photopaper

Printer's glossy medium

Photopaper is paper with a light-sensitive coating used for printing photographs, especially in traditional darkroom processes.

The term also applies to glossy or semi-glossy paper designed for inkjet or laser printers to produce photo-quality prints: I need to buy more photopaper for the wedding pictures.

Also spelled as two words: photo paper.

printing

inkjet

Spray-based printing method

calibration · CMYK · borderless · feed · platen · roll · sheet · proofing · gamut · dye

darkroom

developer

One who builds things

chemicals · tray · agitation · emulsion · toner · contrast · grain · monochrome · wash · squeegee

glossy

shine

Emit or reflect light

smooth · slick · vivid · bright · satiny · fingerprints · smudges · lacquered · consumer · snapshots

matte

nonreflective

Not bouncing light back

  • flatLacking vertical variation
  • textureSurface tactile quality
  • satinGlossy-surfaced woven cloth

velvet · uncoated · watercolor · archival · heavyweight · exhibition · portfolio

Opposites
paper type/purpose

photopaperplain paper

Unlined, unprinted sheets

office paper · newsprint · construction paper · cardstock · bond paper

Family

photo, paper, photograph, photography, photographic, photographer, photographs, photographers, photon

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G