Printing pictures on a wireless photo printer can be expensive. When choosing a model, you need to look past the initial expense of the printer and see the cost of the individual photos.
But there are some things you can do to lessen the cost of printing pictures on your wireless photo printer that you already have. Here's some tips:
Raise the Resolution: Almost all digital cameras now can capture 1 megapixel of data per shot which is sufficient to print a good quality 4 x 6 photo. If you can, increase that to 2 megapixels because that will contain enough information to put out a higher quality print of the same size.
If you know what photos you might want to print, adjust the camera to its highest resolution.
Save Your Originals: Don't compress images into JPEGs or other compressed file formats.
Enhance the Photo Image: Play around with your image editing program to crop, contrast, brighten etc. until you are satisfied with the image's composition. That way, you won't waste ink on photos you just want to discard.
Plan Your Print Drafts: If you plan to make test prints that you will discard later, reduce the image size and load the printer with plain inexpensive paper.
If you are going to print 4 x 6 inch images, use matte-finish photo cards instead of glossy photo paper.
Save on your ink: Special photo inks can provide your printer with a more refined color palette.
In some cases, photos printed using general-purpose cartridges look almost as good as ones printed using photo ink.
Get your Cartridges in Line: Use your printer's controls to realign your cartridges--especially if you see vertical or horizontal bands, unwanted lines, gaps, or bleeding colors in your prints. Right-click the printer's entry in Control Panel's "Printers and Faxes" or "Printers" applet, click Properties, and search for a cartridge maintenance option.
Keep Your Printer Clean: When you keep your printer's mechanisms clean, the device runs best.
Make sure that the small ink nozzles on your print heads are clear of dried ink. Leaving any inkjet idle for even a week or two leads the ink in the tiny tubes that feed the nozzles to dry.
Save on costs - follow the advice given here to make the ink in your wireless photo printer last as long as possible. - 30529
But there are some things you can do to lessen the cost of printing pictures on your wireless photo printer that you already have. Here's some tips:
Raise the Resolution: Almost all digital cameras now can capture 1 megapixel of data per shot which is sufficient to print a good quality 4 x 6 photo. If you can, increase that to 2 megapixels because that will contain enough information to put out a higher quality print of the same size.
If you know what photos you might want to print, adjust the camera to its highest resolution.
Save Your Originals: Don't compress images into JPEGs or other compressed file formats.
Enhance the Photo Image: Play around with your image editing program to crop, contrast, brighten etc. until you are satisfied with the image's composition. That way, you won't waste ink on photos you just want to discard.
Plan Your Print Drafts: If you plan to make test prints that you will discard later, reduce the image size and load the printer with plain inexpensive paper.
If you are going to print 4 x 6 inch images, use matte-finish photo cards instead of glossy photo paper.
Save on your ink: Special photo inks can provide your printer with a more refined color palette.
In some cases, photos printed using general-purpose cartridges look almost as good as ones printed using photo ink.
Get your Cartridges in Line: Use your printer's controls to realign your cartridges--especially if you see vertical or horizontal bands, unwanted lines, gaps, or bleeding colors in your prints. Right-click the printer's entry in Control Panel's "Printers and Faxes" or "Printers" applet, click Properties, and search for a cartridge maintenance option.
Keep Your Printer Clean: When you keep your printer's mechanisms clean, the device runs best.
Make sure that the small ink nozzles on your print heads are clear of dried ink. Leaving any inkjet idle for even a week or two leads the ink in the tiny tubes that feed the nozzles to dry.
Save on costs - follow the advice given here to make the ink in your wireless photo printer last as long as possible. - 30529
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