Category Archives: The Paper Chase (Printing Blog)

Sometimes we take for granted modern inkjet printers because of their competence and reliability. Modern printers, though, are incredibly complex machines, particularly with respect to the printheads. Each printer and its printheads is designed for a particular range of environmental conditions, including temperature and humidity. For most home printing situations, humidity is most likely to [...]

I’ve just written an article about different paper substrates that are available for digital printing. You can find the whole article here, but below you’ll find an excerpt from the article about baryta papers, a type about which I’m frequently asked. Baryta Fiber-based papers One of the more popular type of papers for digital printing [...]

Overview I somehow have neglected to post much about this relatively new paper from Canson Infinity despite it being my new favorite paper. Paper choice is very subjective, but for me, Platine Fiber Rag (PFR) hits the sweet spot in so many ways. If you haven’t yet tried it out, I certainly highly recommend doing [...]

Many people involved in digital printing have likely wondered about how to ameliorate its environmental impact. One obvious solution is to recycle as many of the involved products as possible. Scrap prints are easy — almost any locale now has facilities for recycling paper products such as printing paper. In my household, scrap prints take [...]