A photo printer is usually an inkjet printer that is specifically designed to print photographs, Photo printers can produce true photo quality, which means photos printed on a photo printer are indistinguishable from prints produced at photo shops.

Photo printers have a wide range of capabilities. For example, some printers allow you to add borders to your printed photos.

Photo printers use the same ink cartridges as inkjet printers. Photo printers use the standard colors— cyan, magenta, yellow and black—but many also offer additional colors such as light magenta and light cyan. More ink colors help to widen the range of colors the printer can produce and make colors such as skin tones easier to reproduce, If you plan to print a lot of black-and white photos, look for a printer that uses a gray ink.