Yes folks, to get a nice, sharp, colorful print from a computer one needs a quality color printer. While these are starting to come down in price, I'm assuming these devices are still a luxury to most folks. Fortunately, we found a work-around that gets us what we want while still keeping the price down. There are various types of color printing technologies available for computer users and we've been most satisfied with Dye-sublimation printers. Once you get the output issue settled, the only other pressing concern is image size.
Color images can get quite large very quickly.
You'll likely want to maximize the DPI-resolution of your working image so as get the best possible output. In our case we're dealing with a 300 dpi printer. As you might guess, a 5 X 7 image at 300 dpi can quickly hit 10 mb. Though jpeg images may seem bearable on a 72 dpi monitor, the results on a 300 dpi Dye-sub printer can be ghastly. Aside from technical concerns, we won't spend much time talking about the creative uses of the various softwares.