How to Save Ink on Your Wireless Photo Printer (Stacy Fox)
Nov 15, 2009
As many photo-printer owners would know, paper and ink costs can quickly exceed the cost of the printer. So, think about more than the price of the actual printer and look ahead to the price of printing pictures.
You can save costs on photo printing by doing the following:
Raise the Resolution: Almost all digital cameras now can capture 1 megapixel of data per shot which is sufficient to print a good quality 4 x 6 photo. If you can, increase that to 2 megapixels because that will contain enough information to put out a higher quality print of the same size.
You should adjust the camera to the highest resolution for photos that you might want to print.
Save Your Originals: Don't compress images into JPEGs or other compressed file formats.
Enhance the Photo Image: Instead of printing every picture as is, use your image editor to crop, contrast, brighten, etc. until you're satisfied with it. Then, when you print the pictures, you won't waste ink on photos that you don't like.
Draft Prints: Don't waste photo paper on draft prints. Instead, reduce the picture's size and use plain white paper for printing.
If you are going to print 4 x 6 inch images, use matte-finish photo cards instead of glossy photo paper.
How to save on ink: You can purchase special photo inks which provide you with a more refined color palette and save you money at the same time.
In some cases, photos printed using general-purpose cartridges look almost as good as ones printed using photo ink.
Align Your Cartridges: If you see vertical or horizontal bands, unwanted lines, gaps or bleeding colors in your prints, it is time to use your printer's controls to realign your cartridge. You do this by going to the control panel and right clicking on "Printers" in the "Printers and Faxes" or "Printers" applet. Then click "Properties" and search for the cartridge maintenance option.
Keep Your Printer Clean: When you keep your printer's mechanisms clean, the device runs best.
Keep the ink nozzles clear of dry ink in your wireless photo printer. When an inkjet printer is left idle for a week or so, the ink in the tubes that feeds the nozzles begins to dry. So, if it's been a few days since you last printed, wipe the nozzles down first.
You can make the ink last a lot longer in your wireless photo printer by following the advice in this article.
About the AuthorFor more tips on your Wireless Photo Printer or to buy a new one, go to http://www.WirelessPhotoPrinter.net.