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Kodak Endura Metallic vs Inkjet Metallic papers

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by scorless on Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:48 am

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Hi,

I am wanting to have a couple of large prints made on metallic paper. I like these images on the Red River metallic but have found when I turn to some of the labs like MPIX and Bayphoto that they do their maetallic prints on Kodak Endura Metallic. Can anyone tell me what I can expect in terms of the differences between the Kodak and what I already like for this print the Red River? I just can not get sheets large enough to do the prints I want so need to use the labs I guess.

Thanks for any input someone can give.

Sandy Corless

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by dbostedo on Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:18 am

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Sandy - The biggest difference is that the Kodak paper is not an ink jet paper. It's used in more traditional photo printing machines (LightJet is the one I've heard of most). So the printing technology is different. I can't really comment on that paper or the Red River unfortunately, but I have seen prints on the Fuji metallic paper that is similar and thought they were very nice.

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by scorless on Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:08 pm

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Thanks for your input David

Sandy Corless

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by Wayne Fox on Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:53 pm

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Kodak Metallic paper will have a more "metallic" look than inkjet metallic paper. It will also have a much cleaner "gloss" because there isn't the unevenness and GD of the ink on the paper. I've done both (and print a lot of Kodak Metallic) and I haven't found an inkjet metallic that I like compared to the Kodak metallic. Just a difference in technology (translucent photo emulsion vs somewhat opaque ink on top of paper).

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