Since someone brought up digital photo printing...

[elgerber]

I am wondering which printer you guys use when you print your photos at home??? And do you think they really look as good as a 35 mm print? I am thinking of getting a new digital camera (to supplement but not replace my SLR) and then would get a really good photo printer, but I'd like to know everyones opinions.

Thanks!

Erika

 

[amid chaos]

Anything you print on your printer is not stable...the colors will fade and it is not acid free paper....for professional looking prints and stable ones, you need to use an online developing site or you can take your disk to a photo shop and they will print them.

 

[TheLionKing]

The stability of the prints is a very good point.

Of course you can always reprint one when it fades....

I use a HP Photosmart 1315. It can read my compact flash cards directly.

I was drooling over one of their newer ones that has 3 separate ink cartiridges. The ink is supposed to be more stable.

 

[SuiteDisney]

I have a Sony DPPSV77 dye-sub photo printer and it prints 4X6 photos that look like they just came from the developer. And the photos have a protective coating and should last 100 years. It's a fantastic printer for printing out digital photos!

 

[allicat]

We just bought an HP photosmart printer 7550. LionKing, I think its the one you were talking about with the 3 different cartridges. Very convenient.
Anyway, the brochure says on quality photo paper, the prints from my printer will resist fading for 65 years. They claim thats longer than a regular photo.
Im very limited in my photo printing knowledge but I can tell you that it prints a beautiful picture.

 

[TheLionKing]

I always wonder when a printer has been around for 6 months, how they can "predict" that pictures will last 65 years.......

The 7550 is exactly the one I was looking at this weekend.

I hate the idea of buying a whole new cartiridge when maybe only one color is running low.

 

[Boo'sMom]

I'm using our digital camera for the first time on our upcoming trip, and wondering what setting do I need to use for good quality photos....Im thinking of sending them to one of the online photoprinting services...but what resolution should I be using to make sure I get good quality photos..
Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

[SuiteDisney]

Originally posted by TheLionKing
I always wonder when a printer has been around for 6 months, how they can "predict" that pictures will last 65 years.......

I hate the idea of buying a whole new cartiridge when maybe only one color is running low.

My printer is a dye-sub rather than inkjet printer. The picture is printed with 4 different passes where color from a ribbon is fused to the paper with heat. The first pass puts the yellow on the paper. The second pass puts the magenta on the paper. The third pass puts the cyan (blue) on the paper and then the picture is technically done. But then there is a fourth pass which puts a protective coating on the top. I could spill water on my pictures and they would be fine.

The ribbon and paper is sold together in a kit that will print 25 pictures. There is just enough ribbon for the 25 pictures.

 

[jfulcer]

Originally posted by TheLionKing
I always wonder when a printer has been around for 6 months, how they can "predict" that pictures will last 65 years.......

You ride through an example of this every time you at WDW. Test Track and their 'bright light' room. Using this same technology, they can simulate years of sunlight exposure in a very short period of time - and it's the sunlight that is the problem.

Originally posted by TheLionKing
I hate the idea of buying a whole new cartiridge when maybe only one color is running low.

I have a Canon BJC 8200 that prints just wonderful pictures, and has 6 cartridges for ink. Magenta, Cyan, Yellow, Photo Magenta, Photo Cyan, and Black. I cringed at replacing those individual inks when they ran out, so bought a high quality ink refill kit and have been replacing ink for a long time now with this printer and another HP that I had a kit for. If you would like a link, PM me. It's literally saved me $300+ in ink costs.