What Is Involved in the Photo Printing Process?

Photo printers. As early as 1997, Epson introduced the Stylus Photo series printers. But at that time, the positioning of the photo printer was in the high-end office field, and it was impossible for ordinary home users to reach.

Photo printer

In 2004, Epson launched a new Stylus Photo R series photo printer. The price of R210 is as high as 1200 yuan, and the goal is directly to the home market. At the same time, HP's Photosmart series and Canon's i series products have been reduced to home users. At a reasonable price.

Chinese name: Photo printer
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Ultrafine droplets

The size of the ink droplet volume is a key technical indicator of photo printing, which directly affects the final print quality. Photo printers generally have ultra-fine droplets of no more than 3 picoliters

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Inkjet Printers

Inkjet printers are divided into mechanical and electrical parts. We mainly look at the mechanical part, which usually includes ink cartridges and printheads, cleaning parts, character car machinery, paper feeding mechanism and sensors. There are two types of ink cartridges and nozzles, one is a two-in-one integrated structure, and the other is a separate structure. Both approaches have their advantages. The cleaning system is a maintenance device for the print head. The carriage machine is used for positioning the printing position. The word input mechanism provides a paper conveying function, and it must cooperate well with the carriage machine to complete the printing of a full page during movement. The sensor is specially designed to check the working condition of each part of the printer.

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DPI is an important industry standard for measuring print quality. It itself represents the number of dots that an inkjet printer can print in the range per inch. The higher the dpi value in monochrome printing, the better the printing effect. The situation is more complicated when printing in color. Generally, the quality of print quality is affected by both the dpi value and the color blending ability. Because the resolution of black and white prints and color prints of general color inkjet printers may be different, you must pay attention to what kind of resolution the merchant tells you when purchasing and whether it is the highest resolution. Generally, you should choose an inkjet printer with at least 360DPI.

2, color harmony ability

For users using color inkjet printers, the printer's color blending ability is a very important indicator. traditional

The output quality of a photo printer is not only related to the printer's own performance, but also to the quality of the original image to be printed. Some low-resolution digital photos will certainly not print well. If you want to output ordinary photos, Size image, it is recommended to ensure that the resolution of the picture is above 1280 × 1024 pixels.

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Understand your needs

Home users: Pay attention to ease of use

For most home users, a photo inkjet printer around 800 yuan is often a very good choice. In fact, the current price point is also the focus of competition among manufacturers, and various new products are emerging.

Users who have used the printer will have this experience: Although the speed of the printer itself is important, the meticulous driver software design can often make the operator do more with less. Professional high-performance products usually have thoughtful and ergonomic designs in detail. For example, many inkjet printers can directly use the printer's preset printing modes and choose options such as printing documents, photos, reports, etc., in order to conveniently complete high-quality printing and avoid wasting more supplies and printing time.

For ordinary home users, buying a color inkjet printer is best for the whole family, so its ease of use should also be checked. It is also important to pay attention to the need to replace and clean the ink cartridges, which is a problem we often encounter in daily use.

SOHO users: Put printing costs first

The cost of consumables is the focus of SOHO users. When purchasing an inkjet printer, SOHO users are advised to first figure out the application positioning. If you only print low-requirement text, it will be important for the printer to be able to purchase compatible ink cartridges or even fill it with ink, which directly determines the cost of consumables in the future. If the main purpose is to print photos, then try to choose products that use color separation ink cartridges, because in the current situation, it is unrealistic to expect ink filling to achieve excellent color printing.

Office users: pursuing comprehensiveness and balance

The needs of office users are the most comprehensive. At this time, both excellent speed performance and color photo printing capabilities are needed. After all, mixed graphics and sample printing are frequently encountered applications. Of course, the cost of printing is another issue that has to be paid attention to. In this case, everyone should pay more attention to the printer's speed index when purchasing products, and put photo printing in a relatively secondary position. When choosing a specific printer, users are advised to first figure out their own application positioning. If text-based printing is the main method, it will be very important for the printer to be able to purchase compatible ink cartridges or even fill it with ink, which directly determines the cost of consumables in the future. And if you do encounter photo printing often in the actual office, then try to choose products that use color separation ink cartridges, because in the current situation, it is not realistic to expect compatible ink cartridges to achieve excellent color printing. In short, business office users should open their minds when purchasing inkjet printers, and consider all aspects of functions and costs.

Professional users: the pursuit of richer colors

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Universal inkjet flatbed printer nozzle maintenance

If the nozzle has been used for a long time, it needs to be professionally maintained.

1. Remove the print head from the printer according to the correct method, and clean the remaining ink stains;

2. Use the nozzle cleaning agent to thoroughly clean the nozzle;

3. Inject special nozzle maintenance agent into each ink column of the nozzle;