Photo Printers: Photo Quality Printer Options

With a home photo printer, you can brighten your rooms and workspace with the photos of people and places currently stored digitally — and you won't have to pick up your prints in a store or wait for a photo service to mail them.

The vast majority of photo printers are inkjet printers. These models deploy tiny droplets of ink to produce the broad spectrum of deep, rich colors from your photos, and can achieve high resolutions to create the fine details in your prints — even in borderless sizes. Inkjet photo printers typically use four or more individual ink cartridges, so you only need to replace each color rather than an entire tricolor cartridge. In addition, many inkjet models feature built-in card slots or technology like PictBridge, so you can print directly from your memory cards or compatible digital camera.

Laser printers use toner cartridges and a drum to create sharp text, charts and graphics at a quick pace and a lower cost per page. Because toner is a dry, powdered ink, you don't need to wait to handle your prints to avoid smudges. The average color laser printer will give you very good printouts for presentations, pamphlets and other documents, but not true photo-quality results. However, some newer models could be called laser photo printers, with improved photo reproduction for printing business and school projects in house.

When choosing the best home photo printer for your needs, you'll also want to consider how to make the most of it. Will you predominantly print from a connected computer, or will you want a wireless photo printer for access around your home? If the latter, you may also want to look for a model with mobile printing options — such as Apple^® AirPrint^®, Google CloudPrint, or other apps — which let you print on the go from your compatible smartphone. Geek Squad^® can help you with printer setup so your printer and network talk to each other.

While some photo printers allow you to make small photo fixes like red-eye removal right from the printer, you may prefer to make more robust adjustments and add effects with photo editing software. And don't overlook the quality of the glossy or matte picture paper you use to provide a good foundation for your photos.

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