Printing photo booth 4x6 and 2x6 strips on a DNP DS-RX1HS
The DNP DS-RX1HS is one of the most popular photo booth printers: fast, and prints come out dry. Here's what you need to know when using it with photo booth software on a Mac, from real test prints.
4x6 vs 2x6
The printer uses 6-inch roll media and prints 4x6-inch sheets. For 2x6 strips, the software places two strips side by side on a 4x6 sheet and tells the printer to cut it in half, so one print gives you two strips.
| Size | Frame file (300 dpi) | One print gives |
|---|---|---|
| 4x6 | 1200 × 1800 px | 1 photo |
| 2x6 | 600 × 1800 px (one strip) | 2 strips |
Edge trimming: keep 3 mm clear
The printer prints borderless and trims a little off the edges. Measuring real prints, the long side loses about 5 mm in total and the short side about 3.4 mm. Keep text and logos at least 3 mm from the edge (about 36 px on a 1200 × 1800 file).
If the image is shifted to one side, adjust the print offset in the software (Daylabooth lets you nudge it in millimetres on the print settings page) instead of editing the frame file.
Sharper prints
Framed photos print sharper when the software builds the print from the full-resolution originals rather than enlarging the small screen preview. Daylabooth renders each print from the originals and sharpens only the photo areas, not the frame artwork.
Paper out, ribbon out or cover open mid-event
What should happen: staff get an alert, print jobs wait in the queue, and once fixed they continue on their own, with nothing missing and nothing printed twice. In our test, opening the cover during a 2-sheet job stopped the printer, the staff screen showed the problem within a second, and after closing the cover both sheets printed automatically.
Pre-event checklist
- USB plugged straight into the Mac
- Enough media for your guest count (one 6-inch roll set gives about 700 4x6 prints)
- Scrap box in place (the printer won't print without it)
- One test print before opening the booth