Alps MD 1000 Dye Sublimation Printer

Pros: No smudge marks, gold foil
Cons: slow printing in color, ribbon breaks

I purchased a Alps MD-1000 about a year ago. I never heard of a Alps printer and never seen one in my local computer store. The reason I bought it was, I found it at a auction site and it was cheap. I liked the idea of a dry printer so I said "for...

Pros: Print quality, versatility
Cons: Sometimes takes too many sheets of paper at one time.

I own this Alps MD-1000 printer, along with three other printers, and I must say that it is my favorite printer of all.

This printer uses four different cartridges, black, yellow, magenta, and cyan for "every day" printing. This would be...

Pros: Great print quality, CHEAP, great industrial design
Cons: SLOW, too many paper jams, ink runs out fast

My History with the Alps MD-1000:
I purchased the Alps MD-1000 in September of '98, and have been using it moderately ever since. Onsale.com was selling alot of them and I managed to snag one for $107 shipped. This was my first ever color printer,...

Pros: Industry leading photo quality
Cons: Slow speeds (5 minutes for a printout, 4X6)

In an age where everyone thinks inkjet and laser, Alps has released their own technology to provide superior photo quality at an affordable price.

First off, I've never owned this unit, but I've seen many people who have, and in the past, I've...

Pros: Exceptional color at low costs
Cons: Forget doing a great deal of black and white printing. (ribbons will run out frequently on black and white.)

I use this printer for color only. It uses ribbons instead of the traditional ink jet printers which are plagued with problems. This produces the best color output for the money. It's not the fastest but if you need somewhat faster speeds buy the MD-5000...

Pros: Exceptional quality, prints decals and metallic colors
Cons: slow

I purchased the Alps MD-1000 printer several years ago. It is used to print water slide decals for custom fishing rods. While it is a little slow, the results are well worth the wait. The colors are perfect and it prints in metallic colors as well. There...

Pros: Great quality in photos.
Cons: So many I can't count them

Well..I bought this printer about 2 and a half years ago and it cost me 500 $ (I don't know why I did so, but I did).
This printer is very very big. It can print on bigger pages than A4. It is not an inject printer! It's a dry ink printer, or how...