Photo Printing at Home

Printed photos are a great way to share those special moments with your loved ones. They look great in frames or can be elegantly laid out in a carefully crafted scrapbook. Instead of clogging up digital memory, check out some of these quality photo printers that let you make lab quality prints at home.

Generally, there are three categories of photo printers that are ideal for home use:

Dedicated photo printers - if you're going to making a lot of prints, dedicated photo printers are a quick and handy solution. They often specialise in smaller paper formats, 4x6 inch print models such as Canon's Selphy printers are small and compact machines with some neat features that make photo printing fun and easy. For example, the Selphy CP770 comes with a convenient battery pack and handle so you can take it on the road. Dedicated photo printers use either inkjet cartridges or a special thermal dye (also known as dye-sublimation thermal print) technology which can print around 16.7 million different pigments and colours.

Inkjet photo printers - many inkjet printers offer high quality photo printing capabilities, so they make a great all-purpose printing solution. The Canon PIXMA printer is a great example, as the models in this range offer scanning, faxing and photocopying functions so you can accomplish a number of tasks with just one machine.

Professional photo printers - if you're serious about photo printing and are after large high quality prints, a professional photo printer, like Canon's PIXMA Pro series, could be a sound investment. Professional photo printers deliver brilliant poster sized coloured prints quickly and efficiently and Canon's specialised LUCIA 12-ink printing system delivers vibrant colours and smooth gradients so your prints are spectacularly flawless.

Printing and framing photos is just the beginning - there are so many ways to be creative with photo prints. Here are a few ideas:

Scrapbooking - scrapbooks are still one of the best ways to preserve and relive those special moments. Art supply stores and many stationery retailers offer a variety of fun decorative pieces to really make your scrapbook stand out or you could try some of these creative scrapbooking ideas from Canon's Creative Park. Scrapbooks make great personal gifts for any memorable occasion - be it a birthday party, anniversary, wedding or graduation!

Artwork and decorative prints - show off some of your most dazzling photos somewhere outside of your desktop screensaver. You can make prints of varying sizes and present them brilliantly in frames or as part of a collage or creative piece. Look for unique ways to display your photos, such as a nifty photo mobile or these magnetic photo ropes. Meanwhile, for those serious about photo printing, you can invest in a professional photo printer and get large poster sized prints for display.

Greeting Cards - the tradition of Christmas greeting cards with the family shot continues - and photo printers make it easy to print stacks of them to send to everyone. You can also turn holiday snaps and brilliant landscapes into fun postcards and greeting cards for use year round.

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