DocAndersen
Do you use or have you ever used a photo printer? Sometimes called a Dye-Sublimation printer. What used to be very expensive you can now have on your desk for less than 150 US dollars (around 140 euros). These printers usually print the tradition four by six print or smaller. Overall the technology for these printers has continued to get better and better. I got one recently and had purchased one a while ago. In fairness and based on my rules, I won’t review the one I was given. I will mention that it is straightforward to sue. It is the Kodiak docking station and lets you plug your phone in and print a picture. You can use an adapter so you can plus in lightning (apple) or USB-C (most other phones now.
The other printer I have had for a while is the Canon Selphy 1300. Now Dye-Sub printers are different than Inkjet or Laser printers. The print layers of ink (usually three passes) to produce a picture. The Selphy is reasonably sized; it only takes up a little bit of space. The reality of images, of course, is the editing package you do or do not use with the pictures. I have been using the adobe photoshop express application, and it works well with the Selphy. The Kodak, since it prints directly from the iPhone or Android phone, doesn’t apply. However, you can connect to the Kodak with USB or Why Fi. To date, I have only used it to print pictures from my phone.
All told, I probably need to print 2 or 3 pictures a month. Mostly I print pictures to give to friends or family members. Based on that, the cost of the printer is reasonable. If you only print photos once a year, then at that point, you are better off taking your camera or memory card to a kiosk and writing the pictures there. The advantage of the Kiosk is you can print larger photos overall than you can with the Selphy or Kodak at home. In terms of setting up the Slephy, it is quite easy.
- Connect power supply
- Slide in the ink cartridge
- Add the paper to the tray
- USB cable, if you wish, wifi works as well.
You connect to the printer (it is a wifi hub for its network). Then print the average print cartridge does between 10 and 25 pictures. I’ve had the same round in the printer for around six months without any issues.
Overall my rating for the Canon Selphy 1300 photo printer is an 8!
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Question of
Do you ever print pictures?
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Yes
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No
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Simple and easy is the best right?
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I have used HP and Epson to print photos at job place. Personally, I went to kiosk to have my photos printed since they weren’t many. That was on 2014.
The kiosks are very nice, we go when we want to print 8 by 10 or larger pictures!
Q: DO YOU EVER PRINT PICTURES?
Yes (2 votes) – 67%
No (1 votes) – 33%
Q: SIMPLE AND EASY IS THE BEST RIGHT?
Yes (2 votes) – 100%
If I had a reason to have one, I would love to own one. Would be sweet to sell some of the images I capture while out.
i used to print almost 1 for 1, now I only print the pictures that my wife wants. She makes collages with them!
That is a lovely flower. I have never printed photos. I scan old photos to my PC. I wonder if you would know what to do about this. My printer is a HP Envy 4520 and one fine day it showed up Error Code OX8300001B NOS_LOADER_APP and since that does not go away even when I restart my PC I do not use the printer now. I have no idea what this means or what to do.
ouch that is a tough error – the NOS or operating system loader is critical for the pinter.
I would try this (although I don’t know that it will work)
Go to the windows tab click start
type “device manager” and hit enter
find your printer (there is a section called printers)
right click on it and reinstall the printer driver.
there are a few other things that might work if that doesn’t
Thanks a lot, Doc I will give it a try and see what happens.
let me know there are a few more tricks to try
I only have a printer, I don’t know how to use it … if I need anything, my friend is in trouble
i understand that, printers are very complex. I like the little photo printers they are very easy to use!
If I went a little deeper, I would probably learn …… but I don’t need to, so I don’t try to learn
i understand that – if i asked you to take apart a motorcycle you could do it quickly!!!
This really wouldn’t be a problem … and the car’s engine isn’t a problem either, although I have to admit that there is already a lot of electronics here …. you need a computer to find faults and that’s where my knowledge ends
well between us we could take it apart!
i understand the OBM tech really well!
I know you’re a real master of computer skills … I can only bow to you
see i bow to your ability to get 30 hp out of a motorcycle adjusting it.
I have a printer where I can also print pictures. I use it very rarely.
i have more than one printer. I print to the laser printer all the time for work. But the other printers are off more than they are on by a lot.
I don’t replace printers anymore!
A few years ago I had a photo printer and mainly used it to print photos to send to my Dad. I don’t use it any more. But it was nice to be able to do this.
they do well with that type of workload, 2-3 pictures a month max