Printing 8x12

[brault]

Any thoughts on printing at 8x12? I don't want to crop to 8x10 and if I use 6.667x 10 my mats won't fit. I am having trouble finding glossy ink jet photo paper that I can print 8x12 on.

Frank B

[chris maddock]

How about 11x7.33 or (if your printer will do it) 11.5x7.67 on A4 paper? Both of those are 3:2 ratio.

Failing that, why not cut the mats yourself? That's what I do, mostly to a "standard" size but some images get different proportions depending on what I want.

KRs
Chris

[brault]

Thanks. I could use 11.7 or 11.5 and cut my own mats. I suppose I could also use larger photopaper and cut it to 8x12.

Frank B

[defordphoto]

brault wrote:
Any thoughts on printing at 8x12? I don't want to crop to 8x10 and if I use 6.667x 10 my mats won't fit. I am having trouble finding glossy ink jet photo paper that I can print 8x12 on.

Frank B

Kodak makes a fine 8.5x14 paper that I use to print my 8x12's on. The catalogue # is: 856 5061

I think I bought it from B&H and Kodak lists this url on the package: www.kodak.com/go/inkjet

Hope that helps.

[brault]

Thanks Jim.

Frank B

[defordphoto]

You're welcome. Took awhile to track this stuff down. Good paper though.

[brault]

RFMSports wrote:
You're welcome. Took awhile to track this stuff down. Good paper though.

In the end I could not find the paper. I bought Ilford GALERIE PROFESSIONAL INKJET PHOT RANGE CLASSIC GLOSS PAPER 11x17 today and cut it down to legal size 8.5x14 and my Canon BJC 8200 handled it fine. I was very pleased with the result. I have had trouble before getting good results from paper other than Canon Photo Paper Pro. First impression is that the Ilford is just as good.

I bought 25 sheets for $25 and change. That is not too much more than the Canon paper cost locally. I'm sure I will be able to get it on the internet cheaper. What was nice is that it came with instructions for what paper setting to use with different printers. For my 8200 it was High Gloss Photo Film.

Thanks again for your help.

I'm happy - I can print in the 8x12 format so I don't have to crop.

Frank B