Connectivity isn’t this printer’s strong point, but USB 2.0 at least keeps transfers nice and fast. The eight-color individual ink system adds to this level of professionalism, by ensuring that colors are reproduced exactly as you intended them to be. Canon’s Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) print head technology precisely fires tiny ink droplets onto your page, ensuring that you can see the most intricate details in your artwork. Fine art paper is also supported, which is great news for artists that prefer to vary the media that they work with. It’s also capable of handling smaller paper sizes right down to 4 x 6 inches, so unless you’re going large scale you’ll be covered. This inkjet printer can handle paper sizes of up to 13 x 19 inches, which is ideal if you need to print poster size images. Size - specialist printers for art and design can be bigger than general printers, and they might need space behind them if they have special media trays, so consider what space you have available before you commit to buying.Consider whether you’ll need a USB port and Wi-Fi, and whether you’ll want to print directly from a PictBridge camera or memory card. Connectivity – think about the device that you will you want to print from, and check whether your chosen printer supports this.However, inkjets will differ in the materials that they can handle, so always double check that your preferred model has the capability to handle heavier grade or textured media if you prefer it to standard grade paper. Media type – as we mentioned above, if you want to print on various media then you’ll need to buy an inkjet printer.If you do tend to print larger images, ensure that your chosen model is capable of doing so. Media size – if you hardly ever print on media over A4 size, there’s no point in splashing out on a printer that can print larger images.As a general rule, the dpi resolution is a great indicator of the quality you can expect. However, if you’re looking at buying a higher end model, you can expect to see a much higher number. Quality – budget printers now offer a minimum resolution of 600 dots per inch (dpi).They also tend to be smaller and lighter. Inkjet printers are better for complex image-based designs and are capable of printing on various media. They’re also cheaper for graphically simple documents and drafts, when considered on a page by page basis. Laser or inkjet – laser printers are faster and better for text, and also do a better job of high-volume print jobs.You’ll need to establish an ideal running cost as well your first investment. When considering cost, think about the initial price, but also the cost of inks and media to print on. Budget – before you buy you need to decide what you are willing to pay.