There are so many types of digital camera printer on offer
that finding the right one for your personal and business needs
can be a very daunting task. However, there are a few main points
to consider when choosing a digital camera printer that will
help make the process a little easier.
It isn’t necessary to have a high-resolution digital
camera printer to make great pictures. The higher the printer
resolution you use, the more pixels you'll need in your original
image file to produce a decent size print with your digital camera
printer. The actual file size (in pixels) of the image from your
camera, divided by the printer resolution (in dots per inch),
determines the final print size. So, if the image file size is
1,478 x 1,280 pixels, and you print the file at 163 dpi with
your digital camera printer, the final print size will be 9 x
7.8 inches.
If your digital camera printer resolution is 300 dpi, then
you will have a higher resolution with more dots per inch laid
down on the paper but a smaller print size. It is therefore important
to ensure that you have the image file size to support the resolution
of your digital camera printer.
The price of a digital camera printer is lowering whilst the
quality is increasing. If you choose the right digital camera
printer you can have your own photo lab, greeting card designing
and sign making department with just your digital camera, some
software and a printer.
The aim of having a digital camera printer is to produce photographic
prints that look as close to real photographic prints as possible.
This type of digital camera printer was once very expensive to
buy and run, but technological advancements and competitive pricing
have made them much more accessible to the average buyer. Ink-jet
printers are now available that can produce excellent prints
and a near photo-quality printer is much easier to find for people
with a small budget. You will probably want to have a digital
camera printer with a scanning feature built-in. If you want
to produce same-size scans of photos you don’t need scan
resolutions higher than 300 samples per inch for the scanner.
Your digital camera printer should also have the same interface
that you already have on your computer. So if you have USB, then
get a digital camera printer with USB, a Firewire printer if
you have Firewire or a SCSI printer if you have SCSI. There should
be no need to buy a digital camera printer that requires a different
interface to the one you already have on your computer or it
will cost you more to upgrade if necessary.
This article was posted on November 17, 2005