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"Every dye sublimation printer I have ever seen required special
paper just for normal printing. "
I have had an Alps dye-sub for over 6 year.
Prints on anything.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Matulich" <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: Completely and utterly off topic but I need Help.
> >> 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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