No. 1052: Of Wasps Making Paper

No. 1052: Of Wasps Making Paper

For 2000 years we made paper with cotton rags and its great paper. The Gutenberg Bible is a good example. Egyptian papyrus is a good example. In 1850 we figured out how to make it with wood and most wood-based papers disintegrate, so this article explores paper making using paper wasps. A wasp's nest never disintegrates...

Also worth considering is the fading of ink. The new photo printers that came out on the market such as the Epson Picture Mate claim that unlike the inks in your LaserJet, these inks are guaranteed not to fade for 200 years at least. I bought one and I like it.

Also, at Paper.com I tested a number of photo papers and I prefer the Konica Minolta papers to the HP and Epson coated papers. It turns out that Konica Minolta manufacturers their own photo papers mainly for the commerical photo processing market and that is why we haven't seen them at most office supply stores. The quality of the papers in a side by side comparison was undeniable. Both in color and saturation, as well as brightness and water resistance the Konica Minolta papers stood out. That's why I made the decision recently to carry their line at Paper.com.