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two types:
1- inkjet printers
2- laser color printers

for home use i’ll recommend you to go for inkjet printers but for office use or heavy work it’d be better to go for laser colors.

there are so many types of ink jet printers..
1- inkjet with print head attached to the cartridge.
and normally the cartridges cost for this type of printers are expensive.
2- inkjet printers with separate print head.
here the cartridges are much cheaper than the other one.

3- inkjet printers with only one color cartridge
but i don’t recommend you to go for this type unless if you’re not using the printer properly or you’re not printing photos.

4- inkjet printers with separate inktanks.
usually this type is the best, more economical and best out put results. but it goes under many categories as follows :
A- CYMK colors.
B- RGB colors.

both are great for photos but the color space of the RGB type is more wider which ensures you better output.

and it all depends on your use.

regards,

A.K.A
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Do the colors form by color addition or by color subtraction?

Typically they use CMYK, which stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black.

When ever you are dealing with light that is not being omitted from an object, you are dealing with color subtraction. For instance, a blank piece of paper has no ink on it, so 100% of visible light is reflected off of it giving it a white appearance. After adding ink, portions of the spectrum of visible light are subtracted from what is reflected to you. Hence, you get color.

The opposite is true for light-emitting sources like TV’s and Computer Monitors. With these you are typically dealing with 3 LED’s per pixel – one red, one green and one blue. When all are off you have black. When you turn all of the pixels on together you get white light. Turn off all but the red pixel and get red light. This is called additive color.

Why printers use CMYK (subtractive) color model instead of RGB (additive) color model? Is CMYK more economical than RGB, or what is the reason?

Thank you in advance.

CYMK spectrum is the common print spectrum.

CYMK is used for light absorption, RGB is used to light reflection.

It has everything to do with the way in which light interacts with the media and nothing to do with price.

There are many factors to consider when making a decision on which CD printer to purchase for your business. This article will touch on a few of the basics like choosing the right printer manufacturer, cost of CD printers, inkjet or thermal, productivity, speed and durability. Part 2 of this article will dig in deeper on the basic criteria listed above as well as on more advanced points like print quality, color matching, unique printing on each disc, total cost of ownership, used DVD / CD printers and buying from a reputable dealer.

For the purposes of this article I’m focusing on just DVD / CD printers, not duplicators with printers that can print and/or copy CDs and DVDs at the same time. I will save that topic for a future article.

The goal of this article is to give you a basis for making the best decision when purchasing a CD printer so you get it right the first time. In this economy, you can’t afford to make the mistake of buying the wrong printer for your CDs and DVDs. Spending money on the wrong CD / DVD printer for your needs and wasting time figuring it out is both frustrating and a misuse of your company’s resources.

The research for this article was acquired over 13 years of selling, using, testing, supporting, and repairing CD and DVD printers. My experience is with mid-level and high-end professional disc printers, so these tips may not be relevant for potential purchasers of entry-level hand feed on-disc printers that sell for $300 or less. Sub $300 disc printers clearly have a niche, but for professional CD printing needs they tend to have high consumable costs, poor technical support, slow print speeds and in many cases poor print quality.

<strong>Tip #1 – Start with the Big 3 Manufacturers</strong>

Rimage, Microboards and Primera have been in the CD printer and duplicator manufacturing business since it’s infancy. In my estimation they have over an 80% market share of the CD / DVD printers sold in the world. The “Big 3″ are the leaders in their respective print technologies and offer the most stability in the disc printer marketplace. These three manufacturers are in a better position to be in business and support you than their less stable competitors in the coming months and years. They also have proven technical support and post-warranty support that is superior to the other manufacturers in the CD / DVD duplication and printing market.

<strong>Tip #2 – Cost of the CD / DVD printer – Inkjet or Thermal</strong>

Costs vary widely, but the main defining points are the type of print engine technology employed in the printer – inkjet or thermal transfer, and whether or not the CD printing system is manual or automated. Inkjet based CD / DVD printers are less expensive than thermal transfer CD printers. A good automated inkjet printer costs $2500, while a good color thermal transfer CD printer costs $8500 or more. Disc capacity and software features also play a role in cost. Part 2 of this article will dive in deeper on the pros and cons of inkjet and thermal based printers.

<strong>Tip #3 – Automated or Manual?</strong>

Choosing between a printer that you manually hand feed the CDs or DVDs, or picking a automated CD printer with a robotic arm or mechanism that moves and prints the discs for you is a big decision in regards to upfront costs, labor, and productivity. Good hand-fed manual disc printers start at $699, whereas an entry-level automated CD printer with a 20-disc capacity costs about $999. Larger and faster automated systems that hold as many as 300-discs can cost up to $9500. So how do you decide which is best for you?

