Which paper won't stick to album pages?

[Darlene Uggen]

I've completed the editing for a wedding album and I'm about to send out the photos for printing. I've printed them at home on high gloss 4x6 paper. However, even after drying them for a day or longer, they stick to the album's clear envelopes. That causes a blotches appearance, besides making them difficult to insert or remove.

I have 200 photos, times 5 albums. I've decided it makes sense to send them out for printing. (Any advice on where to send them is welcome.)

Them main question is, which paper to request. Since the album has shiny pages, it will give the photos a gloss appearance if printed on matte paper. Will matte paper remove the problem of photos sticking to the album pages?

Thanks,
Darlene

[Ward Grant]

Darlene-just curious where you are? I've had great luck with Ritz/Wolf Camera stores. If these are not in your area, then try a local camera/processing store. I've found the qualities of these type of stores better than the walk-up kiosks at big box or corner drug stores and prices to be reasonable.

Given the volume of this job and the fact you will be using a new vendor, may I suggest you try 5 photos first before submitting five 200-page albums. If you are not happy with the quality of the first five, it will be easy to find a different source than worrying about 1,000 bad photos.

[Jodi Frye]

I have to say...the first thing that came to me after reading your post was that the problem was possibly not the glossy paper but perhaps more of the Album sleeve in which you are inserting your photos into.

From a dedicated site;
For archiving photos use acid-free albums and mounting products; try to use acid-free papers and polypropylene or polyester plastics; avoid PVC, which can contain dangerous plasticisers and solvents.

But your last question is probably correct...using matt will definietly be your best bet...as long as it is definitely a dry matt with no gloss at all....but again, if your album sleeves contain non photo friendly chemicals then it is only a matter of time before the images will lose quality.

[Kelli]

My thoughts too Jodi! There's a big difference between the regular old "photo albums" you can buy at the store with plastic pockets to slip the photos into and an archival safe album. If you live near an Archivers store check it out. Beware though- I always find something I really "need" and end up spending way more than I intended. If not, there are plenty of places online that sell scrapbooking supplies too. Sounds like quite a project- have fun!

[ceejay3744]

The pictures are beautiful. And the dress is fabulous. All your effects turned out really well. Great job.

CJ

[Darlene Uggen]

The pictures are beautiful. And the dress is fabulous. All your effects turned out really well. Great job.

CJ

I have taken a small batch to Wal-mart to try them out. I know this is probably not the finest choice, but at this point I need to get it done quick and cheap. I'll know tomorrow whether this was the right choice.

[Antonio]

In the past I had a similar problem...caused by using generic paper.

A friend had a worse problem...caused by using generic ink...which also ruined his printer.

Unfortunately, in spite of the CO$T, It seems that nothing good comes from not using the printer manufacture's paper & ink.

I have yet to hear from anyone printing photos that is satisfied with generics.