subject: How To Print Great Quality Photos At Home [print this page] How To Print Great Quality Photos At Home
Now that digital cameras and even mobile phones have revolutionised photography, people can take more photos at greater speed than ever before, and share them instantaneously with friends and family. This means waiting at the pharmacist is a thing of the past, but doesn't have to mean your photos are trapped on hard drives and memory cards.
From holiday snaps to family events, there are many photos we want to display around our homes or save to a physical photo album. This has sometimes been seen as a drawback by those who are hesitant to switch to digital cameras, as they are likely not aware of the efficiency and cost-saving that can come from printing your own photos at home.
Those who have tried printing photos in the past, using a basic inkjet printer and standard paper, may have been disappointed with the results, and that's not surprising. If your printer was of a lower resolution, colours would often bleed into each other making the picture less distinct, while the matte effect of the paper would rob photos of their glossiness and vibrancy.
Fortunately, with just a few careful purchases, budding photographers can find photo printers and high quality photo paper to allow them to produce pristine copies of their pictures for any occasion, which will be indistinguishable from traditionally developed photos whether you display them in a frame or stick them in a book.
Speciality photo printers can take the hassle out of producing photos at home, and are ideal for people who plan to print their photos frequently. Being designed specifically to print high quality colour photos, these printers take much less time to print even the most intricate image, often completing the task in as little as 45 seconds - compared to the standard three minutes or more of all-purpose inkjet printers.
The quality of your images is also firmly within your control, and can be judged when buying a printer by checking its dpi (dots per inch). While standard printers often come with a resolution greater than 300 dpi, which is well suited to documents, good quality photos can require something more in the range of 600 dpi.
However, some of your photos may not require quite this level of craftsmanship, and saving on ink is as simple as adjusting your printer settings to produce a draft copy. This can be especially useful when working out how best to arrange a selection of photos on a page, as printing a test page can help you save on good quality paper and ink.
