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HP original supplies—the science behind brilliant printing
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After nearly 2,000 years of tinkering, you'd think that the work to improve paper would be just about done. After all, how much can you do with a thinly pressed sheet of plant pulp? As it turns out, if you're HP, quite a bit. HP has rethought the humble sheet of paper and turned it into a marvel of engineering. HP photographic paper is actually made of six separate, micro-thin layers, each designed with a specific purpose to improve print quality, fade resistance and handling.
The first specialty layer uses three different polymers to hold the ink exactly where it's supposed to be—so your blues stay blue and your yellows stay yellow, rather than bleeding together to make green. The second layer is designed to absorb ink quickly so your print dries fast. The middle layers use two polymers to add water and tear resistance while applying your photo's gloss, and the back coat controls paper curling. The final layer relies on small plastic beads and hydrophobic chemistry to prevent photos from sticking together after they're printed.
If that seems like a lot of science to fit between the two sides of a thin sheet of paper, it is. But while the rest of us just see something that's been around for 2,000 years, HP sees an opportunity to invent, inspiring us to reconsider something we all take for granted hundreds of times a day.
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Choose one of two free paper samples.
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Enter to win one of five HP digital imaging packages
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