First, estimate the number of discs you will need to print per week, per month and per year. Factor in any growth in that number quarter over quarter or year over year. I have found that many organizations under-estimate their usage projections because they fail to take into account that other departments or employees will need the services of the new CD printer as well. Second, determine if you will have intense peak periods of CD or DVD production. Many organizations need to produce discs only 1 once a week or month, but need all 100 or 500 in a few hours or just one day. Third, determine what is the value of your time. Do you have the time to put each disc in the printer by hand, or is your time or that of your employee better spent doing something else?

<strong>Tip #4 – Speed</strong>

A question I get over and over again is how many discs per hour or day can a CD printer print? The speed at which a CD or DVD is printed depends on a few factors. (1) Print coverage, (2) the resolution chosen in the printer driver, and (3) the actual printer itself. For example, an inkjet printer that prints a CD label with a small color logo, just a few lines of text, with the print driver set at a lower resolution, can print 200 CD’s per hour. That same printer may only have a print throughput of 50 CD’s an hour with a full color edge-to-edge graphic and the print driver set to the highest resolution.

To a lesser degree the same holds true for thermal CD printers. The Rimage Prism thermal CD printer will have greater throughput with less print coverage, but will not suffer as drastic a drop off in throughput while printing a graphic with more print coverage like inkjet printers do. Interestingly, the Rimage Everest thermal printer has the same disc per hour throughput with one line of text in the graphic label as another artwork featuring 100% print coverage. The Rimage Everest III and Everest 600 printers will each print about 65 discs per hour regardless of print coverage.

<strong>Tip # 5 – CD Printer Durability</strong>

Generally disc printers that are made out of plastic are less durable than those made out of metal. Most inkjet printers that I have used and tested over the years are made mostly of plastic components whereas most of the thermal printers are made from metal parts. That being said we have had good success and our customers have had success with Primera and Microboards inkjet printers with an average useful in-service life of 3-5 years depending on how the users treat them. We have some Rimage Prism thermal printers in our CD / DVD production room that are well into their 10th year of service. As a footnote, these thermal and inkjet CD printers have had scheduled cleanings and parts replacement over the years.

<strong>In Conclusion</strong>

Begin your DVD CD printer research with the three major manufacturers – Rimage, Microboards, and Primera. Forecast your daily, monthly and yearly CD and DVD printing needs and determine whether a manual or automated printer makes more sense. Look at both inkjet and thermal options, while keeping in mind your budget and how long you would like the CD printer to last. If you do not have the budget for the CD printer that best fits your needs, try looking for a good used printer or you may find that outsourcing your CD and DVD duplication and printing to a professional service company makes more business sense.

Kevin Gabrik of Techwaredist.com
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Bob, sounds like you have a lot of personal problems that lead you to be sarcastic to people look for advice. I feel sorry for you.

Yes they do. This is because photo printers have more ink colors, typically 6 or even 8 colors to a regular printer’s 4-ink system. This allows for smoother transitions between colors, and better shadow areas.

Photo printers often have finer resolution, delivering much smaller ink drops onto the paper, than regular color printers as well. Also, photo printers may have more nozzles and so, are faster at delivering good images.

Finally, I will disagree strongly with the other answer that inkjets do not deliver good images. Large size digital images are printed on inkjet printers for gallery display; the term used is "giclee" which is a fancy French word for an inkjet nozzle. Clearly, if such printers are used for gallery display, they are *not* inferior.

See this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gicl%C3%A9e

Also, it’s important to also note that the color gamut, or range of possible colors, from a home inkjet printer is actually *higher* than from a non-inkjet commercial device, like the Fujifilm Frontier used commercially.

See this link (check out the section labelled "in print") for diagrams showing the actual gamut of an inkjet vs. a commercial non-inkjet printer.
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/sRGB-AdobeRGB1998.htm

It is also not difficult to obtain good color from a home inkjet; it just takes a little research and some software.

First, you just have to profile your monitor, which can be easily done with a $70 device like the Spyder2
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Next, you need to use good printing software; I happen to like Qimage which is fantastic for printing:
http://www.ddisoftware.com/qimage

But the bottom line is that photo printers are in fact better than regular color printers. And the fact is that a home inkjet will deliver better color than a commercial printer when properly (and inexpensively) calibrated.

I cant stand our little ink jet printer. You print one page, and 10 percent of the ink is gone. I have a black and white HP laserjet printer, and it is VERY efficient. You can print over 1000 pages before you need to change the toner.

So, if I bought a color laserjet, how many pages do you think I could print before the toner went out.

thousands of pages. Laser printers are very cost-effective for printing. They’re just not as versatile as ink jets

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