|
| Epson PictureMate Deluxe Viewer Edition Photo Printer | 
 enlarge | Brand: Epson
Category: CE
List Price: $249.99
Buy New: $159.94
You Save: $90.05 (36%)
New (10) Used (6) Refurbished (1) from $94.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  137 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
System Memory: 0.064
Modem: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 9.2
Dimensions (in): 12.5 x 10.5 x 8.4
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: C11C618001
Model: C11C618001
UPC: 010343854147
EAN: 0010343854147
ASIN: B0009EUFI4
Release Date: June 4, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| Customer Reviews:
 Best Little Picture Printer August 18, 2005
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I love the Epson PictureMate printer. Printed about 150 pictures in the short time I've had it and am not the least bit disappointed. Took it with me to our son's house in NJ to print out pictures from a birthday party we celebrated there. The unit is so small and transportable, and the quality of the pictures is wonderful. I also enjoyed sharing the prints with others at the party. The ink cartridge that came with the printer printed out over 120 pictures too. Up until now I did all of my picture-printing on my computer --- and spent a fortune on ink cartridges. The PictureMate cartritges are relatively inexpensive --- especially if you get them through Amazon.com. I only wish the PictureMate did 5 X 7's too --- I'm sure someday they'll come out with one that does. In the meantime, I'll still use my computer for the larger prints, but will do all of my 4 X 6's with the PictureMate. By the way, apparently the life of the prints done on the PictureMate is considerably longer than those I had done on my computer --- another big plus since I am into scrapbooking.
Awesome photos!!! August 10, 2005
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
The Epson PictureMate Deluxe really delivers quality photos within minutes that are water and smudge resistant and look like they were done at a photo lab. I'm thoroughly impressed and wish I hadn't waited so long to purchase this item. Definitely worth it if you own a digital camera!!
A no-headache piece of equipment. August 9, 2005
30 out of 32 found this review helpful
I'm a commercial photographer (www.difphoto.com) and I'm completely happy with this thing. I shoot for a living, I have a total of 4 printers and I hate dealing with printing. The headache of calibrating everything so you can get nice pictures is the hidden cost of digital photography that'll make you pull your hair out.
But I don't have to deal with all that crap with this thing. I shoot. I stick in my CF card and the damn thing prints! Accurately! Consistently! Sweet!
If you're into having a printer hooked up to your computer and you like going through all that irritating crap of screwing around on the computer then better you then me, man. I do it for a living and I wish all my professional printers were this easy to use.
I want to think about shooting and getting nice images out and not have to be a techie to do it.
I can concentrate on shooting and not have to fiddle with a stupid laptop or a computer or a color calibrating spyder or other crazy crap.
I shoot everything in Adobe 1998 on my two D70's or in the big digital camera's that I rent, (Go to shootsmarter.com for excellent tips from professionals to take your shooting to another level. Be aware, it can get hairy but then that's why we get the big bucks, right?) and that really helps to make sure the colors are accurate and consistent.
Just be aware that this is an ink jet and it needs to go through a head cleaning process every now and then. It's pretty easy to figure out that it needs a quick cleaning when you see banding or weird colors in odd places on the print.
I also noticed that it unless I'm printing a scene that has extremes of contrasts and exposures I have to increase brightness on the printer on all prints by two click things in the Photo fix menu.
By the way, when they say that the packaged paper/ink cart can push out 100 prints per box that means you stay away from the fancy schmancy Disney prints edges and stick with borders.
The battery is a huge hit with me. Spend the money if you want to take your camera and a printer to a family function. That little monitor rules, too. I like that I can sift through what I think is cool and make a print order along with adjustments to get a great image.
Another heads-up; you can choose which pictures to print while your shooting with your camera and then stick the card into the printer and it'll print the whole set without you babysittiing the thing. But you can't make print brightness adjustments beforehand.
I've started to use this thing to print up marketing pieces. Even a pro has a tough time seeing the difference between the print quality you get from this by itself and when you hook it up to a printer to get the extra dense printing quality.
This thing does one thing and one thing well: print excellent 4x6 glossy prints without a computer in a portable package.
Like I said, I want to take photos and see my images. Image capture to print latency sucks and this things helps me do what I really want to do; take pictures.
Better than I thought August 8, 2005
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Just picked up one of these recently because my wife was complaining about my digital pictures never making it to paper. She picked out the Epson PictureMate Deluxe unit and we brought it home for a test drive. I must admit I thought the quality of the prints from this printer would not match up to my HP Photosmart 7550. What a surprise - photos were superb. The colors were accurate and bright, came out of the printer dry to the touch and reasonably fast (70 sec). I'm printing like crazy now - this is a great photo printer.
 Defective on arrival but now a happy customer July 14, 2005
36 out of 39 found this review helpful
July 14, 2005: I was very excited about purchasing this printer for my 26,000 photo collection shot with my Canon 10D & 20D, however the unit Amazon shipped me had a bad yellow print head. I ran through all the manufacturer steps to clean the print heads but to no avail. I also got a pack of paper/ink and tried the other ink cartridge. Still no luck. 20 sheets of nozzle tests and no yellow after numerous head cleanings. The pictures I did print were very sharp and the paper had a nice shine but because of bad yellow print head, they were all bluish purple in appearance. Yuck! I have packed it up and will be shipping it back to Amazon for a replacement. I will report back if I get a working unit when Amazon sends out the replacement unit.
July 19, 2005: I sent back the unit on July 15, 2005 via an Amazon directed UPS pickup and they are now showing they have received the defective unit and shipping next day saver the replacement unit at no cost. It's nice they are shipping a new unit next day but they could have used a faster shipping method to retrieve it. I am a Prime member.
July 20, 2005: The replacement printer is here! I immediately unboxed it and ran the nozzle print test. All 6 colors showed up. I was happy! Then I hooked it up to my Mac that had the previous printer driver install and became frustrated. It would not print and claimed it couldn't communicate with the printer. I tried two different USB cables (the printer does not come with one). Both failed. ARGH! I was seriously scratching my head wondering if I got another bum printer. Then I said "What the heck" and uninstalled the printer drivers and reinstalled them. Walla! Working PictureMate and boy does it work! The print outs are beautiful whether from iPhoto or Photoshop. So much nicer than the ink jet 4x6s from my Canon S900 using the special high end Canon Photo Pro Glossy -- much cheaper too. I printed out 20 photos which took about 30 minutes (its not a speed demon) and compared them to photolab prints of the same photos. They compare nicely if not better. The paper feels firm and the colors are bright.
All in all, I feel satisfied with my purchase now that I have a working unit. Amazon handled the return of the defective printer in a timely manner even though I was a little impatient for my new camera toy. For some reason I cannot change the "Star" rating of my review. I would now bring it up to 5. This is a recommended purchase.
|
|
|
Copyright
©
2006 Adminpal LLC | |
