National Geographic Adventure Paper
by National Geographic
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Customer Review: Amazed
Summary: 5 Stars
This "paper" is fantastic. It really is more of a thin, plastic/rubber which feels like paper. It doesn't tear, but if you pull hard on it, it will actually stretch.
I use an HP Deskjet 940c - nothing fancy with real HP ink and I used the printing prefs for "other inkjet paper" at regular ink volume with best quality. Fantastic results! I use it to print USGS topo maps you can download in PDF for free. After printing and letting it set for 10 minutes, I can run it under the water faucet solid for 3+ minutes without any indication of ink running - I can even run my thumb against it and nothing.
I'm an avid scuba diver and I think I just found a great way of printing my decompression schedules for deeper dives!! This paper rocks.
Customer Review: Incredible durability with a Xerox Phaser printer
Summary: 5 Stars
I have used this paper extensively for: any outdoor trip, and creating keg labels for my brewery!
I print with a Xerox Phaser printer in full color.
When I go down river I print full color sat photos with rapids and my personal commentary photoshopped onto the image. I fold the sheets needed for the day and tuck unprotected into my front pfd pocket. They last forever! I'm ordering a fresh set for my upcoming Grand Canyon trip!
For my breweries I print my keg labels on to it and silicone glue directly to my kegs for a solid, durable, lasting label. It survives all the abuse!
This is a tough plasticy paper that works great with the Xerox Phaser printers.
Customer Review: water proof map paper
Summary: 5 Stars
This is great paper to print your own maps on. I use my inkjet printer to make focus maps of hikes I take. This paper can be folded but not torn. I like the durability as I frequently fold and unfold it refering to the landmarks on the map.Customer Review: Tough Paper, Lexmark Ink Runs
Summary: 4 Stars
This is some tough paper, and I have repeatedly soaked and dried and re-printed on a single sheet with success. I have a Lexmark Pro 700 and I printed a page full of mostly black ink items which smeared badly. Even after drying overnight. When I tried them under water the ink ran everywhere. I was pretty disappointed. So then I decided to try some other solutions.
First I tried just running a hair dryer on the currently printed document. No help. Worth a try. I then tried several printer settings with a classic 6 color rainbow plus cyan, magenta, and black.
1) Card stock. (longer, hotter dry) Didn't help. Black ran everywhere, cyan smeared, blue smudged
2) Color inks only, no black - The composite black held firm. Yay. Cyan still smeared. Blue - a little smudging, but not too bad.
3) Glossy Photo - Same as color inks only. I suspect the photo setting does not use true black but is essentially the same setting as #2, as the "black" bled thru the paper, likely due to the quantity of colors required to get it to look like a nice dark black. The red and green also bled thru but to a much more limited extent on both settings.
I also printed to a Samsung ML-1630 black laser printer. The printing on that is solid, no smears or bleeds. Of course, no color either. The paper wanted to jam, but the cool thing was, I just yanked it out, intact, where most paper shreds, and tried again. Once it went thru, the heat returned all the creases to a perfect looking piece of paper. Wild.
So I can live with that, will just limit cyan colors and print without the black cartridge in the ink jet. I guess I'll aim for an HP printer next time. I always swear I'll get one "next time" and never do. Maybe this will be the impetus.
Customer Review: Amazing, but Kodak black ink runs
Summary: 4 Stars
The paper is really pretty cool. However, I have a Kodak all in one printer that uses the 10C (color) and 10B (black) inks. I printed a trail map pdf in color, one on each side. The paper (really kinda stretchy plastic) does not seem to have a good or bad side. The maps came out great (used plain paper, normal settings) on both sides, good color, crisp. However, even after over 24hrs dry time, the black ink runs. The color didn't smudge at all. I first did the lick the finger test, black smudge. So I thought what the heck and put the map in my utility sink and used hand soap and a finger nail brush and scrubbed it vigorously. The black continued to smear, but only about half, it is still readable but the map is kinda a mess now. I hoped to be able to scrub off the amount of black that did not stick, but it just kinda smeared around. Color still looks perfect.