Question about Photo printers

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 05:12:31 GMT, John
wrote:

Please I ask only those who have a college degree in a field relevent to this
question or professional photographers answer. Sorry I have to be so strict,
but I need advice from people who know what they are talking about. But if
you
know what your talking about and do not have a degree go ahead and answer, but
cite your sources, thanks...

Question
Will a home photo printer produce the same long term results as the 1 hour
photo lab? When I mean long term, I mean a photo lasting a number of years
without fade. My family purchased a cute little photo printer to go with our
Sony digital camera that is 5-6MP MP I believe. The pictures look just as
good
as a 35mm, but I wonder if they will last 5-10 years. On the other hand I can
go to a photo lab and insert a Memory Stick, pro, SD, mini SD, XD, San Disk,
CD/DVD, CF, or a floppy disk into one of the machines an receive goodprints
within the hour. Dont tell me that the little photo printing machine that we
have is as quality as the 1 hour photo labs. Because they both look the same,
there has to be a huge price difference between the home machine and the
professional machines.

I've attempted to persuade my family not to completely dump their 35mm cameras
and the idea of biringing their camera into a photo lab to have the pictures
printed, but they do not listen. I personally own a Vivitar camera that uses
SD cards and the 1 hour lab produces good results. But their photo machine
only takes memory stick, bummer!!


Thanks,


John



The durability, quality, and cost of home photo printer prints
vis-a-vis prints produced commercially has been extensively discussed
here. This information is readily available through Google.

I could answer your question, of course, as can any of the "regulars"
here. Unfortunately none of the educational institutions I attended
offered a curriculum in "Home Photo Printing."

Cheers,

Leonard

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 05:12:31 GMT, John
wrote:

Please I ask only those who have a college degree in a field relevent to this
question or professional photographers answer. Sorry I have to be so strict,
but I need advice from people who know what they are talking about. But if
you
know what your talking about and do not have a degree go ahead and answer, but
cite your sources, thanks...

Question
Will a home photo printer produce the same long term results as the 1 hour
photo lab? When I mean long term, I mean a photo lasting a number of years
without fade. My family purchased a cute little photo printer to go with our
Sony digital camera that is 5-6MP MP I believe. The pictures look just as
good
as a 35mm, but I wonder if they will last 5-10 years. On the other hand I can
go to a photo lab and insert a Memory Stick, pro, SD, mini SD, XD, San Disk,
CD/DVD, CF, or a floppy disk into one of the machines an receive goodprints
within the hour. Dont tell me that the little photo printing machine that we
have is as quality as the 1 hour photo labs. Because they both look the same,
there has to be a huge price difference between the home machine and the
professional machines.

I've attempted to persuade my family not to completely dump their 35mm cameras
and the idea of biringing their camera into a photo lab to have the pictures
printed, but they do not listen. I personally own a Vivitar camera that uses
SD cards and the 1 hour lab produces good results. But their photo machine
only takes memory stick, bummer!!


Thanks,


John



The durability, quality, and cost of home photo printer prints
vis-a-vis prints produced commercially has been extensively discussed
here. This information is readily available through Google.

I could answer your question, of course, as can any of the "regulars"
here. Unfortunately none of the educational institutions I attended
offered a curriculum in "Home Photo Printing."

Cheers,

Leonard

"John" wrote in message
news:1103778751.21a76ff06dd924f861a91fa012be5ac4@t eranews...
Please I ask only those who have a college degree in a field relevent to
this
question or professional photographers answer. Sorry I have to be so
strict,
but I need advice from people who know what they are talking about. But
if
you
know what your talking about and do not have a degree go ahead and answer,
but
cite your sources, thanks...

As you clearly wont trust any answer that doesn't come from someone who has
a BSc in inkjets or a BA in 1 hour photolabs you will no doubt be keen to
see evidence that has been rigerously tested scientifically, so here is what
I suggest you do. Take a photograph, print it out on your inkjet, have the
same photo printed out at a number of photolabs (as not all are the same
quality). Place them in a nice sunny window - return to them in 10 years
time and see which one came out best

I could be wrong about this, but I suspect that most photo kiosks use
dye-sub printers,
I'm not a hardware man but I have worked on photo kiosk software - which
means I've seen the insides of one. The printer had a wide belt which was a
bit like an old fashioned printer ribbon. I seem to recall it was a
transparent plastic material which carried some sort of colour coating which
got transferred to the picture. The ribbon was a consumable in that it got
used up in the printing process.

