Guest guest Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 I intend to apply for a passport within the next few days in order to avoid the price increase, interview and the RFID chip that will contain biometric information (they will never get this information from me willingly). http://www.no2id.net/ I have taken a photograph of myself using a digital camera and I have improved it in Photoshop. My problem now is how to get a print of it? My home printer might not be good enough (good enough for me, but the Passport admin scum, I mean people, might reject it). I have identified several inkjet photo papers that do not include gelatin. Unfortunately most of them have the appearance of regular card/paper and the others (glossy) have the manufacturers logo printed on the back of the paper (the passport office are constantly refusing photographs due to them having been printed on the `wrong sort of paper'. They also say they will not accept photographs with anything at all printed on the rear). How did/would you go about getting a passport photograph of yourself produced/printed? I expect the machines (booths) use paper containing gelatin, so they are out (and they would not allow me to adjust my picture). Having a photo lab make a print from my digital file would involve them printing it on gelatin-coated photographic paper (light-sensitive paper), at least that is what the scum in Snappy Snaps told me today (after one of them said, following my telling her where gelatin comes from, " I eat cows " ). The two local high street printers in my area did not offer me any real solution either. One said they are only able to use Xerox paper, but Xerox is an evil company that supplies Huntingdon Life Sciences (and I do not even know if their paper is gelatin-free), and the other said they would only print my pictures if I provided laser printer-specific paper (as they have no photographic-style paper of their own), but I failed to find any locally (and I do not know of any gelatin-free specific brands). Any ideas for resolving this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Not sure if it helps but I've done some digging around and it looks as though epson paper might be the solution (except for their colorlife stuff anyway). There's a whole thread on it over at the Vegan Forum<http://www.veganforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7598 & page=2>, the post you're looking for was posted Feb 27th 2006 by a user called " Cumin " . I'm not sure if any of their stuff is suitable for passport photos I'm afraid though, I also found some advice from the passport agency on passport photos which is available here<http://www.passport.gov.uk/news/news.asp?intElement=942> .. Hope this all helps Darren On 26/09/06, veganseer <veganseer wrote: > > I intend to apply for a passport within the next few days in order to > avoid the price increase, interview and the RFID chip that will > contain biometric information (they will never get this information > from me willingly). http://www.no2id.net/ > > I have taken a photograph of myself using a digital camera and I have > improved it in Photoshop. My problem now is how to get a print of it? > My home printer might not be good enough (good enough for me, but the > Passport admin scum, I mean people, might reject it). I have > identified several inkjet photo papers that do not include gelatin. > Unfortunately most of them have the appearance of regular card/paper > and the others (glossy) have the manufacturers logo printed on the > back of the paper (the passport office are constantly refusing > photographs due to them having been printed on the `wrong sort of > paper'. They also say they will not accept photographs with anything > at all printed on the rear). > > How did/would you go about getting a passport photograph of yourself > produced/printed? I expect the machines (booths) use paper containing > gelatin, so they are out (and they would not allow me to adjust my > picture). Having a photo lab make a print from my digital file would > involve them printing it on gelatin-coated photographic paper > (light-sensitive paper), at least that is what the scum in Snappy > Snaps told me today (after one of them said, following my telling her > where gelatin comes from, " I eat cows " ). > > The two local high street printers in my area did not offer me any > real solution either. One said they are only able to use Xerox paper, > but Xerox is an evil company that supplies Huntingdon Life Sciences > (and I do not even know if their paper is gelatin-free), and the other > said they would only print my pictures if I provided laser > printer-specific paper (as they have no photographic-style paper of > their own), but I failed to find any locally (and I do not know of any > gelatin-free specific brands). > > Any ideas for resolving this one? