I went to several office supply stores yesterday to get cannon printer paper because I had heard that you need to have the correct paper for your printer. Well, none of my local office supply stores had cannon paper, so I chose a couple of different brands, hoping that one would work. None of them worked on my printer, however, one of the brands I bought was HP and I happen to have an HP all in one that I had thought previously didn't do a great job in printing, but I decided to try it with this photo paper and it worked great! Besides the colors being a little off, the prints came out really good, even more crisp than my more expensive new printer actually. So now I am in a dilemma. I just spent quite a bit of money (I mean it was cheap for a printer but still lots of money if it doesn't even print as crisply as my HP I already had) for a printer that I can't find the paper for, which doesn't even print as crisply as the HP I already had. On the other hand, the HP only prints up to 8X8 and I have a 8.5 X 8.5 album. The HP semi-glossy photo paper is about 1/5 the price of the matte finish paper I use for my cannon, but the printer cartridge is all colors in one where the cartridge in my cannon is three different cartridges for the colors, which I have been told is better cost wise. Anyway, after all this writing, I will get to the point, what should I do, use my HP or my cannon. And if I choose to get rid of my cannon, which I just bought, what do I do with it. I don't want to lose all the money I spent on it if I am not even going to use it. It seems to me like using my HP would be cheaper in the long run, even if I have to change a color cartridge before all the colors are used up, and I can get the paper and supplies at the store right next door to where I live! I keep thinking maybe it would be best to just use the HP and tweak my LOs with a levels layer or something to be able to get the colors to print correctly on the HP (which is something I had to do with my cannon, so there is no difference in whether color comes out more correctly on one machine than the other). I really liked being able to print 8.5 X 8.5 papers though. It looks kind of funny to have a white background around the edges of my page. Okay, sorry, I will stop writing, I think that I have expressed my dilemma well enough for everyone to see it. I would love any advice that you all have for me.

Shawnery

I have the canon i9900 and I buy my 8.5 x 11 glossy paper at Staples (they often have a buy one, get one free sale and I stock up then - so I can get 2 packs of the Photo Paper Plus Glossy, 20 sheets each, for approx $11) The matte is regularly cheaper than the glossy.

If you don't have a Staples around you, you can order online from them. For ordering online, I've also use newegg & amazon for the larger paper. And I've heard of Atlex (I think that's the name of it??)

Did you try Office Max, Office Depot, Costco, Sam's Club, etc? If they don't have it in stock, can they order it for you?

I love my Canon and with Canon ink & paper, my prints are just beautiful. I'd hate to see you lose the money on the canon printer if you don't have to.

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I agree, I just hope that I can take back the paper I already bought. I don't know, maybe I can print out my sister's LOs that I am doing for her rather than just giving her a CD if I can't get them to take back the paper.

My DH says I should use both. I am not sure how I would decide which one to use, but it is a possibility I suppose.

Shawnery