Questions tagged [printer]

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What should I look for in a printer for photos?

I want to get a printer which prints color to show off some of the shots I've been getting. However, I'm not sure what to look for in terms of image quality. (I don't care about cost much or about speed or text quality; I've already got a black and…
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What's the best mobile/portable photo printer out there?

I'm currently comparing Polaroid CZA10011 PoGo Instant Mobile Printer and Canon SELPHY CP800 Black Compact Photo Printer (4350B001). I was wondering whether there's a photo printer out there that is as portable as the PoGo Mobile printer that has…
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What printer should I get to replace an epson r800?

I've looked at the Master's Thesis discussion on printers, but I'm interested in a more practical, here-and-now kind of thing. I haven't looked at printers recently, and reading reviews on CNet and the like doesn't tell me the things I want to…
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Why is the photo printer Canon SELPHY CP800 unable to display and print JPG photos edited in GIMP?

I edited photos in Gimp, exported them as JPEG and tried to print them using the compact photo printer Canon SELPHY CP800. The photos I edited in Gimp are (other than e.g. photos from my camera) not displayed on the printer and I'm unable to print…
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What causes blotchy printing on a dye-sub (ribbon) printer

I just bought a DNP DS40 dye-sub (dye sublimation) printer on eBay for a little side project. I mainly was testing to see if my corners would fit on the print and noticed the left side printed very blotchy. About 2/3rds of the left side doesn't…
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Can a Canon Selphy printer (CP1300) be configured to print borderless photos without cropping them?

The Canon Selphy CP1300 dye-sublimation printer offers borderless edge-to-edge printing on 100x148mm media ("Postcard" size, in Canon's language). Unfortunately whether printing from a computer (macOS in my case) or from an SD card attached directly…
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