What kind of paper should a laser printer use to print photos?

If you want to print photos, you can use glossy or matte coated paper. Photo paper cannot be used, and all laser printers cannot print on photo paper.

Because photo paper is technically coated with a special coating on ordinary paper, the paper looks brighter and can quickly absorb ink with extremely small particles and solidify it for a long time. Time to keep photo colors bright.

If you use photo paper, the coating on the surface will melt when exposed to high temperatures, damaging the fuser.

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The cloth-grained coated paper is pressed with an old felt. In addition to the flat surface and high whiteness, it also makes the printed graphics and pictures three-dimensional. Therefore, this kind of coated paper can be widely used to print pictorials, advertisements, landscape paintings, exquisite wall calendars, portrait photos, etc.

Coated paper is one of the main papers used in printing factories. Coated paper is a common name, and its official name should be printing coated paper. It is commonly used in real life.

The beautiful wall calendars, posters sold in bookstores, book covers, illustrations, art books, picture albums, etc. that you see are almost all made of coated paper, various exquisitely decorated packaging, Coated paper is also widely used in paper handbags, labels, trademarks, etc.

Coated paper is also called printing coated paper. A layer of white paint is applied on the surface of the base paper and processed by super calendering. It is divided into two types: single side and double side. The paper surface is divided into two types: glossy surface and cloth texture.

The paper has a smooth surface, high whiteness, and good ink absorption and inking properties. Mainly used for offset printing and gravure fine screen line printing, such as high-end picture albums, calendars, books and periodicals, etc. The disadvantage is that the powder easily sticks and falls off when exposed to moisture and cannot be stored for a long time.

Reference materials:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Photo Paper

Baidu Encyclopedia-Coated Paper