Print your own digital photos-a photo printer without a computer

Printing photos is usually the first way we think of to deal with digital photos, but because of the high cost and strict requirements on printers and paper, many friends will have a headache about how to deal with photos. At present, with the improvement of digital camera technology, digital printing technology is also improving. This paper introduces an advanced digital printing technology and related digital printers.

When it comes to digital printers, PIM technology, that is, printing image matching, can not be ignored. In the past, in the process of printing digital photos, we needed to transfer the photos from digital cameras to the computer, then correct the color and brightness, and then connect the printer to print. In fact, during this period, we will lose the quality and details of many photos. This PIM technology is a technology that can directly connect the digital camera with the printer, and directly default the original numerical settings of the digital camera, so that the color can be reflected in the printed photos without loss. It ensures that every digital detail of shooting is presented as much as possible through commands stored synchronously with image data (such as gamma level setting, color space setting, shadow point setting, bright spot setting, contrast setting, etc.). ).

At present, printers supporting PIM technology mainly include 895, 790 and 890 from Epson, P-330NE, P-200 and P-400 from Olympus and Kodak's Kodak PM 100 photo printer. When we print digital photos with digital cameras and printers that support PIM technology, the digital cameras will automatically store the photos as image files. The image print command will be stored synchronously with these files. When printing photos, printers compatible with PIM technology will automatically use these commands. This one-to-one system operation ensures the quality of printed output. Because the print format is located at the head of the file and the details are specified by the manufacturer of the digital camera, the print command contained in the image file will not affect the image data, and the print command is only responsible for the setting, definition and adjustment of the image, so as to ensure that the image capturing ability and unique performance of the digital camera can be fully reflected in the printed output.

Self-service photo printer-Epson needle photo 895

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If your digital camera supports PIM technology, we only need to insert the memory card into the memory card adapter of Epson Stylus Photo 895, and then adjust the photo you need through the printer panel (before taking a photo, the photographer can choose a type of image, such as portrait, landscape or wide angle). PIM will automatically connect the photo with the title file containing instructions for printing the image. Those instructions include gray coefficient, contrast, sharpness, brightness, saturation, noise correction and color balance), and then they can be printed. This printer has made precise technical adjustments to the micro piezoelectric print head, and the positioning accuracy of ink drops has doubled, ensuring the highest resolution of 2880dpi, and we don't have to worry about quality.

If you want to do more detailed processing, you can also adjust it by connecting a computer in the middle. This printer is equipped with EPSON photoquicker3.0 photo processing software. When the computer receives an image file containing a print command, the software will automatically start and pass the command to the printer driver. The image thus obtained can truly reflect the performance of the digital camera. Then, we need to connect the digital camera to the computer first, and then connect it to the printer through the computer to complete the whole printing work.

Digital expert-Olympus P-330NE

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P-330NE is the first digital printer developed by Olympus, with a resolution of 306dpi and16.77 million colors. Thermal sublimation printing system can print 100× 140mm photos with bright colors. It designs a SmartMedia slot, so as long as the images taken by CAMEDIA digital camera are stored in the SmartMedia card and inserted into the built-in SmartMedia slot, photos can be printed conveniently. It can not only use P-330NE to download the captured image from SmartMedia card, input it into the computer, or print the image on the computer screen as a photo. You can also use Video out to print the images on the TV screen as photos, or watch the stored images on the TV.

Home Printing Workshop-Xifeng Pocket Color 200

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For most families, with PocketColor 200, maybe the next family reunion will be more interesting. In the past, the output cost of digital printing was too expensive, so it was not popular. This PocketColor 200 can print 2.0×2.5 inch photos, which is very economical and compact and can be easily put into your pocket. Sifeng's printing combination consists of Sipix 1300 and PocketColor 200. The two products are skillfully combined through USB cable, which is also very simple in practical use. This combination is easy to operate. First, make sure that there are photos in your Sipix camera, then connect the camera and printer with USB cable without installing any driver, and then broadcast the function dial of the camera to the printing function to complete the preparation before printing. When we put the paper into the printer, it will automatically suck the paper in. There is a print button on the back of the camera, which can be printed when pressed. The camera itself also has editing function, and you can choose different printing modes.

