Getting the Most Out of Your Photo Printer – For Less!

As many photo-printer owners would know, paper and ink costs can quickly exceed the cost of the printer.
Plan Your Print Drafts: If you plan to make test prints that you will discard later, reduce the image size and load the printer with plain inexpensive paper. Your printer software may allow you to print multiple images on one sheet.

Use matte-finish photo cards instead of glossy photo paper when printing 4 X 6-inch images.
Save on your ink: Special photo inks can provide your printer with a more refined colour palette. In some cases, photos printed using general-purpose cartridges look almost as good as ones printed using photo ink. Another effective trick is to print your black-and-white photos in colour mode (with standard colour cartridges). Right-click the printer’s entry in Control Panel’s “Printers and Faxes” or “Printers” applet, click Properties, and search for a cartridge maintenance option. Always align new cartridges.
Make sure that the small ink nozzles on your print heads are clear of dried ink.

Types of Photo Printers

Types of photo printers vary and options on offer are mainly inkjet photo printers, portable photo printers, all-in-one photo printers, dedicated photo printers and professional photo printers.

Almost all the new photo printers in the market today provide great quality photo printing. Canon PIXMA iP5000, HP Photosmart 8450 and Epson Stylus Photo R800 are some examples of current popular inkjet photo printers.

Dedicated photo printers are built around thermal-dye technology. The maximum print size on these printers is often 4 x 6 inches. The dedicated photo printers offer very good to excellent output; although they may offer a limited choice in paper size. HP Photosmart 8750 Professional and Epson Stylus Photo R1800 are some
examples of current popular professional photo printers.

HP PhotoSmart 375 and Canon PIXMA iP90 are some examples of current popular portable photo printers.

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