Customer Rating: 
Summary: Highly recommend
Comment: Only problem are the print drivers. With free downloadable upgrades through olympus.com, drivers now work well with printer through iphoto (Mac); couldn't get them to perform well with Photoshop. Works well with plug-in camera media cards (best with the smart disks; slower with the sticks -- need PC adapter card for sticks).
Customer Rating:
Summary: An excellent snapshot printer but not for black and white.
Comment: This is an excellent personal photo printer but the P-400 cannot put out a black and white image without a color cast. The color cast is usually a faint green even when the monitor-printer have been fully profiled and the image sent contains only grayscale pixels. This is true when the image is sent as either RGB or CMYK file. The printer seems to lay down CMY layers with its K layer to generate neutral tones between black and white and this must be what gives the black and white images their color cast. Still, for photos I share with friends and family its photographic output can't be beat.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Best Kept Secret In Photo Printers
Comment: This printer is an outstanding photo printer. I am clueless as to why Olympus does not tout the remarkable quality of the prints produced on this printer. I looked at all the photo printers available, extensively read tons of reviews on inkjet, laser and dye sublimitation. The inkjets have improved a lot over the years, but the quality is still inkjet. Lots of ink sprayed on various types of paper produces pixelation and a picture that cannot stand up to the slightest smudge or drop of water. The laser printers were the next best bet, but they didn't seem to have the kind of depth that was needed. With the dye sublimitation, you get a seemless picture that is covered with a protective layer at the end of the printing process.
However, there is a price for that kind of quality. It costs about twice as much as each page printed on any other type of printer, and at this time I think only Olympus makes the paper. Perhaps this is due to some sort of patent law. But, if you want a great picture every time, and are not interested in printing tee shirt transfers, or fridge magnets, this is the printer for you.
A little update, 6 months after purchase, still love this printer, people are always amazed at the quality of prints, you will not be able to tell the difference between the photo lab pics and the pics made from this printer. The PC card slot allows almost all media, but I never use it because a multimedia adapter is always quicker and I never print from just the printer, I always use the computer. Some of my relatives have printers with different slots, but they are so slow it just always seems easier to slide a card reader into a USB slot and just dump the photos. I wouldn't make this an issue though, because camera media will always be changing. Also, it is true that this printer cannot print a true 8x10, so I just leave a hair of white paper around the edge. Besides that though, the printer is still working out great. It would be nice if the price of consumables went down, but at least you know when you print the picture it is going to look like a professional job. Another warning though, this is not a general purpose printer, such as inkjets are, you cannot turn in your expense report on this printer, this is a specialized printer that uses the same dye process that printers costing $1000s use to turn out wonderful photos.
Customer Rating:
Summary: I have them all, and this one is the best!
Comment: This is the be all and end all to digital photomaking. I have Epsons and HP's and have tried just about every printing solution out there. This one outputs the most amazing prints on very durable paper, that will last a long time. I am a cosmetic dentist, and rely on good, fast prints of before and after photos. This does it all right in my office. The consumables (I call them combustibles) are expensive, but professional output is more costly for sure. My wife is a graphic designer and is thrilled with the results as well. Buy this if you want good, fast, archival prints. Works grat with Wndows XP, incedentally.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Will not print desired number of copies
Comment: I have asked Olympus tech support to tell me why this printer will not print the number of copies I send though to the printer. After six weeks, three calls with hour long waits and voice mail messages, I have had no response. Very disappointing. Time to move to Epson.
Summary: Highly recommend
Comment: Only problem are the print drivers. With free downloadable upgrades through olympus.com, drivers now work well with printer through iphoto (Mac); couldn't get them to perform well with Photoshop. Works well with plug-in camera media cards (best with the smart disks; slower with the sticks -- need PC adapter card for sticks).
Color is equally as nice from my 2.1 MP Olympus camera as it is with my 5 MP Sony camera.
Customer Rating:
Summary: An excellent snapshot printer but not for black and white.
Comment: This is an excellent personal photo printer but the P-400 cannot put out a black and white image without a color cast. The color cast is usually a faint green even when the monitor-printer have been fully profiled and the image sent contains only grayscale pixels. This is true when the image is sent as either RGB or CMYK file. The printer seems to lay down CMY layers with its K layer to generate neutral tones between black and white and this must be what gives the black and white images their color cast. Still, for photos I share with friends and family its photographic output can't be beat.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Best Kept Secret In Photo Printers
Comment: This printer is an outstanding photo printer. I am clueless as to why Olympus does not tout the remarkable quality of the prints produced on this printer. I looked at all the photo printers available, extensively read tons of reviews on inkjet, laser and dye sublimitation. The inkjets have improved a lot over the years, but the quality is still inkjet. Lots of ink sprayed on various types of paper produces pixelation and a picture that cannot stand up to the slightest smudge or drop of water. The laser printers were the next best bet, but they didn't seem to have the kind of depth that was needed. With the dye sublimitation, you get a seemless picture that is covered with a protective layer at the end of the printing process.
However, there is a price for that kind of quality. It costs about twice as much as each page printed on any other type of printer, and at this time I think only Olympus makes the paper. Perhaps this is due to some sort of patent law. But, if you want a great picture every time, and are not interested in printing tee shirt transfers, or fridge magnets, this is the printer for you.
A little update, 6 months after purchase, still love this printer, people are always amazed at the quality of prints, you will not be able to tell the difference between the photo lab pics and the pics made from this printer. The PC card slot allows almost all media, but I never use it because a multimedia adapter is always quicker and I never print from just the printer, I always use the computer. Some of my relatives have printers with different slots, but they are so slow it just always seems easier to slide a card reader into a USB slot and just dump the photos. I wouldn't make this an issue though, because camera media will always be changing. Also, it is true that this printer cannot print a true 8x10, so I just leave a hair of white paper around the edge. Besides that though, the printer is still working out great. It would be nice if the price of consumables went down, but at least you know when you print the picture it is going to look like a professional job. Another warning though, this is not a general purpose printer, such as inkjets are, you cannot turn in your expense report on this printer, this is a specialized printer that uses the same dye process that printers costing $1000s use to turn out wonderful photos.
Customer Rating:
Summary: I have them all, and this one is the best!
Comment: This is the be all and end all to digital photomaking. I have Epsons and HP's and have tried just about every printing solution out there. This one outputs the most amazing prints on very durable paper, that will last a long time. I am a cosmetic dentist, and rely on good, fast prints of before and after photos. This does it all right in my office. The consumables (I call them combustibles) are expensive, but professional output is more costly for sure. My wife is a graphic designer and is thrilled with the results as well. Buy this if you want good, fast, archival prints. Works grat with Wndows XP, incedentally.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Will not print desired number of copies
Comment: I have asked Olympus tech support to tell me why this printer will not print the number of copies I send though to the printer. After six weeks, three calls with hour long waits and voice mail messages, I have had no response. Very disappointing. Time to move to Epson.