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A List of Some of the Top Rated Digital Photo Printers

With all of the great digital photo printers on the market, it is getting easier, cheaper and more convenient to print photos from your digital camera at home. Dedicated photo printers offer very good to excellent photos. Typically a dedicated photo printer costs $150- $400 and uses thermal-dye technology. However, you are usually limited in paper size to 4x6. Some like the HP Photosmart 475 will also print 5x7. Look for a rechargeable battery option, which will make your photo printer portable so you can take it with you and print from wherever you are.

What to Look for When Buying a Photo Printer

PRINT SIZES

Consider what print size will fit your needs. Do you plan to mostly print 4"x6" or a variety of sizes? Some printers only print 4"x6" while some higher end printers can print wallet size, 4"x6", 4"x8", 5"x7", 4"x12" panoramic and 8.5"x11".

DOES THE PRINTER HAVE MEMORY CARD SLOTS

You can upload your photos to your computer and then print, but the fastest and easiest way is to insert camera’s memory card directly into your photo printer. There are many different types of memory cards so check that the printer you are considering can accept the type of card your digital camera uses. A number of better printers have a variety of memory slots such as SD, XD, CF and MS to accommodate a variety of cards.

LCD DISPLAY

It helps to see what you're printing. A high quality printer usually has a built in LCD display. Some printers even let you edit your pictures right from the printer, allowing you to crop, rotate, brighten or add borders.

PHOTO QUALITY

Pixels (dots) matter. Better photo printers offer up to 4800 x 1200 dots per inch. That means extremely sharp, lab-quality photos. Some printers can automatically remove red eye as the photos are printed.

Here are some of our favorite, top-rated digital photo printers:

Recommended Merchants:

Amazon is one of our favorite resource for buying printers. They have great prices and a huge selection of digital photo printers and free shipping on purchases over $25. They also have an excellent return policy.

RitzCamera.com carries all major brands of printers as well as digital camera, and accessories. In addition to competitive prices and good discounts, they offer free shipping and no sales tax.

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Wal-Mart is also a great resource for digital printers. Wal-mart has frequent sales and promos including low shipping specials.

Shop Kodak for Photo Printers - a huge selection of Kodak digital photo printers.

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