Scanned images can be printed on a variety of devices. Here are some of the most common ones:
Black and white printers
Laser, ink jet and dot matrix are suitable for producing text and line art, but they're not as good for printing grayscale images. Use these printers to reproduce photographs for FPO (For Position Only) purposes, as when you need to show a draft of how a document is laid out.
Ink jet and desk jet colour printers
Can produce colour or grayscale images that range in quality from coarse to medium. These printers can print 256 shades of colour or grey, but colours don't register as well, and images usually end up slightly coarse or washed out. Use these printers for small quantities of colour images or for proofs of images that will be printed later on a printing press.
Dye-sublimation colour printers
Print images in photo-realistic colour. Use these printers to print colour images with continuous tone for small print jobs or for proofs of large printer jobs that will be done later on an imagesetter.
Printing presses
Can produce work of high quality. With these printers, you can scan your images and then send the files to a service bureau or printing company that can print high-quality text and grayscale images. If you're producing full-colour images, scan them in colour, then use your image-editing software to create the colour separation files needed to print colour on a printing press.
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