I am looking to buy a printer for my Mac laptop.. and generally, I will be printing photos... but i have the occassional essay to print too? Can a photoprinter do both jobs, or do I need to get an inkjet printer instead? ....Also any recommendation? thanks x
2007-01-10 07:29:03 · 18 answers · asked by Samantha C 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Printers
Yes they can. They are called photo printers because they have enough colors of ink (black plus two colors more than standard printer for example) that they can make photos come out realistic.
If I need some text occasionally in BW+color I use my photo printer. I make sure that I shift the quality from "highest glossy photo paper" to "regular paper" or it wastes too much ink.
2007-01-10 07:38:02 · answer #1 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure they can but see if it includes a black ink cartridge. Then when you want to print a document, go to printer preferences and select Black and White before printing because it can get expensive using three colored inks to acheive black. Talk to a salesperson when you go printer shopping and tell them what you will be using it for and they will hook you up with the right machine. If it sounds like they don't know what they're talking about, they probably don't. Try Best Buy, Office Max or Depot and you'll be fine.
2007-01-10 15:36:27 · answer #2 · answered by JB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course, as long as it is not a dedicated 4x6 photo printer. If it takes 8x10 paper it will most defiantly work. A photo printer just has higher quality ink so it can print better photos.
2007-01-10 15:39:35 · answer #3 · answered by Tim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I think that photo printers print text too But I am not too sure!!
2007-01-10 15:32:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they can do both. I bought my parents an HP not too long ago, it is a photo printer, they can use different size sheets, put their memory card right in it, but also used as a regular printer.
2007-01-10 15:33:21 · answer #5 · answered by strtat2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are some that are made just for pictures and some that are regular printers but have a part specifically designed to print pictures.
2007-01-10 15:33:10 · answer #6 · answered by jjc92787 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Modern "photo" printers print whatever you send to it!
Just adjust your settings from High Res Photo... to "Text and Images".
2007-01-10 15:31:42 · answer #7 · answered by Mike 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because I have an HP photosmart C4100 series and it copies, scans, and prints text. Try yahoo searching this printer.
2007-01-10 15:39:25 · answer #8 · answered by emmdog11 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They will print whatever you send to it, but why waste the money on photo ink just to print text?
2007-01-10 15:33:35 · answer #9 · answered by Stephen 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Usually.
2007-01-10 15:32:26 · answer #10 · answered by Kokopelli 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