How to get lab quality prints at home? - PhotoCamel

kgphoto · 05-29-2008

If I were to want to try to get a good quality picture up to 8x10, what would I use? What brand, style, paper etc. I have tried a few papers on a couple of ink jets and am not pleased with the result.

I would like something that gets close to the Frontier with Fuji Lustre paper.

ohenry · 05-29-2008

Any printer that uses pigment inks rather than dye inks (Epson, Canon, HP all make both types). Then use good paper, calibrate your monitor, get quality paper profiles and use good color management methods and software for preps

DMGaffney · 06-02-2008

Any good printer - the cheeper epson claria dye ink printers will also produce results similar to lab prints if used on the expensive epson or slightly cheeper illford paper. If you want to print black and white or on matt paper a more expensive pigment printer is needed.

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DMGaffney Alpaca Location: Glasgow Posts: 1 CamelKarma: 10 Editing OK?: Yes Gallery \| Blog	Re: How to get lab quality prints at home? Any good printer - the cheeper epson claria dye ink printers will also produce results similar to lab prints if used on the expensive epson or slightly cheeper illford paper. If you want to print black and white or on matt paper a more expensive pigment printer is needed. __________________ __________________ Members don't see this ad. Register your free account today and become a member on PhotoCamel - Your Friendly Photo Community, gaining access to posting privileges, contests, free plug-ins and other downloads, unlimited online storage for your photographs, reviews, free marketplace listings, and much more.

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