2003 Volume 66 Issue 5 Pages 452-457
Digital printers are now common place for printing color images. Among the many kinds of digital printing methods, ink jet and thermal dye transfer methods produce high-quality results, similar to those of silver halide photographs. As these two digital methods improve their image stability performance, they will continue to gain market share currently enjoyed by silver halide photographs. This paper describes the present state of digital printing technologies and discusses the expanding market for digital color pictures.
