Monday, November 16, 2009

Wireless Photo Printer Tips: How to Save on Ink

By Stacy Fox

Printing pictures on a wireless photo printer can be expensive. When choosing a model, you need to look past the initial expense of the printer and see the cost of the individual photos.

But there are some things you can do to lessen the cost of printing pictures on your wireless photo printer that you already have. Here's some tips:

Raise the Resolution: Take a picture with at least 1 megapixel of data per shot. Most of today's cameras will do that at a minimum. But, if you want really good quality, take the shot at 2 megapixels.

If you know what photos you might want to print, adjust the camera to its highest resolution.

Save Your Originals: Don't compress images into JPEGs or other compressed file formats.

Enhance the Photo Image: Play around with your image editing program to crop, contrast, brighten etc. until you are satisfied with the image's composition. That way, you won't waste ink on photos you just want to discard.

Draft Prints: Don't waste photo paper on draft prints. Instead, reduce the picture's size and use plain white paper for printing.

Use matte-finish photo cards instead of glossy photo paper when printing 4 X 6-inch images.

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.

Practice Good Housekeeping: By keeping your printer's mechanisms clean, you will ensure that the device runs at its best.

Keep the ink nozzles clear of dry ink. When you leave an inkjet printer idle for even a week, the ink in the tiny tubes that feed the nozzles begin to dry. If you are printing for the first time in a few days, wipe the nozzels down first.

You can make the ink last a lot longer in your wireless photo printer by following the advice in this article. - 22787

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