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Im researching papers for my portfolio. Anybody know of anything nice and different that can easily be printed on. Im open to anything, translucents, thin, thick, whatever...

 
Nov 22, 06 1:25 am
khmay

straaathmore + mylar! ha

Nov 22, 06 1:52 am  · 
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maya mcdifference

epson double matte hands dow

Nov 22, 06 3:18 am  · 
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maya mcdifference

epson double matte hands down

Nov 22, 06 3:18 am  · 
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not_here

mylar makes things so nice.

Nov 22, 06 9:46 am  · 
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postal

BOUNTY...

the quicker picker upper

Nov 22, 06 9:49 am  · 
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treekiller

charmin - quilted comfort

Nov 22, 06 9:52 am  · 
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chupacabra
http://redriverpaper.com/

they have great paper and custom ICC profiles for most printers

Nov 22, 06 10:01 am  · 
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FRO

grogery bags

Nov 22, 06 10:36 am  · 
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FRO

i meant grocery

Nov 22, 06 10:37 am  · 
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chaptertwo

i was pretty curious how people might answer like a jackass on this one.. i did not consider paper towels... good one guys.. this was really worthwhile.

Nov 23, 06 11:31 am  · 
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snooker

Crane Paper Company, they have it all!

Nov 23, 06 5:02 pm  · 
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Living in Gin

I'm using Epson double-sided matte paper unless something better crosses my path.

Nov 23, 06 5:49 pm  · 
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garpike

I love me that double matte Epson.

Nov 23, 06 6:26 pm  · 
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spaghetti

the guys at dunder mifflin (paper company). ask for dwight. hes the man.

i used vellum before, but depends on whether you rprinter can handle it... also, let it dryyy.

ive used brown packaging paper (grocery bags), the quality wasn thta good, but that crappy print actually looked semi interesting when it was actually used for my portfolio.

Nov 26, 06 1:48 am  · 
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spaghetti

oh, also, go to a book binding store/book binding company. they usually have cool papers and binding methods too, if you are looking for something more crafty. or laser cut thin metal (that is bendable/plyable) (used before on my portfolio, and its oh so sexy)

Nov 26, 06 1:49 am  · 
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mlee

Staples brand double matte paper has a really nice coating on it - no different than Epson double matte, but much cheaper. I use it all the time.

Nov 27, 06 12:58 pm  · 
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rehiggins

my favorite is Red River's Zeppelin 45# Semi-gloss, it's a good paper to print double-sided with and works well with my pro epson and a my cheapo epson printers…the only problem is that it doesn't take pens/markers well so writing on it after printing is not so good (something to do with the coating)

Nov 27, 06 1:29 pm  · 
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treekiller

c2- did we live up to your expectations about how snarky we'd be?

I'm guessing that you're printing up a folio for your west coast adventures- a jobs book is different from a grad school app book. but then we've been discussing those things elsewhere.

Nov 27, 06 8:39 pm  · 
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binary

really thin aluminum......sand it a bit to get some grit in there......


2:37am

Nov 27, 06 10:10 pm  · 
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chaptertwo

yeah not bad.. i guess i expected this discussion to run off on a tangent and ending with something about pizza or minneapolis. So i guess i was satisfied, although I still dont know what I will use still. Metal seems extreme, mylar seems hackneyed, and im not too too concerned with what kind of white paper Ill use for my pages. I guess I should have specified that I am thinking mostly about the cover. Im thinking synthetic. And considering laser cutting some text or graphics.

Nov 27, 06 10:58 pm  · 
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