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Article: Hot New Products - Dell 540 Photo Printer. It uses a cheap method of photo printing but what about the image quality?(Product/Service Evaluation)
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- Computer Act!ve
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- February 3, 2005
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Byline: Luke Peters.
So here we have another dedicated photo printer, this time from Dell (it's actually designed by Kodak). The 540 looks like most of the other 6 x 4in printers we saw last year, namely the Epson PictureMate (issue 167) and the HP Photosmart 375 (issue 177). However, the 540 employs an alternative printing method called 'thermal dye transfer technology'. Instead of an ink tank, it uses a kind of ribbon cartridge that slots into the side of the device and provides enough juice for 40 borderless prints.
Because it uses thermal dye technology, it needs to make several 'passes' to add colour to photos. Put simply, the printer will take a ...
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