Quote Originally Posted by Trevor Ash
Have I ever told anyone how much I dislike inkjets for home photo printing? Too much hassle and expense. I'll stand firmly by my opinion that for people like Seb and I It's much better to just order the prints online or locally and go through the couple rounds it takes to get the color right. It's still easier to do that than to ALSO deal with the ink running out, paper variation problems, color variations, banding, clogging, etc.

Home printing might be easier for some. For Seb and I who only do a few prints every few months it's just not worth the hassle or expenditure.

It's all personal preference and/or luck. Some people are more picky than others or get good prints with less effort, etc. If you're not complaining then consider yourself lucky and don't look for anything to complain about!!!
Hello Trevor,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. The reason why I am concerned about getting a printer (along with calibration tools/software) is to get an absolute control over the whole photographic process. I want my prints to be exactly as I meant them to be at the first place. Actually, all my prints are made by two pro labs I feel comfortable with. The print quality is there but the prints oftenly aren't quite like I would like them to be (a bit too bright or too dark, the colours don't "pop" enough or "pop" too much....).

Since I went digital last spring, I became much more conscious of all the steps involved in the photographic process and I became more and more picky about my prints (especially those for my portfolio). Thus my interest for a printer.

While I would appreciate the imput of dye sub printers owners here it seems that these are easier to use than ink jet printers in such a way that they are low maintenance devices and that the output is consistent.

Seb