Don't underestimate this little guy. PocketColor 200 can easily print pictures with a resolution of 254dpi, and the picture quality is passable. Due to the special paper used, 20 pieces of printing paper were randomly added to this product. PocketColor 200 also adds MGI's image editing software-Photo Suite III SE, so that you can edit and print photos better. The printing speed of PocketColor 200 is OK. It takes about 1 min 50 seconds to print a photo, which is slightly slower than the nominal 95 seconds in the specification.

Digital Pioneer-Kodak PM 100 Photo Printer

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As a digital pioneer, Kodak is not willing to lag behind. Kodak PM 100 photo printer provides a brand-new personal printing solution for SOHO users with digital cameras in China.

In fact, this is a photo printer produced in cooperation with Lexmark. It doesn't need to be connected to a computer. Just insert the digital camera memory card (CompactFlash or SmartMedia card) into the printer's built-in card reader, and press the print button to print beautiful color photos. Simple operation and reasonable price. Of course, users can also personalize photos by adding borders and text (templates are provided in the software). In order to meet the needs of users, this printer can not only print photos, but also print words and reports of ordinary inkjet printers.

High-speed photo printer -HP Photosmart p 1000

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Hp Photosmart p 1000 printer has a Compact Flash slot and a Smartmedia slot, and through the unique Jetsend technology, users can directly connect various digital cameras to HP photosmart p 1000 and photosmart p100 for printing. HP Photosmart P 1000 and P 1 100 printers use HP Photo REt3 color stacking technology to provide excellent printing results. In terms of printing speed, the speed of black and white images printed by the two new printers is 12 pages per minute, while the speed of color printing is 10 pages per minute.

Take digital photos with you-Canon S530D

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S530D is Canon's first direct photo inkjet printer in China market. It can connect a digital camera through a USB cable, or read a memory card through a PCMCIA slot for photo printing without connecting a computer. It supports the new Canon digital camera, and can directly set the print format, number of sheets and parameters on the camera LCD screen. Plus the optional printer LCD screen, it allows users to browse the photos in the memory card and make choices.

S530D supports Exif printing, and can directly obtain shooting settings and scene information from digital cameras. Therefore, the printing effect can faithfully reflect the scene at that time and the photographer's shooting intention. The support for digital camera YCC color gamut ensures accurate color reproduction and breaks through the color gamut range of PC sRGB.

In order to present the effect comparable to that of silver salt photos, S530 can print perfectly without borders-including 4 "× 6" and A4 format. As many as 1088 nozzles, the printing speed of S530 can reach 14ppm in black and white and 10ppm in color, and it only takes about 47 seconds to print a 4-inch× 6-inch photo. The accurate color distribution technology of print head nozzle ensures accurate color reproduction in high-speed bidirectional printing. Its 4-color independent ink cartridge system maintains low-cost and high-efficiency printing.

Fashion pioneer-fuji PrintPix CX-400

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PrintPix is the new brand name of Fuji's TA mode digital printing system. PrintPix CX-400 is a thermal photo printer, which uses special web pages to print. In addition to PC card slot and SM card slot, there are USB 1. 1 ports, which can be directly connected to a computer for printing.

The maximum pixel of PrintPix CX-400 is 1 0,086×10,928 pixels, and the printing resolution is12.2 dot/mm (310 dpi). It supports printing size from 55× 89mm to 89× 158mm, card size (55×89mm), digital camera size (89× 120mm), L size (89× 127mm) and high-definition size (89× 6544 mm).

This printer is equipped with a 1.8-inch color LCD screen, which can print photos while confirming them on the LCD screen. Besides borderless printing and zoom printing, index printing and 2/4/9/ 16/25 split printing are also supported. Compared with the previous products, the image quality and photo preservation of PrintPix CX-400 have been improved qualitatively. The digital photo file formats it supports include JPEG (DCF/EXIF 1.0 ~ 2.2), BMP (uncompressed 24-bit full color), TIFF and so on. At the same time also has a video output port; The main engine has a size of 250×330× 176mm and weighs about 5 kg.