DNP DS620 vs DS-RX1HS: Capacity or Print Sizes

DNP DS620 vs RX1HS is the shortlist almost every operator ends up with, and it comes down to one trade: how many prints you get from a roll against how many formats you can sell. DNP lists the first machine as the DS620A, so a search for DS620A vs RX1HS lands on the same two printers.

Capacity Against Print Sizes

The DS-RX1HS is the capacity machine: up to around 700 prints of 4x6 from a single roll, which is roughly the top of this class, plus 2x6 strips. The DS620 gives fewer prints per roll, about 400 at 4x6, but it opens up 5x7 and 6x8, which is what corporate clients ask for when a logo needs room.

Everything else between them, connection, drivers, dry prints, is the same on both.

When Capacity Wins

Pick the DS-RX1HS if your typical night is long, busy and print heavy. Weddings with two hundred guests, print all events, anything where the queue does not stop. Fewer media changes during an event is not just convenience: every reload is a gap where the booth is not earning and someone is watching you work.

Strips matter here too. A 2x6 strip splits one sheet into two takeaways, so a couple leaves with one each and your cost per guest halves. If your packages promise unlimited prints, that arithmetic is the difference between a profitable wedding and a busy one.

When Formats Win

Pick the DS620 if you sell to companies. A 6x8 print with a brand’s artwork on it behaves differently from a strip: it gets kept, pinned up and photographed. Marketing teams are buying a branded object, and the larger surface is the product.

The 5x7 middle format is also the quiet winner for premium weddings, where the couple wants something closer to a photograph than a souvenir.

Both are dye sublimation, so prints arrive dry, finished and instantly touchable. Both use genuine DNP media with a fixed number of prints per roll, which means your cost per print is an exact number you can calculate before you quote. Both are supported by every serious booth application without hunting for drivers.

Both are also heavier than the compact class. If your booth is a slim mirror or you load alone up a flight of stairs, look at the QW410 comparison instead.

How Operators Actually Split It

Operators building a wedding diary take the capacity machine and stop thinking about it. Operators chasing corporate and brand work take the DS620A because 6x8 is what the client signed off. If you work both, the second printer pays for itself the first time one of them fails on a Saturday, and it lets you run two bookings the same night.

All models and genuine media are on our DNP photo booth printers page, and the brand level comparison is in DNP vs Citizen.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many prints do you get from one DNP DS-RX1HS roll?

Up to around 700 prints at 4x6 from a single roll, which is the top of this class. It also does 2x6 strips, and a strip splits one sheet into two takeaways, so a couple leaves with one each and your cost per guest halves.

Can the DNP DS620 print 6x8 for corporate branding?

Yes. The DS620 covers 4x6, 5x7 and 6x8, which is why it is the machine operators pick when a client's artwork needs surface area. The trade is capacity: about 400 prints at 4x6 per roll against the 700 of the DS-RX1HS.

How heavy are the DS620 and the DS-RX1HS to carry?

The DS620 is around 12 kg and the DS-RX1HS around 14 kg, before the booth, the case and the media. Both are two hands and a trolley if you load alone up stairs. The compact alternative in the range weighs under 6 kg, compared in QW410 vs DS620.

Is third party media safe to use in a DNP printer?

We only sell and recommend genuine DNP media. Third party rolls save a little per print and then jam, band or shift colour in front of the client who booked you, which costs a referral rather than a few cents. The genuine roll also has a fixed print count, so your cost per print is an exact number you can quote from.

How do the Citizen printers compare with these two for the same print volume?

The Citizen CY-02 sits in the same capacity bracket as the DS-RX1HS, at 700 prints of 4x6 and around 14 kg, and the CX-02 is closer to the DS620 at 400 prints and 12 kg. The choice usually comes down to media supply and what your booth software already drives, set out in DNP vs Citizen.

Are the DS620 and the DS620A the same printer?

Yes. DNP sells the machine as the DS620A and the trade shortened it to DS620 years ago, so a listing for DS620A vs RX1HS is comparing the same two printers you see here. Media boxes and driver downloads usually carry the DS620A name, which is worth knowing when you order rolls or set the printer up in your booth software.

Which is cheaper to run per print, the RX1HS or the DS620A?

The DS-RX1HS, on 4x6. Around 700 prints from a roll against about 400 puts more takeaways behind every media change, and a 2x6 strip halves it again by splitting one sheet into two. DNP RX1HS vs DS620A only flips on cost when the client is paying for 6x8, because the DS620A is the one that prints it.