Why Dye Sublimation Photo Printers?
Dye Sub Photo Printers allow you to produce high quality, photo prints at a fixed, low cost. These printers use a proven technology that has been around for years called Dye Sublimation.
Dye Sub Printer Media & Ribbons
Dye Sublimation Photo Print Media is available in variety of print sizes, it is easy to load into your Photo Printer and the cost per print… [Read More]
Photo Printer Features
Not all printers behave in the same way. Different printers allow printing different sized photos.
Learn all about changing your printers media
Find out all you need to know about Dye Sub Print Media
Wireless Printing with your Photo Printer Wireless printing allows you to print from your wireless device or smartphone. The photo…
Doube Sided Printing on a Dye Sub?
How many photos can your printer print?
Large Stocks of Print Media We sell the complete range of Photo Print Media from Citizen, Mitsubishi and HiTi for…
Printing Panoramic Photos on your Dye Sub Printer
What is Rollback Technology and how does it work?
Like any manufacturer of any product from time to time new models are introduced and older models are then often…
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Printer Features
Citizen Printer Information
Printer Features
Certain printers have certain features which make them more suitable for certain applications.
Citizen Dye Sub Photo Printers
Citizen has been a major player in Dye Sub Photo Printers for many years. In fact, we sold our first Citizen in 2006. Citizen actually makes printers for other manufacturers and the popular Mitsubishi CP3800DW was made by Citizen. Citizen is known for their superb manufacturing quality and incredible image quality, their Dye Sub Photo Printers are second to none. Citizen make printers for DNP who aren’t actually a manufacturer of printers in their own right.
Citizen printers offer Free Print Manager Software, Panoramic Prints, Rollback Technology, up to 600DPI high quality prints on some of their printers and a two year warranty.
Dye Sub Photo Printers are not all created equal. There are a range of different features that are available and so there isn’t one best printer but there is often a more suitable printer depending upon your requirements and budget.
Photo Printer Features
Here is a list of the features that you may find important when choosing a printer.
- Print Speed – Most roll Fed Printers print at roughly the same speed. Older sheet fed printers where usually slower although these don’t exist anymore. If print speed is crucial then often using two or more printers will give you greater throughput. For most people print speed isn’t an issue.
- Media Capacity
Basically this is the amount of media (and prints) that the printer can hold at one time. The more prints it can hold the less frequently it needs the media changing. - Rollback or Rewind technology
This is the ability to re-use wasted ribbon when printing different print sizes (usually 6×4 and 6×8) - Double Sided Printing
Also called Duplex printing, this is the ability to print on both sides of the paper which is ideal for greetings cards and booklets. - Panoramic Prints
Some printers can print a longer wider print. This is usually done by printing two (or more) prints one after each other without cutting the paper. The results are very good. - Wireless or stand alone Printers
The ability to use a printer wirelessly or from a smartphone app can be quite useful for some. - Anti-Curl Prints
Some prints will exhibit a slight curl although this hasn’t ever seemed to have caused any problems over the years. Some printers have an anti curl facility which removes this. In our opinion it’s not a crucial issues by any means. - Print Sizes
Dye Sub Printers are restricted to the sizes they can print by the media they use. Dye Sub printers usually take a 6 or 8 inch roll and this measurement dictates the widest print they can print.