Newbie question: Do they sell dye-sub printers for A4 size?

kiwi2 · 12th May 2007

After seeing the printouts of those portable dye-sub, I'm completely won over by them! The quality is very good. But too bad they only print up to 4R sizes only...

Is there is such a thing as a dedicated A4 dye-sub printer? I'd love to buy it.

I'm shying away from inkjet photo printers after my bad experience with them. Even if I don't print for just 2 months or so, ink noticeably evaporates and after some months more, 3/4 of the ink in all my brand new ink cartridges is almost gone!

Appreciate any suggestions.

AJ23 · 12th May 2007

There are dye-sub A4 printers, in fact, there are around for a long long time already.

As why they are not common are their once exhorbitant price. Dunno abt now if the price has dropped, they used to be like at least S$5k and above. Some of the brands are Fargo, Prima, QMS and Fuji Xerox (Tektronix, which is bought over by Fuji Xerox).

AJ23 · 12th May 2007

Originally Posted by kiwi2

I'm shying away from inkjet photo printers after my bad experience with them. Even if I don't print for just 2 months or so, ink noticeably evaporates and after some months more, 3/4 of the ink in all my brand new ink cartridges is almost gone!

Appreciate any suggestions.

Had used Epson R800, dun use it after 4-5months, still no ink clot and ink levels still intact.

kiwi2 · 12th May 2007

Opps, hee.... that's why i'm a complete newbie to this.

Thanks for the intro.

The usual brands like Canon, HP don't produce A4 dye-sub printers?

So is the epson R800 a recommended brand? Will do a search now. Thanks.

AJ23 · 12th May 2007

Originally Posted by kiwi2

Opps, hee.... that's why i'm a complete newbie to this. Thanks for the intro.

The usual brands like Canon, HP don't produce A4 dye-sub printers?

So is the epson R800 a recommended brand? Will do a search now. Thanks.

IIRC, Canon/HP dun produce A4 DS, even if it does, it's probably super high end stuff and expensive.

For R800, in terms of print quality, and now the new dropped price, I think it's a damn good printer. Think many owned this printer, and u can search www.dpreview.com for it's reviews, good and bad.

12th May 2007	#1
kiwi2 Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,253	Newbie question: Do they sell dye-sub printers for A4 size? After seeing the printouts of those portable dye-sub, I'm completely won over by them! The quality is very good. But too bad they only print up to 4R sizes only... Is there is such a thing as a dedicated A4 dye-sub printer? I'd love to buy it. I'm shying away from inkjet photo printers after my bad experience with them. Even if I don't print for just 2 months or so, ink noticeably evaporates and after some months more, 3/4 of the ink in all my brand new ink cartridges is almost gone! Appreciate any suggestions.

12th May 2007	#2
AJ23 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Town of Queens doing PORT-9YOU Posts: 6,711	Re: Newbie question: Do they sell dye-sub printers for A4 size? There are dye-sub A4 printers, in fact, there are around for a long long time already. As why they are not common are their once exhorbitant price. Dunno abt now if the price has dropped, they used to be like at least S$5k and above. Some of the brands are Fargo, Prima, QMS and Fuji Xerox (Tektronix, which is bought over by Fuji Xerox).

12th May 2007	#4
kiwi2 Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,253	Re: Newbie question: Do they sell dye-sub printers for A4 size? Opps, hee.... that's why i'm a complete newbie to this. Thanks for the intro. The usual brands like Canon, HP don't produce A4 dye-sub printers? So is the epson R800 a recommended brand? Will do a search now. Thanks.