actual printers vs dye transfer prints

You may want to research the history and technology of the original three
strip Technicolor process as these were all dye transfer prints.
If you look in old book stores you can probably find some old volue
detailing the many steps in the creation of dye transfer prints and wonder
not only why, but how, people managed to turn these things out.
You may have at home some old prints made from slides in the late 1940s as
many of these were made using dye transfer techniques. Those I have
inherited lasted longer than prints made from traditional media but still
show color shift and fading.
Once you understand these issues, unless you feel yourself on a mission from
God Herself to resurrect the technology, you will hug and kiss the next high
end inkjet printer you learn to use properly.