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Hey Digital Photo buffs - what printer do you have?

Discussion in 'Creative Arts' started by idloveaguinness, Nov 28, 2005.

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  1. idloveaguinness

    idloveaguinness Formula Junior

    Nov 3, 2003
    684
    LI NY
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    Kevin Landry
    I'm looking for a high quality digital photo printer to go along with the digital SLR we're getting (Nikon D50, 6.1 MP)....what do you guys use? I am looking to completely drop our 35mm use, so I would like the prints to be comparable.

    Thanks,
    Kevin
     
  2. TinaDK

    TinaDK F1 World Champ

    Jun 23, 2004
    11,823
    Denmark
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    Tina Poulsen
    I have a normal HP 3 in 1 printer... with card reader! :) It's okay for my use :)
     
  3. davidgoerndt

    davidgoerndt Formula 3

    Oct 25, 2004
    1,420
    Orlando, FL
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    David Goerndt
    I use the Epson 1280. This printer uses dye based inks which will fade over time if exposed to strong light. The newer 2200 uses pigment ink which will last a long time, but the colors aren't as rich as the dye inks. Both printers will print up to 13"x19" prints on a variety of papers. Don't like Epson papers? You can use pretty much any fine art papers as long as you get a paper/ink profile to use with the printer. I use a Nikon D100 and the prints I get are stunning (printing from Photoshop).
     
  4. ascari_2

    ascari_2 Karting

    Oct 9, 2005
    154
    Chicago area
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    Yuri
    I used to work at a photolab and will tell you that no printer will give you the same quality. At Wolf camera, or at least at the one I used to work at the process for printing photos whether it was film or digital was to digitize them and send them to a projector within a photo processing machine. In turn all photos were digitized. Hence your digital photos will look only as good as they are originally. I can expand on this process a little more later, but don't waste your time on dinkey printers that'll waste your time and ink.

    PS the big plus of this process is that you are not using any ink at all, you're using the same process used to develop film pictures where photosensitive paper goes through a chemical bath.
     
  5. idloveaguinness

    idloveaguinness Formula Junior

    Nov 3, 2003
    684
    LI NY
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    Kevin Landry
    Thanks for the information.....Research is moving me towards keeping the decent Canon printer I have and using a pro-service (on-line or store front) for the ones we really like.

    Thanks all....
     
  6. KTG

    KTG Formula Junior

    May 16, 2005
    820
    Chicago,IL
    Canon I960
     

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