Shopping for printers isn’t everyone’s idea of a good time. With so many models on the market, and so many claiming to be the best, it can be challenging to narrow down your choice of a printer to the one that is best suited for your office, school, home, or travel excursions. Yes, some printers, including many modern inkjet printers, can be taken with you on the road!
Inkjet Printers for High-Definition Images
We all use our printers for different purposes. You might be a novelist who solely uses your printer to print Word documents in black-and-white before taking your red pen to your manuscript. Maybe you’re a student who solely uses it for printing homework assignments. Laser printers are usually suitable for these purposes.
On the other hand, if you’re a photographer, graphic designer, or other types of artist, you would probably be better off acquainting yourself with an inkjet printer. Inkjet printers are actually the most commonly used type of printer, and you can typically find a model by a major reputable brand name in your price range.
Inkjet printers can be found in small, compact, road-ready sizes that you can take with you on a photo shoot or to a business meeting. They also come in larger sizes that are more suitable for office or home settings.
Photography and Design
The process of inkjet printing is actually quite fascinating. It is completed by recreating a digital image using differently coloured ink and projecting it onto a glossy sheet of paper. The quality and definition of inkjet images are incomparable, and no photographer’s or artist’s studio would be complete without an inkjet printer of some type.
Right-brained creative individuals often become confused when tech-savvy salespeople start using terms like “1200 DPI” and “HQ 1200,” but these terms will quickly become familiar to you if you use an inkjet printer in your work at all. What is the difference, and why does it matter?
The Main Differences
1200 DPI is the “true” way of printing images, producing a very vivid and colourful photo. Images printed this way are very defined, beautiful, and crisp. However, the one downfall to using the 1200 DPI setting is that it often takes a while to print a glossy image.
This might be fine if you’re only printing the occasional family photo, but for photographers who make a living off selling lots of prints on Etsy, it just isn’t practical to use this setting.
Thankfully, many printers now offer both settings. HQ 1200 is a faster way of printing images that resemble those at the 1200 DPI setting, with similarly striking and bold visual definition, without the long wait times.
