art papers for inkjet printers

Art papers for inkjet printers are not discussed very frequently.  The reason is that very few sales clerks in box retail stores understand that artists are willing to use special art papers for inkjet printers.

Most stores are unwilling to carry supplies for artists at reasonable rates.  Everyone is willing to pay for professional quality - if they need it.

Canon and Epson are known for their professional quality paper and printers.  Canon has perfected the art of creating pico sized dots which create some of the best reproductions that you can find.

Epson also has focused on high quality prints.  As well as improving their scan mechanisms. 


If you are looking to have your prints, marketing, and other projects stand out.  You should look at the Moab Slickrock Metallic Pearl paper. 

Specifications

Brightness 80% ISO
260 gsm / 12 mil
Opacity > 97
Resin Coated
Acid Free
Single Sided
Water-resistant
Pigment (recommended) / Dye

Brother® MFC-J6710dw

The Brother® MFC-J6710dw wireless printer is part of the Brother® professional series.  It is popular in environments where you need a large scanning surface of up to 11" x 17” (Ledger Size) and large scale printing.

Automatic 2-sided printing saves on paper costs and the 250 sheet dual paper trays can support typical business requirements (500 total).

Use the large 3.3" widescreen color LCD to navigate and select print jobs from the 35-sheet auto document feeder for unattended copying, faxing and scanning.

Most inkjet printers don’t have a Straight-through paper path design.  This feature is typically found on laser printers.  The Brother® MFC-J6710dw allows you to manually feed envelopes or thicker media into the Straight-through slot.

Because this is a multifunction printer; the ability to reduce  up to 25% and enlarge up to 400% are available in the copy and scan modes.  The optical resolution can be set up to 6000 x 1200 dpi.  The printer has Flash Drive and media card support so you can scan, save, and print from or to media without being connected to a computer.

Built-in wireless and wired networking makes it simple to share with Wi-Fi (802.11b); Wi-Fi (802.11g); Wi-Fi (802.11n).   If Wireless printing isn’t an option you there is also Ethernet and USB 2.0 support.

Print speeds are measured in the new ISO standard.  The fast print speeds are up to 12 pages per minute black and 10 pages per minute in color.

The first set of cartridges that you get with the printer is starter cartridges.  You may want to go with the standard or the new Super High Yield (XXL series) that can print 2,400 pages in black.  Very few inkjet printers are capable of handling that many pages with a inkjet cartridge.

Ink Yields for standard (These are great for typical needs)

Brother LC75BKS black 600 page yield
Brother LC75CS cyan 600 page yield Brother LC75MS magenta 600 page yield
Brother LC75YS yellow 600 page yield

Ink Yields for Super High Yield XXLS series (Even better for large print jobs)

Brother LC79BKS black 2,400 page yield
Brother LC79CS cyan 1,200 page yield 
Brother LC79MS magenta 1,200 page yield 
Brother LC79YS yellow 1,200 page yield

Canon Pixma MX882 Wireless Office All-In-One Printer

pgi The Canon Pixma MX882 Wireless Office All-In-One Printer is great for home or business.  You get high speed and quality rolled into one.

You don’t hear about many printers bragging about their 9600 x 2400 dpi scans, or the ability for the print head to print a picoliter (which is a measurement of dot size).  The Dual Color Gamut Processing Technology will help maintain the integrity of the original while producing scans at 4800 dpi.  And I haven’t heard of other competitors touting the security features like password protected PDF's.  Using a password maintains the confidentially of your documents and important files.

Products from HP, Lexmark, and Epson have similar features like the integrated 35-sheet Duplex Auto Document Feeder, Or the ability to Auto Duplex printing on both sides of documents, or the variety of connectivity options including USB, Blue Tooth, Wi-Fi G and Wi-Fi N. 

What if you could turn your home or office into a photo lab? Enjoy printing beautiful, borderless photo lab quality prints from your images or from HD video.  Capture a print from your HD movie clip captured from your Canon EOS Digital SLR or PowerShot cameras.

The “Easy-WebPrint EX" lets you clip, arrange and print web page contents quickly from a Mac or Windows based PC.  Download the free app to print photos from compatible iPad, iPhone 4, 3G, 3GS, iPod touch and Android devices. 

