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Sep 19, 2019, 6:08 pm

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Originally Posted by BigLar

A few years ago my wife bought me a nice inkjet printer. I was very impressed with its' photo reproduction. Unfortunately, I didn't use it enough to prevent ink clogging and other things that made it much less usable than I would like.

So, as some of you here know, I started gathering color laser printers. I have used laser photo paper with them and the results have been quite acceptable.

Today, my daughter gave me 4 unopened packets (400 sheets) of what appears to be 4 x 6 photo paper. I presume it is inkjet paper, but I also find out they sell 4 x 6 laser photo paper. The packets are unmarked - I presume they came from some bundled deal. So ...

Is there any way to tell whether a given paper is designed for inkjets or lasers? If not, what are the dangers of using one type of paper in the other type of printer?

I have never had a problem with using Inkjet paper in a Laser, but then again, I don't tend to use Photo paper. And I am talking HP Laser Printers. Most Laser Printers I have used have been very forgiving. I've even used Twilltone (Twilltone - Fancyclopedia 3) in HP Laser Printers without any problems.

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