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Inkjet |
Dye-Sublimation |
Technology |
An inkjet printer
employs a non-impact method. It sprays extremely small ink droplets out
of nozzles onto paper to create an image. |
Dye-sub printers use
dyes that are particularly stable and highly resistant to fading. The prints are made by applying heat to a ribbon. This produces a colored gas that dries on the specially coated paper. |
Advantages |
• Low cost.
• Ideal for businesses with low-volume printing solutions.
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• Best-quality
photo prints.
• Reproduces good, subtle and continuous tone images.
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Disadvantages |
• Due to the
fibrous nature of paper, the sprayed-on ink dots are absorbed, yielding
less sharp edges and faded colors. Specially coated papers will most definitely
be required for photo prints.
• Inkjet speeds are very slow.
• Printing transparencies is much slower as the density of ink needs
to be increased.
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• Expensive.
• Require specially coated paper.
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Recommended
for |
Home or SOHO
users. These printers are great for those who just require the occasional
photo but who mainly do document prints. |
• Graphic artists
and publishers who require the best-quality continuous tone output.
• Professional photographers using digital cameras will appreciate
the subtle details that dye-sub printers can produce.
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