Recommend an industrial type or good photo printer

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gqtuazon

Gear Head
I'm looking for a fast, portable and good quality photo printer that can make 4x6 and 5x7 prints. I'm not sure if anyone uses one for their business.

I have a Xerox color laser printer at home but I don't like the images that comes out of it.
Power requirement: 100 ~ 120 VAC
Must be windows or Mac compatible
Price: not so important but must be compact or portable to take with me during events. I'm more concern on ordering toner supplies and photo papers since I'm in Japan but I can order from U.S. online stores.

Thank you.
 
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STM

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I have a Canon Pro Pixma 9000 Mk II. It is a superb picture printer which will print all the way to 13"x19". They can be found on Fleabay for $200. Not exactly portable but it makes for a great bench printer. It uses 8 color cartridges plus black I get the cartridges from LD products for about $6 apiece.
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
STM said:
I have a Canon Pro Pixma 9000 Mk II. It is a superb picture printer which will print all the way to 13"x19". They can be found on Fleabay for $200. Not exactly portable but it makes for a great bench printer. It uses 8 color cartridges plus black I get the cartridges from LD products for about $6 apiece.
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Do you use the LD Remanufactured inkjet cartridges? That is a great price if the ink is any good and last as long as the OEM cartridges do. I use HP 920XL Just bought the set of four today and it was close to $80
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
gqtuazon said:
I'm looking at shooting a lot of formal balls, parties, JS Proms, etc. where high capacity, high volume printing will be expected.

This is what I have researched so far.

Dye Sub & Thermal Printers| B&H Photo Video
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That looks great and the dye sub is supposed to be very high quality. the thing I would worry about is how many prints per cartridge or whatever the ink is in and the cost per print. You can always build that into the cost to customer.
 
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STM

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Tracsoft - Don Kuykendall said:
Do you use the LD Remanufactured inkjet cartridges? That is a great price if the ink is any good and last as long as the OEM cartridges do. I use HP 920XL Just bought the set of four today and it was close to $80
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Yes and they are very good. I had to do some printer color re-calibrations once I switched from Canon inks but have had no problems in the three years I have used them. Canon's OEM cartridges are 3x the price and the final quality is no better whatsoever, just 3x as expensive. Luckily for me, Forrest set me straight!

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gqtuazon

Gear Head
Tracsoft - Don Kuykendall said:
That looks great and the dye sub is supposed to be very high quality. the thing I would worry about is how many prints per cartridge or whatever the ink is in and the cost per print. You can always build that into the cost to customer.
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I am considering the wireless printer for easier and faster work flow. The initial cost is probably a lot but that's no different with the amount of cash that I already spent with my camera equipment.


SkvLTD said:
So there's a good demand for photographers for those events over there right now?
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Yes. There is only one that does it so far and they charge $12 per 4 x 6 print. There are times that the photographer cannot accommodate everyone so I might as well step in and tap into the business.
 
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SkvLTD

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gqtuazon said:
Yes. There is only one that does it so far and they charge $12 per 4 x 6 print. There are times that the photographer cannot accommodate everyone so I might as well step in and tap into the business.
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That's good news for my near too, make some money as ALT AND as a photographer all from the same pool of money :D
 
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gqtuazon

Gear Head
SkvLTD said:
That's good news for my near too, make some money as ALT AND as a photographer all from the same pool of money :D
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What I visualize is similar to the amusement parks where they take your picture, sends it directly via wifi or transfer via card reader, select image, print and collect cash.
 
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