The ghost image is _probably_ because the fusing roller is not completely
fusing the toner to the paper. The photo paper is thicker than regular
(common copier) paper and the roller does not provide sufficient heat to
completely fuse. Or the surface of the paper is not accepting all of the
toner. Some of the toner is staying on the fusing roller and being fused on
the next revolution. (the diameter of the roller is equal to the distance
between the two images divided by pi?)
Do you have the same problem if you use heavy card stock?

The output of a copier uses heat, and could damage the photo, and possibly
the fusing roller. A commercial copier will probably have a hotter roller
than a small home office type copier.

I have tried using my copier (a small Canon, about the size of a briefcase)
to put a copyright message on the back of color photos (on Kodak Endura
paper). It works, but... (a) set the copier exposure light to limit the
amount of toner, (b) the photos will come out curled and need to go under
some weight for some time, (c) the one-of-a-kind photo is the one that will
jam/scratch/melt!

The best thing I've found for writing on photos is a waterproof marker, such
as a Sharpie brand; but I don't think you want to free-hand write the
calendar pages on each photo!

Ken Hart

Mark,

Dick Blick Art Supply, dickblick.com ,  sells a very nice blank calendar. I
have used it before. It is made to either paint or draw a picture every
month, but it easily fits a horizontal or vertical 5x7" print on the pages.
As a bonus you don't have to do the binding as it is already put together.
They used to cost about $4.00 each.

  Frank    Rome, NY

Mark in Maine wrote:

I doubt you can get conventional ink jet to stick
to the back of RC paper.

Ink jet ink is designed so that it does not dry.
If it dried then the ink nozzles would clog up.  
The ink works by penetrating the paper and wicking
into the fibers. The back of RC paper is water-proof
and the ink can not penetrate to the paper beneath.

There are industrial continuos stream ink jet printers
that do use an evaporating marking ink for printing date codes
on milk jugs and soup cans.

The easiest solution may be to use ink-jet paper and
print the photo on one side and the calendar on the
other.  

There are (were) companies that sold calendar 'kits' for
ink-jet and color laser.  The years calendar was pre-printed
on the back and the paper was punched for and came with
a spiral binder.

You might try using fiber base photographic paper.
I have never tried running photo paper through a
printer, though.  The lack of sizing in
the paper may cause the ink to bloom with time
- try it to find out.

--
Nick Lindan

Why not just print out your calendar pages on a separate sheet of laser
paper, and then with spray glue, glue this to the back of the RC print?
THen you can trim the edges to cut off any misaligned overhang. I do
this all the time to make photo cards.

An "old fashioned" dot matrix printer will probably work. They can still
be had. Epson LQ series and Panasonic equivalents do a pretty good job
on text, charts, etc. and will work from any word processing program.

I was going to suggest the same thing. Epson calls it Double Sided
Matte Paper. I have used it in an Epson 750 printer and it works well.

Actually I have; Omega Satter at one point considered marketing them for
Alps. Their people came in and even demo'd the units to the president,
myself and another CS rep. They really had some cool features like
they could print "gold foil" using a special ribbon. They used some kind of
wax cartridges which each contained a seperate color. This was pre Epson
micro Piezo 6 ink printers, the prints looked like photos and were supposedly fade resistant
for 100 years? B&H carried them for a while but the Alps
people didn't like the arrangement because the printers needed alot
of customer service support,..... for some users. They were complex beyond the
abilities of the average sales person.