What kind of printers do photo shops use to print digital photos?

Question

Are they printers with ink cartridges moving from left to right or are they something completely different?

I tried to print photos with the best quality paper I can buy and used the highest possible setting on my HP printer. But the ones from the shops still looks tons better...

Answer 1

The best results come from using the manufacturer's own paper, so HP with HP printers.
There are a number of things you can do to improve the way your pictures print:
Make sure that your camera is taking photos at the highest possible setting. In many cases this will be RAW, sometimes TIF.
If you have Photoshop, or another photo editing program, use the Levels command. This will ensure that you don't have too deep shadows, or too bright highlights, for printing.
Try printing from a different program.

When you say that the ones from the shop look heaps better, in what way? Are there streaks, or uneven patches, in your prints?
Have you tried running the cleaning and head alignment utilities, if your printer has them?
I don't use an HP inkjet now, but I used to have one and I couldn't tell the difference between prints I made and those from real photographs.

Answer 2

Photo shops use 2 different things.

For normal photos (up to 8x6 inch, or even 10x8 depending on machine) they use professional digital printing solutions, usually utilising "dye sublimation" technology. These print only at about 270dpi, but as each dot is a pure colour, that looks better than a 2000dpi inkjet.

For poster prints, many use high end, Epson or HP "designjet" type wide carriage inkjets, costing LOTS of money.

Some stores were also known to use "colour lasers" for proofs for photo enhancement, or to produce other colour products, but again quality lower than the pro equipment.

Answer 3

They are using Photosmart type of printers with TIJ-4 technology. Thermal InkJet (TIJ). In TIJ 4, u will have 6 ink cartridges black, magenta, light magenta, cyan, lt cyan, yellow. But in ur ordinary printer, which follows TIJ 1 or 2 tech, will have only black and color.

A digital photo can be real, when the printer prints it with all possible n original color. Just think, which one can create lot of colors? A black n color OR 6 diff combinations of cartrdiges? Obvious the 6. So they give max quality!

Still if u have any query, email me!

Answer 4

They use printers that work with a chemical process, and this process is like the old prints that used to come with film. Basically the equitment is used to print lots at a time

Answer 5

get on that prints pictures