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Most of the Photo-Me booths (http://www.photo-me.co.uk/) are vegan. I've called them a couple of times in the past and they've been really helpful telling me which local booths are vegan... Darren Fuller wrote: > > Not sure if it helps but I've done some digging around and it looks as > though epson paper might be the solution (except for their colorlife stuff > anyway). There's a whole thread on it over at the Vegan > Forum<http://www.veganforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7598 & page=2 > <http://www.veganforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7598 & page=2>>, > the post you're looking for was posted Feb 27th 2006 by a user called > " Cumin " . > > I'm not sure if any of their stuff is suitable for passport photos I'm > afraid though, I also found some advice from the passport agency on > passport > photos which is available > here<http://www.passport.gov.uk/news/news.asp?intElement=942 > <http://www.passport.gov.uk/news/news.asp?intElement=942>> > . > > Hope this all helps > > Darren > > On 26/09/06, veganseer <veganseer > <veganseer%40hotmail.com>> wrote: > > > > I intend to apply for a passport within the next few days in order to > > avoid the price increase, interview and the RFID chip that will > > contain biometric information (they will never get this information > > from me willingly). http://www.no2id.net/ <http://www.no2id.net/> > > > > I have taken a photograph of myself using a digital camera and I have > > improved it in Photoshop. My problem now is how to get a print of it? > > My home printer might not be good enough (good enough for me, but the > > Passport admin scum, I mean people, might reject it). I have > > identified several inkjet photo papers that do not include gelatin. > > Unfortunately most of them have the appearance of regular card/paper > > and the others (glossy) have the manufacturers logo printed on the > > back of the paper (the passport office are constantly refusing > > photographs due to them having been printed on the `wrong sort of > > paper'. They also say they will not accept photographs with anything > > at all printed on the rear). > > > > How did/would you go about getting a passport photograph of yourself > > produced/printed? I expect the machines (booths) use paper containing > > gelatin, so they are out (and they would not allow me to adjust my > > picture). Having a photo lab make a print from my digital file would > > involve them printing it on gelatin-coated photographic paper > > (light-sensitive paper), at least that is what the scum in Snappy > > Snaps told me today (after one of them said, following my telling her > > where gelatin comes from, " I eat cows " ). > > > > The two local high street printers in my area did not offer me any > > real solution either. One said they are only able to use Xerox paper, > > but Xerox is an evil company that supplies Huntingdon Life Sciences > > (and I do not even know if their paper is gelatin-free), and the other > > said they would only print my pictures if I provided laser > > printer-specific paper (as they have no photographic-style paper of > > their own), but I failed to find any locally (and I do not know of any > > gelatin-free specific brands). > > > > Any ideas for resolving this one? > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Thanks for your help. I did intend to search the Vegan Forum but non-members do not have a search facility available to them and registration was suspended disallowing me to re-register (I was a member once, but Korn the owner banned me. That guy is a priggish idiot). I already knew about the Epson paper, I found out from the Vegan Society. I was also given the names of a few other types as well. So at least it is good to know that we can get decent inkjet paper without taking the life of an innocent animal. I am actually reconsidering applying for a passport. It turns out that I am too late to avoid having one with an RFID chip. I might get citizenship, and thus a passport, with another country (that does not have RFID). Or I might just sneak around in a small boat (I will never use commercial jets). The UK is controlled by psychopathic criminals and we must not allow them to get our personal information. I urge you all to take a stand on this matter and refuse to comply. The filth that run this country and this planet should not be tolerated any longer. Without us they have no power, so we must refuse to submit to their tyranny. The London bombings were carried out by the British intelligence agencies purely as a pretext for the regime to introduce draconian police-state laws such as the ID act and biometric passports. The scum must not be allowed to get away with it. If you want to see the evidence about the 7/7 bombings then download the David Shayler documentary called 'Mind The Gap' http://www.nineeleven.co.uk/ (it is also available on Google Video). I also recommend 'TerrorStorm', and it too is on Google Video. , " Darren Fuller " <daz.fuller wrote: > > Not sure if it helps but I've done some digging around and it looks as > though epson paper might be the solution (except for their colorlife stuff > anyway). There's a whole thread on it over at the Vegan > Forum<http://www.veganforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7598 & page=2>, > the post you're looking for was posted Feb 27th 2006 by a user called > " Cumin " . > > I'm not sure if any of their stuff is suitable for passport photos I'm > afraid though, I also found some advice from the passport agency on passport > photos which is available > here<http://www.passport.gov.uk/news/news.asp?intElement=942> > . > > Hope this all helps > > Darren > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 This is good news. I am surprised to learn that these booths do not use gelatin paper. Of course booths are not really an option for me as I need to improve my picture in Photoshop first, and the booths do not provide for this (unless I have the booth take a picture of my cardboard cutout!). , James H <james wrote: > > Most of the Photo-Me booths (http://www.photo-me.co.uk/) are vegan. I've > called them a couple of times in the past and they've been really > helpful telling me which local booths are vegan... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.