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Photo printing: When inks ain't inks

By Calvin Siew

In the world of photo printing, the market is invariably moving toward more affordable and better quality outputs. It may come as a surprise, but in a system that's often judged based on the performance of the hardware, the most important part of the whole printing system is really the inks. These little drops of liquid can affect everything from print speeds to something as insignificant as paper curls.


Photo courtesy of HP

For the desktop world, the affordable, quality photo printing space is really carved up into two groups. The dye-based ink advocates and the pigment-based proponents, namely Epson. Depending on whom you talk to, each will claim superiority over the other. So which one is the right one for you?

 

 

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