What options do I have for printing my photos at home?

What options do I have for printing my photos at home?

Mark Comon (Vice President, Paul's Photo, Torrance, CA) gives expert video advice on: What software should I use to organize my photo?; What computer programs can I use to edit my photos?; What options do I have for printing my photos at home? and more...

If you want to print your photo yourself you're going to either use inkjet or pigment-jet technology. Pigment-jet: Epson, Canon, HP make pigment-jet printers that last between 1 and 2-years. Those are great prints, and that's what I recommend for digital photography for my home people. Otherwise, if you use inkjet, and that's what happens when you send your pictures to a lot of the online places is that you get inkjet technology--1 or 2-year life at the most on your prints. Take an inkjet print that you make at home or one of your friends makes, put it up in the living room, see how long it lasts. Maybe 18 months and the picture is all faded. What are you going to do with your kid's baby pictures or birthday pictures after 18 months and they're faded. That's not what you want.