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>> Should I buy say a Sony dye sublimation
>> digital printer or should I buy an inkjet photo printer.
My vote would be inkjet. Read on.
Gary wrote:
>You will definitely notice the difference. It's possible to get
>near-photo-quality prints out of an inkjet, if you use special
>inks and special papers. Which rapidly get very expensive. And
>the print quality isn't as good as dye-sub. Dye-sub prints have
>finer detail. I haven't compared recent products but the dynamic
>range of inkjets has always been questionable.
Every dye sublimation printer I have ever seen required special
paper just for normal printing. At least with an inkjet you
can use normal paper, and photo paper for those special tasks.
A good inkjet at maximum resolution can print an 8x10 photo
indistinguishable, or even slightly improved, from a photo film
print.
>Furthermore many/most inkjet inks will fade with time.
Shouldn't be a problem in normal room light however, or in a photo
album. If you keep the print out in the sun, well...
Also ask about the cost per page for printing on each type of
printer. You may find the dye sublimation printers too steep for
your liking.
Another useful feature for inkjets is that they are often combined
with other useful devices like scanners (we find this incredibly
useful, like having our own color xerox machine), and faxes.
-Alex
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