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Strange prices indeed then, paper prices I pay are:lin said:Just to clarify. My above mentioned 100gsm paper is not a coated paper. It's just ordinary A4 plain paper which is in 100gsm. That's all. But it's cost twice as much compared to 80gsm which I only realised during payment. Obviously for 100gsm, it will cost a bit more but I didn't expect it to be twice the value of the 80gsm.Smile said:I think it is so expensive because you can print on both sides, I recently tried skyhorse 90gsm coated paper that was surprisingly good, it even outperformed way more expensive HP coated paper. The prices were very good 100 sheets cost about 6.5$ even compared to HP coated roll paper that I uses to cut to desired size it's still very cheap.
The reproducible color gamut is a bit larger with skyhorse, can't tell any long term color fading because I bought it recently.
http://www.tianma.net.cn/images/product_photopaper_show_1.jpg
Here, if it's coated paper, it would cost 5 times for the same amount of realm of 500 sheets of the 100gsm which I purchased. And it would be 10 times the cost of 80gsm (500 sheets). So it's not possible for me to buy 500 sheets of coated paper.
DATA COPY EVERYDAY, A4, 80 g/m2 500 sheets ~ 6.5$ (0.013$ one page)
Canon GP-501 Glossy paper A4 100 sheets ~ 25$ (0.25$ one page)
Canon GP-501 Glossy paper 4x6in 100 sheets~ 9.3$ (0.10$ one page)
If you want some economy then for example get paper like TEPEDE Roll paper 180gsm photo glossy, then cut it to desired size etc. Advantage is price 4.6 photo will cost 0.057$ and A4 sheet around 0.22$ and quality like canon photo paper pro.
The coated paper I wrote about from skyhorse is packed in 100 sheet only as far as I know. So if it more expensive than I wrote where you live you should still be able to buy it.