Photo printers are printers which are specially made for printing images with or without a computer. Photo printers won their popularity with the coming of digital camers. The major types of these printers are inkjet or dye-sublimation ones.

Inkjet photo printers perform printing by spraying special ink onto the photo paper. There are different color schemes, but the most common one is RGB (reg-green-blue). But nowadays many manufacturers added some special colors like cyan or magenta to make their photo printers print better quality images. The quality also depends on resultion, but most of printers have resultion more than 2000dpi, and with such resolution you can vividly see all details of the image.

There are some well-known brands like Kodak, HP, Canon and Epson. These manufacturers produce best quality photo printers. A top quality inkjet photo printer costs over $140.

When you are considering a photo printer, make sure it fits all your needs. You might need one that does all kinds of printing and is used for printing photos occasionally or one that’s built to print hundreds photos every day. You could need a photo printer that is compatible with your computer, so that you are able to work over your pictures, or one that prints directly from a camera. Don’t forget to find out how much you will spend on ink, paper, toner.

The top-rated photo printers are  Canon Pixma iP8500 Photo Printer, Epson Stylus Pro 4000 and the Sony PictureStation DPP-FP30 to name a few. If you’re planning to spent less than $100, then look for Lexmark P4350 All-In-One, Samsung ML-2010 or HP PSC 1510 All-in-One. Check out the range of printers available in your store and choose the one that fits you well inprice, running costs, and features.