I recently realized the kind of value that a photo printer with good quality cartridges can add to your life; it happened right after my trusted Notebook got a virus on its hard drive and wiped out two years worth of memories from photos I had taken while travelling. Today printing your photos does not seem as important as it did before the invention of memory cards as you can simply store all of your images on your hard drive. Well, as we all know, technology can sometimes fail you horribly- especially if you don’t make backup copies! Even though technology is a brilliant gift to modern day living we all still sometimes need to resort to the old days where things were done properly. Printing your photos will ensure that you have them in material form and you can safely keep them in a photo album or picture frame where no virus will be able to touch them!
When it comes to printing your photos you have many options available like going to a photo printing store, specific chain stores or simply buying a photo printer and saving yourself a lot of time and hassles. However, before buying a photo printer you need to know a bit about what exactly it is you need to look out for. Photo printers, like any other technology, come with some technological jargon which needs to be clarified so you can be sure to know that whatever you end up buying will see to your needs and will be easy enough for you to maintain.
Expensive Is Not Always The Best
A photo printer is supposed to print photos and therefore you can rest assured that that it is exactly what it will do. Quite often you will get the same quality from a more affordable printer that you will get from an expensive one. The kind of photo printer you buy will depend on whether you are an amateur photographer or whether you take serious pictures. People print photos for very different reasons but you can still find an affordable alternative even if you need very high quality photos. Most of us on the other hand don’t really care about the fancy words and phrases; we just buy photo printers to do exactly what they are supposed to do…print photos. Never the less, here are the two most important things to consider before buying a photo printer:
Calculate The Cost Of Photo Paper and Ink Cartridge Refills Before Buying
Quite often it is not the upfront cost of the printer which is expensive, but the cost of maintaining it. Before buying you need to be sure that you can afford the ink refills as well as the paper for the photos.
The Higher The Resolution The Better The Quality Of The Photos
The resolution of a printer is measure by the amount of dots per inch. Standard printers offer you 2400 x 1200 dots per inch, but there are printers that will offer you up to 4800 x 1200. Keep in mind though that you will pay a higher price for printers with more resolution.
Be sure to buy a printer which offers you all of the extras you may need: extra USB ports or memory card slots, or a printer that is portable for optimal efficiency.
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