Traditional photographic dye-transfer printing is essentially obsolete today. The key reason is that the original materials have been discontinued, so the classic process is no longer widely practical. In most real-world use, it has been replaced by high-end inkjet printing, which now fills the role of premium color output.

There are some modern digital workflows sometimes described as dye-transfer-like, often involving inkjet printers and specialized materials. These are reported to produce excellent results, but they are not the same as the classic darkroom-era dye-transfer process.

So the current status is: classic dye transfer is largely a legacy process, and modern fine-art inkjet printing is the mainstream replacement.