How To Print a Photo From a Printer

Introduction

Over the years, there has been an explosion of different types of photo printers that are inexpensive. Some are of high quality while others are not. Notably, most people print at the convenience of not just their offices but also their homes. This is because most of them have become affordable and the users have become many. Despite this, there is a certain number that prefers printing from the professionals, especially when it comes to photos.

Step 1

Photo Printer Setup:

1. Switch on your photo printer.
2. Normally, the photo printer has two different papers. Photo paper and Document paper. The photo papers are convenient for printing photos. Open the top compartment and pull it outwards.
3. Load the paper by descending it with its face down into the tray.
4. There is normally a small gray button. Push it forward in order to set to "4x6inch, 10x15cm".
5. Push the other gray button that is normally on the side in order to fit the paper into the adapter tray.
6. Pull downwards the two trays of the photo printer. The bottom one is for loading, while the top one is meant for receiving.
7. Holding onto the ring, push the adapter smoothly into the base of the photo printer tray. Push gently till you feel it lock.

Step 2

Photo Printer Image Adjustments:

1. Open the image form the location you had saved it.
2. Convert the image background into a layer.
3. Resize or crop your image according to your tastes and preferences.
4. Size the canvas.
5. Go to photo size, change your canvas size to 6*4 (the opposite for portraits).
6. Ensure that the relative box is not checked.
7. Orient the photo.
8. If the photo is in portrait, move to step 5 but if the photo is in landscape, go to photo rotate then 90 degrees CW.
9. Click the file page set up.
10. Click drop down menu of photo printer, choose printer.
11. Click drop down menu of photo, choose size.
12. Set your point of reference to portrait.
13. Click on the file then print.
14. Hit print.

Step 3

Types of photo printers:

There are two major types of photo printers. The ink-jet photo printers and the dye-sublimation photo printers.

Ink-jet photo printers:

Prints by spraying pigmented/dye-based ink through a number of nozzles onto a photo paper. For high quality photos, there are extra colors such as light cyan and light magenta. Ink-jet photo printers produce sharp and pattern photo prints due to their 2880 dpi resolution. Canon Pixma ip4000 and Epson are the most used inkjet photo printers models.

Dye-sub printers:

Prints by heating the CMYK color ribbon and transferring the color to the photo paper. These CMYK colors include; magenta, black, yellow and cyan. Have higher resolution as compared to the inkjet printers and can produce more clear and high quality photos. Canon, Kodak and Olympus are most commonly used types of dye-sub photo printers.

Step 4

How to select a good photo printer:

Professional photo printers differ from consumer photo printers in terms of quality and size of images produced. If you are looking to buy a photo printer for professional use, choose a printer that accepts paper size of 24 inches to about 60 inches wide. Such photo printers can be used to print large quality prints like posters.

Photo printers that are used to print photos only are compact and have much faster printing speeds. The printing size is usually limited to 4x6 inches but the quality is very high. The high quality is due to use of thermal dye technology that uses primary colors in printing hundreds of shades. These printers are very portable.

Standard printers is for the people who want freedom with what they print. These printers are designed exclusively for photos. They produce good quality photos but depending on the make you chose.

Step 5

Brief Summary about Photo Printers:

In the recent past, there has been many new and different types of photo printers emerging. Most of them come with useful and up to date features like; ability to connect a memory card and a digital camera to the printer for easier and faster printing. It is important to note that there are many photo printers that can produce high quality photos and have some relatively attractive prices. It is therefore essential before buying a printer to ensure that; it can produce large and small print outs, test the different paper types on the printer to determine the best quality and its compromise with price.

Tips

1. Raise the camera's resolution. When taking the photograph, ensure you capture good quality pictures. A camera with at least 1 megapixel can print a 4 by 6 inch photo. If you want a photo large enough to be framed, you need to use at least a 3 megapixel resolution.
2. Save the originals. Before working on printing a photo on the photo printer, ensure that you save a copy of the original. This way, even after altering settings of the one you are working on, you will have a copy of the original. At times you may delete it by mistake or want to work on it all over again.
3. Enhance your image. Play around with features like brightness, cropping, contrast and others in order for you to be fully satisfied. Save the images you have worked on using different names.
4. Plan for your print drafts. The photo printer may have an option to allow you to print many photos on the same paper. Explore these options in order for you to be able to draft your printed images.
5. Use different ink. The ink you use to print documents should not be the same one you use with your photo printer. You should change it in order to achieve quality pictures. Photo ink is normally more refined than paper ink.
6. Align your cartridges. Clean the cartridges of your photo printer with cotton wool and the recommended liquid. You can also check on the maintenance properties to see how you can maintain and align the cartridges.
7. Keep the Nozzles often. If you leave your photo printer idle for some time, the ink may dry up resulting into clogged. This can cause anomalies in the pictures printed. Some clogs may even cost you a lot of money to service. To avoid this, keep your photo printer and all its parts as clean as possible.
8. Use a photo paper that is different from the one you use on documents or the speed of the photo printer to avoid ink spots.

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