I tend to use the largest scrap for printing credit card size pics, the grannies love a family one of them in their purse!
 
admirable said:
You're not wasting that much 1 3/4 in on one side and 1/4'' on the other. I tend to use the largest scrap for printing credit card size pics, the grannies love a family one of them in their purse!
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That over a pack of 100 sheets probably amounts to at least 10 to 20%! That's enough wastage in my book... maybe im just a tight Scot who cares for the environment though... I like to minimise my carbon footprint!

M
 
I got 10x8, 5x7, 6x8 all from 7dayshop
I know some people moan but I've never had any problems with them
 
I have an old 5-ream A4 paper box in my office and I chuck all paper, envelopes, off-cuts etc in there and then pack it off with the recycling each week....

Keeps me happy in the thought that it's not being wasted at all (and will no doubt come back through my letter box in the form of junk mail within a month)
 
what about the waste of image from cropping it :thinking:

markelliot said:
Hi all

I print allot of my photos large and put them in albums... I still think it's the best way of presentation... However I like to print one per page and find 4 x 6 paper to small. Digital papers im talking about.

I used to love 8 x 10 paper in my film days... but you cant seem to get anything like that sort of size! Occassionally you can get 5 x 7" but it's hard to find... and quite pricey...

I hate using A4 as I always feel im wasting allot...

Does anyone else suffer the same problem... or is it just me and I need to accept the wastage? Does anyone know where to get 8 x 10" paper

Mark
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Does your printer take roll paper?
 
Edtog said:
More annoying is printing bank statements, only to have a blank page with a little disclaimer printed at the bottom of page 2
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Yep same as when your printing something from the internet and you get that little bit on the next page, drives me f***ing :nuts:
 
Its all good and well this recycling, dont get me wrong im all for saving the earth however.. did anybody see the mail the other day about the airfields been used to store waste recycled paper. wonder who pays for the storage of that?

this isnt the exact article but its about the same thing.
clicky link
 
On a similar note do HP and other inkjet vendors do 12x8 paper? It's thinner (width) than A4 so should fit and I wouldn't have to worry about cropping a picture down to A4. The only photo paper i've seen of that size is A4.
 
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