You get the most out of your photo printer - at least!

As printer many owners know that paper and ink costs can quickly exceed costs of the printer. These six tips to help you use the printer ran out of a hole in your pocket, without leaving from.

Forms the subject matter of the resolution: any digital camera, which is less than three years old megapixel at least 1 each data capture. It is a 4 X 6 photo quality printing; 2 information megapixel image you want to transfer to the higher quality of printing on both sides of a page have the same dimensions. Create a format 8 X 10 inches, it is a good idea to print need you at least three megapixels of resolution. You are in a good position if you have a new camera, as most of the new models offer 4 8.1 Megapixels.

Adjust higher shooting resolution camera that you might want to print. Some of the latest camera manufacturer menu options make very simple resolution.
Save your original: does not save the images to print JPEG or a compressed file format. Once when you compress a picture, you may lose some data. Before working with the image, make sure that is the same and Format TIFF (TAGGED IMAGE FILE FORMAT).

Improve image: functionality of processing of the experiment, such as cropping, contrast, brightness and other controls image until you are completely satisfied with the composition of the image. Always be sure to save the file modified under a new name.

Plan your print drafts: If you are going to do a test print, can reject, decrease the size of the image at a later date and then set the cheap paper printer. Printer software can allow you to print multiple images on one sheet of paper.

Use until the end of cards instead of images of 4 X 6 photo matte inches printed glossy photo paper. These cards have a pleasant appearance, and half cost both as the role of the full-size image. Add pictures to print 8 X 10-inch glossy photo behind UV protection of light that have been added to the Moon and excluded from direct light.

Save writing by hand: special photo colors can provide colour palette sophisticated printer. Unfortunately, these are accompanied by specific models, and whether the ink is not in the model, you may need to purchase separately and install it instead of standard ink cartridges.

In some cases, the images are printed using a general-purpose cartridges almost as good as a printing ink with the photo search. Another effective trick is to print in color photo (standard color cartridges) color space. In this case, the printer uses all his sounds of inks to create an image and the resulting impression can be subtle and exact photo inks are printed images.

Get your line by using the printer cartridges: control your cartridges - especially if you see a horizontal Strip unwanted lines, gaps, or bleeding from the print colors. Click the entry for the printer control panel from the "printers and faxes", or"applet printer, click Properties and then locate the option maintenance cartridge." If you align your cartridges does not solve the problem, the swab of cotton to clean the ink acceptance isopropyylialkoholin crossing. Used only as a solvent of water and clean the cartridge itself, never print head only, or a nozzle plate. Align the always new cartridges.
In practice, a Housekeeping: keep clean printer mechanisms, you can verify that the device is operating at its best. Occasional explosion can (easily available at electronics stores) compressed air - maintained bit powder and the role of obstruction of the paper path and other moving parts.
Make sure that dries printheads to writing small ink nozzles. Write handwriting idle, leaving all the inkjet up to a week or two will result in a tiny tube feeding nozzle for drying. Many ink-jet printers not clean the configuration program, that can partially control obstruction nozzles.

Unfortunately, these programs use a lot of ink, so use them with care. If the tubes are blocked, then you badly is Jet ink or professional cleaning kit.