It's All In The Settings

Inkjet printers do a great job on text printing but many people do not know that you don't need a photo printer to make great photo printouts. Sure a photo printer is going to do a superior job and a little faster but you really don't need a photo printer for spectacular photo quality prints.

Most inkjet printers on the market today have a mode for printing on photo glossy paper. If you use good quality photo glossy paper, 7 - 10 mills in thickness, you can get a picture perfect print.

A good quality digital camera helps too. Most digital cameras sold today have the capability of making a decent print even on the lowest resolution. Of course if you want a better print you need to use a higher resolution on your camera.

I won't go into resolution settings here because everybody has their own idea of what their perfect resolution is and my inbox would be flooded. :-)

My point with this article is to get people to use the right printer setting if they want great photo prints. If you try using regular 20 lb bond paper using the printers general settings you will be very disappointed with the results.

Get some good quality glossy paper and try this test. Make a print on regular paper using general settings. Then make one with your printer set to glossy paper using high quality mode and compare. The first will look like a water colored newspaper picture. The second will look like you just got it back from Kodak!

(Hey Cliff, is it true Kodak is going all digital? Time to buy some Fuji stock!)

This is not news to a lot of you but a surprising number of people reading this will suddenly go "hhhmmmmm, that explains some things".

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