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Photo Only Printer Buying Guide
For fast prints directly from your digital camera's memory card or cable, these photo-only printers make waiting a thing of the past.
In digital photography, a photo-printer is almost as important as the camera you take the pictures with. Taking good pictures won't do you any good unless you have a high quality photo printer to print your images. Before you decide on which photo printer to buy there are a few questions you need to ask. Does the printer I want have the resolution I need? Resolution dictates the quality of your photos. Resolution is measured in dpi or dots per inch, and represents the highest amount of pixels your printer can print on an inch of photo paper. The higher a dpi number is the higher the resolution will be. And the greater the resolution, the more detail your photos will display clearly. If you have high resolution photos you want to print, make sure you get a printer that can handle it. I recommend you start with a minimum of 1200 x 1200 dpi. What kind of paper will I be using? Make sure that the kind of paper your new printer uses is the right kind for the pictures you want to print. The use of actual photo paper will yield the best results because it's specifically designed for photos. The kind of paper you use is extremely important because it affects the quality and longevity of your photos. But you aren't limited to just run of the mill photo paper. Many photo printers allow you to print on heavyweight card stock, iron-on transfers, inkjet fabric sheets, vellum, just to name a few. How are you planning to connect to the printer? There is a whole host of ways to print your photos. The most common way is to connect your computer to the printer and print right from there. But printers also offer ways to print right from your digital camera, cell phone or other mobile device. Check to see if the printer you want can connect to your mobile device. You can connect in a few different ways, via USB and Bluetooth among others. Check also for flash card memory readers. This way you can just take the memory card out of your camera and put it in the slot and print right from there. Can the printer I want edit photos? While most photo editing will take place on your computer, some photo printers come equipped with editing software built right into the machine. You can use this software to perform low key edits, like removing red eye and cropping photos to fit your preference. What about ink? The ink you use should be your paramount concern. Photo printers use both inkjet and dye- sublimation ink. Using dye-sublimation ink to print photos gives you the same quality you get from professional photo finishing. Some dye-sublimation ink lasts up to 100 years and much longer than inkjet ink. Dye-sublimation ink uses multiple colors to provide better quality and sharper pictures. Rather than printing all the colors at once, like an inkjet printer, dye-sublimation printers print only one color at a time. This process protects your printed image from discoloration, and fading when exposed to light.
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