More and more of our customers are using their printers to print their own photos. This is an amazing time that we are living in. Not many years ago, I remember taking my film rolls into the grocery store, filling out an order form, placing both in an envelope and dropping them in a collection bin to be processed. And then returning to the store several days later to pick-up the photos that were developed by an outside company. Now with digital photography and advanced personal printers the ballgame has changed dramatically in a relatively short period of time. Without question printing from your home is convenient and time saving. We are frequently asked by our customers what type of photo paper we recommend. Generally speaking we have found that paying a little extra for paper provides better results. Recently, we were helping a customer solve a photo printing issue with their Canon printer. In doing some research we found some helpful information. Each manufacturer has their own brand of photo paper that are designed to work with their printers. For example, Epson uses Piezo-electric technology and their paper is optimized for this technology. While most of the technology used by the different OEM's is very similar, there is enough of a difference that a universal photo paper does not meet the needs of all printers. So our recommendation now is to use Canon paper for your Canon printer, HP paper for your HP printer, etc. Our customers have noticed an improvement in their photo quality using this advice. The cost of printing your own photos is debatable. It really depends on the printer and the cartridges you are using, and if you are using OEM cartridges or remanufactured cartridges. When you factor in these costs along with the cost of paper it is probably more of a convenience than a money saver. Wal-Mart offers photo prints starting at $0.09 a piece! I should be telling you just the opposite so you keep returning to us to buy new cartridges, but we try to be as helpful and honest as possible. My wife prints all of her photos with remanufactured HP #02 cartridges and they look beautiful, but this would not be very cost effective if her husband did not own a Cartridge World franchise! ;)