What type of ink does the MX 882 use?  The MX 882 includes full-capacity cartridge(s) that will keep you busy printing from the 150 sheets paper bin.

Canon PGI-225 341 page yield in mixed text and graphics and is not used much when printing photos.
Canon PGI-226 Black is hardly used when printing mixed text and graphics, but will achieve 660 pages when printing photos.
 CLI-226 Cyan 520 page yield in mixed text and graphics , and 207 page yield in photo
CLI-226 Magenta 500 page yield in mixed text and graphics 204 page yield in photo
CLI-226 Yellow 515  page yield in mixed text and graphics 202 page yield in p

The MX 882 top color print speed is 9.3 ISO.
The maximum color copy speed is 6.7 ISO ipm ppm

Enjoy the ability to reduce up to 25% and enlarge up to 400%

Epson® WorkForce® 840 Wireless Inkjet All-In-One Printer, Copier, Scanner, Fax

The Epson® WorkForce® 840 Wireless Inkjet All-In-One Printer is really a workhorse that prints, copies, scans and faxes faster than most products on the market.

The printer has received top rating for instantly drying ink.  Another review site gives it top ratings for print quality, ease of setup, and features.  Stunning reviews keep coming in – one of the latest is on reliability.

This printer has the World's Fastest All-in-One - two-sided print speeds which is 15 ISO ppm (black) and 9.3 ISO ppm (color).  ISO ppm is based on the new international standard for measuring print speed.

The huge 7.8" Smart Touch panel with 3.5" LCD is easy for all ages to use.  The Smart Touch panel even will even step you through copying from the 30-page auto document feeder (ADF) allowing you to quickly copy, scan and fax of one- or two-sided originals. 

Great quality printing doesn’t have to be related to expensive ink costs.  Epson includes full-capacity cartridges with this printer.  Look out for extra savings when you buy cartridges at the time of the printer purchase.  

The WorkForce 840 uses Instant-dry inks — smudge, fade and water resistant prints, light resistant for 80 years; documents rival those from a laser printer.   The ink is designed to look brilliant on both plain and glossy photo papers and will not bleed through on double sided printing projects.

Epson T127120-S black has a yield of 1000 pages

Epson T127520 Cyan 765 pages

Epson T127520 Magenta 765 pages

Epson T127520 Yellow 765 pages

One moment - Take advantage of the Laser-quality printing for crisp black text, stunning proposals and sales winning brochures while you reduce your costs through Energy Star savings.  The WorkForce 840 uses up to 70% less power than laser printers.

Epson has built a reputation on high quality printing.  This printer comes from that lineage with color copy resolution 1440 x 720 dpi, optimized color print resolution 5760 X 1440 dpi, copy enlargements of 400 % and copy reduction 25 %. 

The printer comes loaded with the latest Wireless-N networking capabilities.  Sharing the printer from where you want it with multiple computers is a breeze.  You will enjoy the savings and the reduction in cable clutter.  The printer also supports USB and wired networking in case you don’t have a wireless network.

Fax isn’t dead yet – you can use the high-speed faxing in black and color — as fast as 3 seconds per page with speed dial storage up to 60 numbers.  You can use this as a stand-alone fax machine or in combination with a PC.

The printer has two paper trays for a total capacity of 500 pages.

Lexmark™ Pinnacle Pro901 Wireless Inkjet All-in-One Printer, Copier, Scanner, Fax

The Lexmark Pinnacle Pro901 is a revolutionary All-in-One plus fax with the world's lowest black ink cost.

Check out the intuitive 4.3-Inch LCD touch screen technology easily navigate with bright graphical icons and allows users to copy, scan, fax, and email in one easy touch.

Use the integrated business card scanning software to improve your contact management.  Using optical character recognition (OCR), the software parcels information such as first and last name, employer, address, email and phone and synchronizes it with many popular contact management solutions – up to 8 business cards at a time.   Other applications can be easily downloaded that will help save time and money.  The scanner can also be used to scan images at resolution 1200 x 4800 dpi.

