Photo-paper Katana Double-Sided Gloss/Gloss 180

Glossy, double-sided, cast-coated paper, price-oriented alternative of the Premium (RC) double-sided media. Produced in Germany, at the highest industry standards. Developed for low-cost, high-gloss, double-sided photo products.

This media is printable with all kinds of waterbased inks - pigment, dye, latex, but it produces fantastic results, when printed with Dye based inks. Intense colours, uniform gloss, regardless of the ink coverage, very good stability of the printed images - you can get all this for just a fraction of the cost of Premium Glossy media.

Images come out of the printer touch-dry, but as there is no barrier layer between the coating and the paper base, in case of extreme ink loads, you can notice some slight paper cockling, due to the moisture penetration in the paper base. This effect is temporary and after short time, needed for the evaporation of the water, the media returns to it's original shape and flatness. In case of printing high-densiti images on both sides, it's recommended to wait until the first side is dry, before proceeding to printing on the back side.

This media is very well suited for both hot and cold lamination, it also can be glued on the back side with normal glues for paper products - this is very important difference, comparing to the Premium (RC) papers and represents a big advantage of the cast-coated papers, when it comes to post-production. Some customers use this paper for production of short series of unique packaging materials, also for scrap-booking, crafts and other art-techniques.

Applications:

• budged photobooks and albums
• promotion materials - posters, flyers, presentations, covers
• illustrations, crafts and arts
• short-runs or prototypes for packaging and POS materials
• cards, invitations, menus

As a conclusion - an affordable, but good quality double-sided alternative to the Premium (RC) media, bright colours, uniform gloss, plus the advantages of the natural, non-laminated paper base. 

General recommendations:

• Use and store ideally at a relative humidity of 35 to 65% and a temperature of 10 to 30° C (50° – 86°F.)
• All recommendations and product indications are for your guidance, and are subject to our test criteria, which remain subject ́́to change without prior notice. The consistency of results is not guaranteed.
• Use care in handling printed material, surface susceptible to abrasion.
• Store papers in archive quality envelopes, folders, and boxes.
• Use only archive grade tapes and glues for mounting & framing.