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	The Primer on Digital Camera Printers

Author: Kevin Rockwell

O n c e y o u h a v e c l i c k e d p h o t o s t h r o u g h y o u r d i g i t a l c a m e r a , t h e n t h e n e x t s t e p i s t o t u r n t h e s e v i r t u a l i m a g e s i n t o r e a l p h o t o s . O n e w a y i s t o s e n d t h e m e m o r y c a r d t o a d i g i t a l p h o t o l a b o r a t o r y a n d g e t t h e i m a g e s d e v e l o p e d t h e r e . B u t i f y o u c l i c k d i g i t a l p h o t o s o n a r e g u l a r b a s i s , t h e n i t i s b e t t e r t h a t y o u b u y y o u r s e l f a d i g i t a l c a m e r a p r i n t e r , o r m o r e c o m m o n l y k n o w n a s a d i g i t a l p h o t o p r i n t e r . T h e r e a r e l o t s a n d l o t s o f c h o i c e s a v a i l a b l e i n t h e m a r k e t t o d a y . T h e t o p t h r e e c o m p a n i e s a r e H P , C a n o n a n d E p s o n . S o , b e f o r e y o u g o a n d s p e n d y o u r m o n e y , h e r e a r e s o m e t i p s o n w h a t y o u m u s t k e e p i n m i n d w h i l e d e c i d i n g o n a d i g i t a l p h o t o p r i n t e r . F i r s t l y , d i g i t a l p h o t o p r i n t e r s a r e a v a i l a b l e i n t w o b a s i c t y p e s . T h e r e a r e 4 - c o l o r p r i n t e r s a n d 6 - c o l o r p r i n t e r s . N o w a d a y s , t h e r e a r e e v e n 8 - c o l o r p r i n t e r s a v a i l a b l e . S o , t h e h i g h e r t h e n u m b e r o f c o l o r s t h e b e t t e r w i l l b e t h e p h o t o q u a l i t y o n c e y o u h a v e h i t t h e p r i n t f i l e b u t t o n . U s i n g g o o d q u a l i t y p h o t o p a p e r a n d o n e o f t h e 8 c o l o r p r i n t e r s w i l l g i v e y o u r e s u l t s t h a t r i v a l y o u r p h o t o l a b . S e c o n d l y , t h e p r i n t i n g m e t h o d u s e d b y t h e p r i n t e r i s a l s o v e r y i m p o r t a n t . T h e r e a r e 2 m a i n p r i n t i n g m e t h o d s : i n k j e t a n d t h e r m a l . I n k j e t i s c o m m o n l y u s e d f o r t a k i n g p h o t o p r i n t s b u t t h e q u a l i t y o f t h e p r i n t o u t i s n o t e x c e l l e n t . Y o u n e e d t o h a v e a t l e a s t a 6 - c o l o r p r i n t e r t o g e t d e c e n t p r i n t q u a l i t y . A l s o , t h e i n k c a r t r i d g e s a r e q u i t e e x p e n s i v e a n d t h e b i g g e s t d i s a d v a n t a g e i s t h a t i n k j e t p r i n t i n g d o e s n o t p r o v i d e a w a t e r p r o o f c o a t i n g t o t h e i m a g e s . H e n c e , t h e c o l o r f a d e s a f t e r s o m e t i m e . T h e r m a l p r i n t i n g , o n t h e o t h e r h a n d , i s m u c h b e t t e r s i n c e i t n o t o n l y a p p l i e s a w a t e r p r o o f c o a t i n g b u t i s a l s o b e t t e r q u a l i t y - w i s e . I t i s a l s o m o r e c o s t e f f e c t i v e a s t h e p a p e r a n d i n k c a r t r i d g e s u s e d a r e c h e a p e r . M o s t o f t h e s e p r i n t e r s c a n b e p u r c h a s e d u n d e r $ 5 0 0 . H o w e v e r , t h e r e a r e f e w k e y c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s t h a t a r e d i f f e r e n t i n a l l t h e s e p r i n t e r s w h i c h d e t e r m i n e t h e i r p r i c e . T h e s e a r e : T h e p r i n t i n g w i d t h d i f f e r s a m o n g s t p r i n t e r s . N o r m a l l y t h e w i d t h i s e i t h e r 8 . 5 " o r 1 3 " . T h e h i g h e s t q u a l i t y p r i n t e r s w i l l a l l o w y o u t o g o l a r g e r b u t a t a m u c h h i g h e r p e r p r i n t c o s t . I f y o u w a n t t o p r i n t r e a l l y g r e a t l o o k i n g b l a c k - a n d - w h i t e i m a g e s , t h e n t h e p r i n t e r n e e d s t o h a v e g r e y i n k s a s w e l l . S o , a n 8 - c o l o r p r i n t e r w o u l d b e b e s t s u i t e d f o r t h i s p u r p o s e . W h e t h e r y o u r p r i n t e r h a s s e p a r a t e i n k t a n k s f o r e a c h c o l o r o r d o e s i t h a v e m u l t i p l e i n k s i n e a c h c a r t r i d g e . I f y o u h a v e m u l t i p l e i n k s , t h e n y o u h a v e t o r e p l a c e t h e e n t i r e c a r t r i d g e e v e n i f o n e c o l o r f i n i s h e s . H e n c e , i t i s m o r e e x p e n s i v e t o r e p l a c e s u c h c a r t r i d g e s a n d y o u w a s t e a l o t o f i n k a s w e l l . T h e a b i l i t y o f t h e p r i n t e r t o p r i n t d i r e c t l y f r o m y o u r c a m e r a o r a m e m o r y c a r d t h r o u g h a l i n k . T h e p r i n t i n g s p e e d p e r m i n u t e . T h i s c a n g o u p t o 1 0 m i n u t e s f o r a c o l o r e d s n a p , s o y o u m u s t p r o p e r l y c h e c k t h i s o u t d e p e n d i n g u p o n o u r u s a g e . M u l t i u s e p r i n t e r s a r e g r e a t f o r a b u s y o f f i c e o r h o u s e h o l d b u t i f y o u w a n t t o m a k e f i n e p r i n t s o u t o f y o u r d i g i t a l i m a g e s y o u s h o u l d i n v e s t i n a d e d i c a t e d d i g i t a l c a m e r a p r i n t e r o r d i g i t a l p h o t o p r i n t e r . L o o k f o r m o d e l s t h a t w i l l t a k e t h e m o s t p o p u l a r m e m o r y c a r d s s t r a i g h t i n t o t h e p r i n t e r w i t h o u t h a v i n g t o l o a d t h e i m a g e s i n t o y o u r c o m p u t e r .

Author Bio:

Kevin Rockwell

Kevin Rockwell has spent his whole adult career working in image capture. He has successfully run his own video production company creating video for clients of all types from corporate, non profit, network, and even personal video projects. For 20 years he worked in network TV news as a videographer. That job took him around the world covering major news stories, sporting events, and live events. That experience has left him with an everlasting impression of how much impact the visual image can have on our brains.

Today he creates high quality video (both digital and analogue), brings his passion for digital photography to the web via the great-digital-cameras.com site, helps young photographers get their chops, and revels in the amazing things just about anyone can do nowdays with digital images.

Through his various sites you can learn about digital photography (get free reports and articles to make you a better photographer), enhance your soccer skill, find a mentor to help you build your own niche site, and locate a top video professional in the SF Bay Area to do your video project with the highest quality.

Oh and he goes by the moniker of "The Digital Flash". We all need some light in our lives. Make your images shine!

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