Perhaps someone can confirm what type of printer technology this rather
unscientific description indicates. I don't have a clue.

Keith

I could be wrong about this, but I suspect that most photo kiosks use
dye-sub printers,
I'm not a hardware man but I have worked on photo kiosk software - which
means I've seen the insides of one. The printer had a wide belt which was a
bit like an old fashioned printer ribbon. I seem to recall it was a
transparent plastic material which carried some sort of colour coating which
got transferred to the picture. The ribbon was a consumable in that it got
used up in the printing process.

Perhaps someone can confirm what type of printer technology this rather
unscientific description indicates. I don't have a clue.

Keith

"John"
Please I ask only those who have a college degree in a field relevent to this
question or professional photographers answer. Sorry I have to be so strict,
but I need advice from people who know what they are talking about. But if
you
know what your talking about and do not have a degree go ahead and answer, but
cite your sources, thanks...


Have you ever considered taking a course in public relations?
Some people need to be taught the basics.

"John"
Please I ask only those who have a college degree in a field relevent to this
question or professional photographers answer. Sorry I have to be so strict,
but I need advice from people who know what they are talking about. But if
you
know what your talking about and do not have a degree go ahead and answer, but
cite your sources, thanks...


Have you ever considered taking a course in public relations?
Some people need to be taught the basics.

I don't meet your criteria, so I am not allowed to answer your questions.
That's a real shame because I know quite a bit about the subjects you wish
to discuss and have quite a list of good information sources saved in my
Favorites list. I also own a number of good books by qualified people and
could probably pass along some quite useful info. Sorry, but I don't meet
your requirements.

KB



"John" wrote in message
news:1103778751.21a76ff06dd924f861a91fa012be5ac4@t eranews...
Please I ask only those who have a college degree in a field relevent to
this
question or professional photographers answer. Sorry I have to be so
strict,
but I need advice from people who know what they are talking about. But
if
you
know what your talking about and do not have a degree go ahead and answer,
but
cite your sources, thanks...

Question
Will a home photo printer produce the same long term results as the 1 hour
photo lab? When I mean long term, I mean a photo lasting a number of
years
without fade. My family purchased a cute little photo printer to go with
our
Sony digital camera that is 5-6MP MP I believe. The pictures look just as
good
as a 35mm, but I wonder if they will last 5-10 years. On the other hand I
can
go to a photo lab and insert a Memory Stick, pro, SD, mini SD, XD, San
Disk,
CD/DVD, CF, or a floppy disk into one of the machines an receive
goodprints
within the hour. Dont tell me that the little photo printing machine that
we
have is as quality as the 1 hour photo labs. Because they both look the
same,
there has to be a huge price difference between the home machine and the
professional machines.

I've attempted to persuade my family not to completely dump their 35mm
cameras
and the idea of biringing their camera into a photo lab to have the
pictures
printed, but they do not listen. I personally own a Vivitar camera that
uses
SD cards and the 1 hour lab produces good results. But their photo
machine
only takes memory stick, bummer!!


Thanks,


John

"John"
Please I ask only those who have a college degree in a field relevent to
this
question or professional photographers answer

Well, I guess Gates and Dell can't answer your question and neither can I even
though I have worked with inkjet printers and digital cameras since 1998.

Good luck with your answers.
By the way, what degree do you have?
Rosita

In article 1103778751.21a76ff06dd924f861a91fa012be5ac4@teran ews, John
wrote:

Please I ask only those who have a college degree in a field relevent to this
question or professional photographers answer. Sorry I have to be so strict,
but I need advice from people who know what they are talking about. But if
you know what your talking about and do not have a degree go ahead and answer, but
cite your sources, thanks...

Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah!

gasp for breath, sigh Thanks, I needed that. First time in a LONG
time I've heard from someone who thinks a degree is relevant to
current, practical knowledge. Isn't that cute...