| A photo printer is a printer designed for high quality | | | | like light magenta, light black, photo cyan and yellow to |
| digital photo printing on photo papers. The conventional | | | | be able to produce more realistic and vivid pictures. |
| inkjet printers and the modern digital printers require | | | | Standard inkjet printers use tricolor cartridges. Another |
| printer supplies that include inkjet refills and cartridge | | | | plus on these printers is that they have digital memory |
| refills. There are several different models of printers | | | | cards that enable the printing of pictures without the |
| requiring different compatible printer cartridges. These | | | | need for a computer. Standard inkjet printers must |
| can either be new or remanufactured cartridges. | | | | make use of a computer to print. |
| Whether a person acquires a new or a | | | | Some photo printers have the capability of printing |
| remanufactured cartridge will depend on several | | | | directly from cameras that support PictBridge protocol. |
| factors. Before the era of digital printers, only the | | | | PictBridge is a standard set in the photo industry by |
| standard inkjet printers existed. The coming of photo | | | | the Camera and Imaging Products Association (CIPA) |
| printers brought a revolution and the birth of digital | | | | on direct printing, which allows printing images directly |
| cameras even increased their use. Initially they were | | | | to the printer from digital cameras. The majority of |
| more expensive than the inkjet printers but they later | | | | standard inkjet printers do not have these features. |
| dropped in prices when one company started offering | | | | One of the latest printer technologies in the market |
| less expensive photo printers. All major manufacturers | | | | today is photo printers that can print without using ink. |
| of printers then followed suite and people really bought | | | | The inkless printers are much smaller than conventional |
| the printers. | | | | ink printers which make them both portable and |
| Currently there are photo printers which print 4" x 6" | | | | convenient. The photo printers that are usually referred |
| photos. These compact printers do not require a | | | | to as portable or mobile are printers that use wireless |
| computer at all and can also be found in larger sizes | | | | technology using signals instead of cables to print. |
| which can print 8" x 11", 10" x 14" and even larger photo | | | | However, most of them are just as big in size as |
| sizes. The larger paper-size printers are manufactured | | | | conventional printers. |
| by all major printer manufacturers which can handle | | | | The inkless photo printer is a real portable printer that |
| different photo printer requirements. These printers are | | | | can comfortably fit into a purse or a pocket. The |
| usually so good they have a guaranteed lifespan of | | | | maintenance of these inkless printers is very easy |
| over 100 years. | | | | since there are no printer supply costs and no toner |
| There are several significant differences between the | | | | refills or cartridge refills required. The best part of it |
| standard inkjet printers and photo printers. To start | | | | however, is that no ink is required and thus no |
| with, photo printers use more printer cartridges than | | | | inconveniences are caused when looking for cheap |
| standard inkjet printers. They also make use of colors | | | | remanufactured compatible cartridge. |
