Clear and Transparency InkJet Film: What's the Difference?

Posted by Jessica G. | Posted in , , , , | Posted on Monday, May 17, 2010

If you’ve had the chance to browse our immense selection of photo quality inkjet paper, you may have noticed that we have a huge selection of all sorts of different professional grade photography paper. To the untrained eye, all of these types of papers may seem similar, but in reality they all have a number of little characteristics that make them special and unique.

Two categories that get confused frequently are InkJet Clear Film and InkJet Transparency Film.

Transparency Film is a special photo quality inkjet paper designed specifically for digital negatives and screen printings. The name is a little misleading because Transparency Film actually has a milky surface. It is used commonly in screen printing and for digital negatives because it needs high DMAX and heavy ink-load to look its best, but the results aren’t 100% crystal clear. Which is good because digital negatives and screen printing actually doesn’t require the images to be perfect.

Clear Film paper differs in that it is actually clear. This is the type of paper used for overhead projector presentations. (Which is confusing to me because when I was in school all of the teachers called them “transparency sheets”) These are clear because the overhead presentation process requires a 100% clear paper, but unlike the transparency film, it doesn’t need high DMAX or heavy-ink load.

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Sexier You

This is perfect. I've been looking for quality discounted photo paper.
Posted on: March 7, 2011 at 4:28 AM

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