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Photo and Sublimation Printers

5 products on file in this category, 3 of them with a full review. The rest are verified against the manufacturer's documentation and the live listing while their reviews get written.

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Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8550 wide-format all-in-one printer in white, front view, six labeled refillable Claria ET ink tanks to the right of a tilted 4.3-inch color touchscreen, with a color photo on the output tray
Epson · Photo and Sublimation Printers

Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8550

The most capable consumer photo printer Epson makes short of its professional line, and the right buy if you print your own photos and art up to A3+, but it is a photo-first machine with no document feeder and a large footprint, so it is the wrong tool for plain-paper office volume.

  • The EcoTank Photo ET-8550, model C11CJ21201, is the wide-format model in the line, printing borderless up to 13" x 19" (A3+)
  • 6-color Claria ET Premium ink system, with Black, Photo Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Gray, refilled from bottles rather than cartridges
  • Maximum print resolution 5760 x 1440 dpi, with ISO print speeds of 16.0 ppm black and 12.0 ppm color
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Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8500 all-in-one photo printer in white, front view with the lid closed, a color photo on the tilted touchscreen and six ink tanks below it
Epson · Photo and Sublimation Printers

Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8500

In the registry, no review written yet. The claims below come off the maker's own documentation and the live listing.

  • The EcoTank Photo ET-8500, model C11CJ20201, is the letter-size model in the line, with a maximum paper size of 8.5" x 14" (Legal)
  • 6-color Claria ET Premium ink system (BK, PB, C, M, Y, Gy), refilled from 552 bottles rather than cartridges
  • Maximum print resolution 5760 x 1440 dpi, with ISO print speeds of 16.0 ppm black and 12.0 ppm color
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Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-310 13 inch pigment photo printer, front three quarter view with the paper covers closed
Canon · Photo and Sublimation Printers

Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-310

The 13 inch pigment printer to buy if you print on matte and fine art paper and want borderless A3+ from a desk-sized machine. It is a photo printer first: no scanner, documents at one page per minute, and ten small cartridges that all have to be in it.

  • 9 Colour Plus Chroma Optimizer, LUCIA PRO II Pigment-based Ink System
  • PFI-5100 Inks: 14.4 ml (each)
  • Borderless Photo Printing (3.5" x 5" to 13" x 19")
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Canon SELPHY CP1500 compact photo printer in black, front three quarter view with the lid closed
Canon · Photo and Sublimation Printers

Canon SELPHY CP1500

A small dye sublimation printer that turns phone and card photos into laminated 4x6 prints in under a minute, and the right buy if you have the patience for its wireless setup. Skip it if you print anything larger than a postcard, or need reliable printing from a PC.

  • Dye-sublimation thermal print method (with overcoating), at 300 x 300 dpi
  • Postcard size print in approx. 41 sec, card size in approx. 23 sec
  • 3.5" TFT LCD colour monitor
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KODAK Dock Plus 4x6 photo printer in white and yellow with a phone docked on top, cartridges and a 50 sheet paper bundle
KODAK · Photo and Sublimation Printers

KODAK Dock Plus

In the registry, no review written yet. The claims below come off the maker's own documentation and the live listing.

  • 4PASS dye sublimation at 300 x 300 dpi, 4x6 inch prints
  • Connection: Bluetooth, USB-C (Lightning pin adapter included)
  • Dock your phone to print and charge
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