The Pinnacle Pro901 also offers the freedom to print from virtually anywhere within your home or office with the flexibility to print from multiple computers with Wifi-n and Ethernet compatibility.  If you are using a laptop in your home or office – you can take advantage of these wireless features today.  The printer will also connect to older network s that operate on Wifi-b/g.  There is built in USB support if you don’t have wifi capability.

Want to save money?  Check out these features.  You can use the worlds Lowest Black Ink Cost—Just $4.99.  That translates into roughly a penny a page.  There is also a 1-touch Eco Mode can save you up to 50% on paper and 8% in energy.  Another option is to take advantage of automatic 2-sided printing.  Many manufacturers include a basic starter cartridge.  Lexmark chose to include full-capacity cartridges. 

The Lexmark Pinnacle includes a 5 year guarantee (don’t forget to register your product to take advantage of this assurance).

Choose the individual XL inks to lower printing costs and increase efficiency.
Individual ink cartridges:

• Lexmark 105XL – Black (500 page yield!)
• Lexmark 100 Yellow 200 page yield and Lexmark 100XL Yellow 600 page yield
• Lexmark 100 Cyan 200 page yield and Lexmark 100XL Cyan 600 page yield
• Lexmark 100 Magenta 200 page yield and Lexmark 100XL Magenta 600 page yield

The paper tray has a capacity 150 sheets to support the high speed printing up to 10.2 pages per minute in black, 6.4 in color (ISO standard).  ISO is the new way to measure print speed.

You can print photos with or without a PC.  The printer supports multiple memory cards.  Or you can print directly from your digital camera if it has PictBridge™ support.

This printer has a multiple operating systems environment approach.  It is supported by compatibility Windows 2000; Windows XP; Windows Vista; Windows 7; Mac OS X 10.3.9+; and Linux. 

You can copy pages at 25 pages per minute as well as enlarging them up to 400 %  or reducing them by 25 % 

HP Officejet Pro Wireless e-All-In-One - HP 8500A

The HP Officejet Pro Wireless e-All-In-One is sometimes called the HP 8500A.  HP calls this an e-All-In-One because it can print, scan, fax, and handles web apps

The HP 8500A has superb connectivity – wireless, wired, and USB support.  It even has ePrint and Apple Airport capabilities for Macbook and IPad support.

If you have a Macbook, iPad®, iPhone® or iPod touch®4 the AirPrint™ capability allows you to print with ease.  The HP the ePrint capability allows you to print from anywhere – if you can e-mail it… you can print to your printer. 

If you want to print from an Android tablet or phone you may want to check out printershare.

The memory card slots support almost any card format for scanning, saving, printing documents or photos.  If your card isn’t support, you can use the convenient USB support to convert your memory card into a thumb drive (the converter is not included).

The easy-to-use 2.36-inch touchscreen guides you through the variety of print and settings options.  You can preview your photo’s and use it to navigate to the web or web applications.

This printer uses the HP 940 or HP 940XL ink cartridges.

 You can save money and consume up to 50% less paper using the automatic two-sided printing.   Printing on both sides won’t save you on the ink, use the XL cartridges to do that.  Do a mental calculation of how long it takes you to go through typical ream of paper (usually 500 pages).  Use this to determine if you want to go with the standard or XL cartridges.  In a typical setting the XL cartridges will save you 50% over using a laser printer. 

The HP 940 Black prints 1,000 pages in the standard cartridge and the HP 940XL Black prints 2,200 pages

The HP 940 Yellow prints 900 pages in the standard cartridge and HP 940XLYellow 1,400 pages  

 The HP 940 Cyan prints 900 pages in the standard cartridge and HP 940XL Cyan 1,400 pages  

The HP 940 Magenta prints 900 pages in the standard cartridge and HP 940XL Magenta 1,400 pages  

Your pages can be printed at an impressive maximum prints speeds of 35 pages per minute black and 34 ppm color from the 250-page paper tray.

The HP Officejet Pro Wireless e-All-In-One also has robust digital faxing options.   You can fax from the flatbed scanner or the 35 page Auto-Document Feeder (ADF).  No more opening the lid for each page of a contract or document.  Place them in the ADF and let the machine do the work.  The system will also let you fax files from your PC.