Choosing a Printer for Digital Photos

Although digital technology allows people to display and store their images using various media which are reputed to last for centuries, there’s still something to be said for having an actual photograph in your hands. Displaying digital images using various types of high-tech equipment can be a bit expensive. Because of this, many people still prefer to showcase their digital images using the conventional picture frame. For this reason, many people like buying printers for digital photography.

Because of the demand for digital photography printers, many companies are scrambling to build products. Each company produces a different kind of digital photography printer and then goes all out in proclaiming it to be the best. Isn’t it just frustrating? Imagine for a moment, that you were a person who wanted to buy a new digital photography printer. To make things easier for you, you decide to choose the best one available. So you go into the store and tell the person at the counter that you want the best digital photography printer available. And then you get hit by this question: what do you mean?

What, indeed, does the term “best” mean when you are selecting a digital photography printer? As with most of things in this life, the term “best” is relative. What’s best for you may not be the best for somebody else. In order to minimize your confusion, here are some standards you should use:

1) Cost – many people actually try to choose the best digital photography printer based on the cost. Of course, most people will claim that quality is expensive. Hence, the most expensive thing on the store must have the highest quality. Others define “best” as being the cheapest. They believe that if they find the lowest-priced digital photography printer available, they would have found the best product for them.

It is important to remember, however, that companies often take customer psychology into account when they are pricing items. Some deliberately price items low in order to encourage sales. Others deliberately price items low in order to give buyers a sense of prestige. And you can always just have a outside photo printer do it for you.

2) Design – some people go by the looks when they are choosing a digital photography printer. Because of this, many companies today hire top-notch artists and designers. People want equipment that looks good. They want to buy a digital photography printer that lets them express themselves through its sleekness and overall appearance.

Design isn’t all about looks. Design is also about function. Many companies today design their digital photography printers to be more appealing functionally to people. They often design digital photography printers to be compact in order to encourage people who, today, think that small is always better.

3) Features – nowadays, people want a digital photography printer that does everything. This is understandable; of course, since having such equipment means that you have to do less work.  Many people today like to buy digital photography printers which only need human supervision once every century. Some of the digital photography printers available today are so packed with features that it is actually very surprising that they don’t make lunch as well. Oh well, whatever floats your boat.

Just remember, however, that sometimes having fewer features can be an advantage. This is especially true if you are looking for a digital photography printer which can perform one function well.

Canon Pixma iP3500 Photo Printer 2170B002

Canon Pixma iP3500 Photo Printer 2170B002

Advanced print head technology drives this printer’s high performance, producing borderless photos with resolution up to 4800 x 1200 color dpi. You can create photos from credit-card size up to 8.5″ x 11″, and your documents will feature bold, laser-quality text. It’s fast, too: A beautiful 4″ x 6″ borderless print takes only about 47 seconds. For convenience, you can print photos directly from digital cameras, DV camcorders and even camera phones; and, the two paper trays let you store photo paper and plain paper, so you’re always print-ready.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Easy does it
I bought this printer about a month ago because I couldn’t get my old Canon to work with my Vista computer. I got this model because it would fit on my crowded desk. I found it very easy to set up and was even able to use the plugs from my old Canon on this one, so I didn’t have to do the “find the wire dance.” It comes with a CD I haven’t yet read, so I don’t know all the bells and whistles, but it is doing quite adequate plain printing

and is a bit faster than my S520.

5 Stars Quick & Easy on a Mac
The printer arrived, I installed the software on my iMac, the ink cartridges in the printer, selected the printer on my Mac and printed. Couldn’t have been easier!

5 Stars Good Printer
I bought this printer for my mother in law and she loves it she has had no trouble with it at all. Its a little loud but prints very good and prints great photos. This is the third canon printer I have bought on Amazon 1 for me 1 for my daughter and 1 for my mother in law and we like them all very much. I won’t buy another brand.

1 Star Paper jams and limited functionality with PDF files
This printer fit perfectly into a cubby in my computer desk, as long as I chose to use only the front paper tray. Frequent paper jams from the first day were just the beginning. Whenever trying to print an Acrobat PDF file, it claims to be “out of paper” until you pull the printer out, put paper into the rear tray, and press “Resume”. Customer support said “This can be evident if the overall settings for the driver are used by most applications except the one in question”. So it’s Adobe’s fault? PDF is when of the most common file formats on the planet and Canon couldn’t write the driver to work correctly with Acrobat? Don’t offer me two paper feed trays and tell me one won’t work. Support went on to say that I would need to go into the Acrobat “print properties” and tell it (again, every time) to print from the front tray. This my first and last Canon printer.

4 Stars Good……..But!
This printer works as advertised (as it should) however it takes entirely too long to print. Actually the time in printing is entirely acceptable, BUT the time from hitting the start print key until printing begins is very excessive. Printer makes every sound I have ever heard a printer make and when you think it is starting to print it starts all over again. and again.

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