Passport photos... inkjet?

[Tim_Photografix]

Hello all,
I am new to the forum and came across it when I Googled this question... I own a photo lab and just had to get rid of my Noritsu printer, which I used to print my passports on. I can't seem to find an answer to the question, are U.S. passports acceptable if printed with an inkjet printer? All I can find on the passport site is they must be printed on 'photo quality paper'. Has/ does anyone print passports on an inkjet?

 

[EIngerson]

I just printed mine for my family and I with an HP Photosmart D110 printer at my house. As long as it meets the size and quality criteria, yes, they will take it.

 

[o hey tyler]

Yeah, I took my father's passport photo and he just printed it off at home and sent it in.

 

[Tim_Photografix]

And they weren't rejected, the passports were processed ok

 

[EIngerson]

Yup, all of ours went through fine. Not sure how experienced you are with taking these photo's but I used

Passport photos for free - ePassportPhoto.com

It's the easiest way I've seen to do it and it's free. If you have any questions on how to use it, PM me.

 

[Tim_Photografix]

Yes very familiar with taking passports, just needed to know if outputting them on an inkjet printer would be ok, don't want to piss off my customers. Thanks!

 

[CMfromIL]

Worked fine for my wife's and my passports that we got renewed last year. Just printed a couple of snaps off, trimmed to the proper size and sent them off. Easy as pie.

 

[chuasam]

the places that have DryLabs are essentially using inkjets.
hell InkJets are also used for expensive prints...only they're called Giclée

 

[Helen B]

the places that have DryLabs are essentially using inkjets.

You sure? I've seen inkjet, thermal dye-sub and laser-toner printers in those systems.