Real World Digital Photography, 2nd edition

Printers

If you're using a digital darkroom to work on your images, you probably want to make the final prints yourself. This allows you to produce prints to your specifications and to fine-tune the output. Doing it yourself also gives you the satisfaction of perfecting your image from the time you snapped the picture all the way to the final print.

When selecting a printer for your digital darkroom, you need to consider a variety of factors:

• The type of printer

• The size of prints you plan to produce

• The type of paper you want to print on

Once you made these essential decisions, you'll be ready to produce prints of the highest quality, which we'll discuss in Chapter 12.

Inkjets

Inkjet printers are the most affordable and most convenient method ...