Do the printers with separate color ink cartridges have better quality print than the multicolor cartridge?

Not necessarily.





Today's photo-quality ink jet printers have DPI resolution in the thousands (1200 to 4800dpi). They will give you acceptable quality photo prints of images with 140-200ppi resolution, and high quality prints of images with 200-300ppi resolution. Typically inkjet printers have three standard output settings:


- normal: 300 x 300 or 320 x 320 dpi


- high quality: 600 x 600 or 720 x 720 dpi, 1440 x 720


- photo quality: 1200 x 1200, 1440 x 1440 dpi, 2880 x 1440 and up


You might also have a draft or economy setting for printing text and rough drafts.





At one time, a good general rule for inkjet printing was that you needed half to one-third of the PPI of the printer's DPI setting that you intend to use. So if you're using your printer's ';normal'; setting (300dpi), your image needed to have at least 150ppi. When using the higher quality printer settings (720dpi and up), you can bring the PPI down to about 1/3 of the output resolution. That would be 240ppi for your printer's 720dpi setting.





If you are looking for a quality photo printer, there is a pretty good list of printers here:


http://www.castleink.com/_Top10InkjetPri鈥?/a>Do the printers with separate color ink cartridges have better quality print than the multicolor cartridge?
Separate cartridges dont by themselves equate to better output but:





people got tired of having to replace an entire 3-color cartridge when only one color was out, so the separate colors made more sense. Most of the newer printers use separate colors and the newer printers have better output than the older ones, so overall the separate color printers are usually better. You can also find printers with 5 or more separate colors, which are definitely better than 3 colors.Do the printers with separate color ink cartridges have better quality print than the multicolor cartridge?
Oh and one more thing is that the color cartridges are food grade ink and you should make sure that your getting what you need in ink as for the colors! The permanent color inks are more expensive and won't run if water is dropped on them! I have cut off the tops off cartridges and refilled them with the food grade ink in the bakery section of the grocery store and yes it works but you must make sure it is resealed so it won't dry out the ink! So you have to find out what you need and then decide on permanent ink or food grade ink!
No, not necessarily.





However, printers with individual colors are usually built for small-medium office work, so they do tend to have better features and components.





You might find that they are a bit more expensive to buy, but you'll save in the long run because you won't spend as much when you'll need to change color cartridges. You'll only need to change the required color, not all of them.





Good luck!