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| Thread ID: 37327 | 2003-09-04 02:44:00 | Anyone tried digital photo printing at home? | nomad (3693) | Press F1 |
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| 172922 | 2003-09-04 02:44:00 | I am just curious.. I have seen various types of photo paper and at diff prices. What's what? How much does one need to spend on a photo printer? I heard some like Epson printers.. How do they compare to ones printed at a pro lab? Can you actually tell if it was a home job or not? Seems like a smooth transition when ones does all the editing on the PC, printing is a common sense approach. Cheers. |
nomad (3693) | ||
| 172923 | 2003-09-04 03:23:00 | Yes I occasionally print my own photos. Most modern inkjets will print an excellent photo...I have a HP 948c which is not known as a super photo printer but it does an excellent job. You can buy either matt finish or glossy papers..the only problem I have found is that some thicker papers dont feed through the printer all that well...the paper in the HP goes round a roller and the pick up doesnt always grab the paper all the time..so I go for a thinner paper usually glossy for that reason. Dont forget to set your printer setup features to print on which ever paper you use and the quality you want. Matt or glosy is up to you. The down side of printing your own photos is the large amount of ink you go through. If I want a number of photos done I just put them on to my little USB drive and take them into the nearest photo processor who do printing from digital media and for about $1.00 each you can get 7x5 prints. | wheatsack (4001) | ||
| 172924 | 2003-09-04 03:29:00 | I'm just gonna reinforce what he said about ink. I printed a couple of enlargements for gifts at Christmas (tight, I know...) and emptied the cartridges, almost. and they were new. And they cost a fortune. Looked real nice though. | jaxson (3204) | ||
| 172925 | 2003-09-04 03:30:00 | I discovered 2 things once I started printing digital pix. First, my old printer (bought about 5 years ago) was awful compared with the new Canon - a fairly standard inkjet from Dick Smiths - I bought after attending a DP course. My prints improved straight away. Secondly, the best paper yields the best prints - high quality photo paper is what you use for high quality prints. However lesser quality is OK (especially with the new printer!) for experimentation. I wouldn't bother with getting anyone else to do my printing for me now. |
colmack (2939) | ||
| 172926 | 2003-09-04 04:52:00 | I am a keen photographer and have had my own darkroom for yonks. Using a 3.2 megapixel camera and an Epsom Colour 740 inkjet printer and PRINTASIA paper from the ILFORD stable it is very hard to tell the difference between 4X6 cm print from a film. It is only when you want larger prints that the difference becomes apparent, but then if you are prepared to spend $2000 odd on a higher pixel camera and a more expensive printer then you are getting as good a quality as film. If however you want 16x20 inch prints then the film is still better. For ordinary snapshot purposes and say up to 8x10 inch prints a digital camera wins hands down for convenience and ease of processing with the approprate software and printer. I can thoroughly recommend PRINTASIA paper. It feels like the prints you get back from a film processing lab. Cheers...........heaton |
heaton (3697) | ||
| 172927 | 2003-09-04 05:35:00 | I am wanting comparision towards a pro lab, not the 1hr mini labs... I intend to do 5x7 inch prints at least, up to 11x14 or larger but v few. Printing at a lab is not a issue, home seems more convenient. While the low cost DSLRs come out, I plan to get one some time. 6 megapixel with a nice lenses; 50/1.8 which becomes 75-80mm eq on the digital format, and the 70-200/2.8 ~~ 100-300mm. |
nomad (3693) | ||
| 172928 | 2003-09-04 05:37:00 | 6 x 4 cm should be good. What do 6 x 4 inches look like? :D The technology is there ... but the photo paper is expensive, and ink is also expensive. I once calculated that an A4 color print would cost about $2.50 for HP ink (from the manual for an older HP printer). With the smaller cartridges these days, I don't think the cost will have reduced. :-( If you can get the prints done in a shop for $1 or so, it might be worth considering. Of course, it's much more convenient to do it yourself. All depends on how much you're prepared to pay for the convenience. |
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