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Epson PictureMate Deluxe Viewer Edition Photo Printer | 
 enlarge | Brand: Epson
Category: CE
Buy New: $269.79
New (4) Used (3) from $129.00
Rating:  143 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Modem: None
Connectivity: USB 1.1
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
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| Features:
| • | Premium 2.4-inch photo viewer for selecting and editing images | | • | PC-free photo printing from all popular digital camera memory cards | | • | Photos as brilliant and affordable as lab prints, but last 2-4 times longer | | • | Water, smudge and fade-proof prints with up to 200-year album life | | • | More photo options, including mini-wallets, fun Disney borders, and BorderFree |
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Product Description
CL) AA)EPSON PICTUREMATE DLX 4X6 PRI
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 143
 Absolutely great portable printer! June 9, 2005
inlvnv
153 out of 156 found this review helpful
I've returned the HP375b printer for this one, and what an amazing printer. No more going to a photo lab or uploading to online photo labs, this 6 color ink printer produces stunning pictures everytime. I got a battery with this printer, and it is amazing how convenient it is to just take the printer and the camera whereever I want to be, then just sit and print. As they've indicated, the pictures are smudge and waterproof, making it easier to handle right after printing them. The 6 color ink cartridge is a single unit, and it is a cinch to change them when needed.
The printer has a USB port in the back that can be used to connect to a PC or other USB devices for backup or from which to read the pictures to print. I've never had the chance to backup the pictures from memory cards to a CD-writer, as my memory cards are at least 1GB each and have found the CD writers to be past its time. However, the printer did not have any problem reading from other USB flash cards or from my 60Gig portable hard drive. A support to write to a DVD writer would be a plus with possibly from next firmware release of this printer.
Only inconvenient thing the others may find is that the Pict Bridge connection is located on the back of the printer, rather than the front, where it is more convenient to handle the wires. I, however, found that it is more convenient to just take the memory card out of the camera and plug it into the printer cardreader.
I don't like wires, and all my devices, including my laptops, are portable, so this printer is a great addition to my overall system. This is a must have item if you love taking pictures, and a battery is a must have accessory.
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! June 7, 2005
V. Koeblitz
85 out of 89 found this review helpful
This product is incredible. I know photography, and I'm fussy about quality- these pictures honestly look like they were professionally developed. Plus, with the new color screen on the delux model, it is SO easy to look through your pictures and decide which to print. It's also incredibly easy to zoom in and crop the pictures before you print them! If you have a digital camera, you NEED this printer so that your pictures dont just sit in a folder on your computer, yet you dont have to go out to print them. A must buy!
Very Impressive September 29, 2005
Jose M. Marrinhas
34 out of 35 found this review helpful
I am an avid photographer who always and I guess still prefer to use film However, come to modern age, the digital medium has come a long way and in most cases replaced film in many aspects.
After buying my 7.1 Canon G6, I wanted to have something to print 4x6's on just as I would have in the lab. I'm not all about keeping them on a disc and seeing it in my monitor. There's something about holding the art in your hand and easily showing it to someone. Well, I sought to buy a printer to do only that- Job specific.
After reading various reviews, the Epson Picturemate Deluxe as well as it's counterpart, the standard Picturemate (without the viewer)seemed to top most categories. I bought the deluxe version and was absolutely impressed.
This is really a great printer. I actually used it without connecting to the pc and it works like a charm. It does tend to cut more of the top and bottom than I would like, but that's a 4x6 for ya. My camera takes great pics and it's really nice to see all that resolution come to life.
I don't have the battery for it, but will get it soon. I might want to take this baby with me on a trip. The viewer is great and it allows you to crop your image. So if your pic is being cut too much or more than you'd like, you can select crop and move it to allow more of the top or bottom. It also allows zooming which turned out great on many of my pics. Though, I did notice some degredation the more zoomed in I was which is understandable.
I still love film, but this digital business is quite the competitor, especially when your prints look like they came from a lab.
Another great thing Epson came up with is to sell the ink with the glossy paper. It high quality paper (100 sheets)and will last you about the length of the supply of ink. For me, it's actually made 130 prints on one cartridge, though I think that's unusual. I had to go buy the paper which was rather expensive, about 17 bucks for the same 4x6. Oh well...
I highly reccomend. I've used Epson in the past and am glad I went with it again. (...)
Perfect! December 5, 2005
Philip J. Pollina (Long Island, NY USA)
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
My wife had been nagging me to print out the thousands of digital pictures I have taken, so I figured I try this little thing out. I have a large format Epson as well as a couple of HP photosmarts, but as everyone who prints knows, it is a real hassle to fire them up and get prints. This little gadget easily and quickly makes 4x6's better than I have ever seen, including the local photolab. Bright, clear, sharp, and glossy. Unlike the previous reviewer, I have had no problem printing right from my 1 gig sd card.
A no-headache piece of equipment. August 9, 2005
David Difuntorum (Chicago. Find it on a map, man.)
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.
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