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Summary: High Quality Photos, Hard to work with
Comment: This printer spits out some beautiful prints, at about $1.60 per page between the paper and ink.
All of the cool options shown in the catalog, like index prints, are only done from a flash card. The flash card only holds one high quality picture from my Minolta Dimage 7, so that holds me back.
To get sizes, etc. I have to input my photos into word and then send to print, a bit annoying and problematic when it comes to exact sizes of prints.
Too bad the port for a memory card cant hold a larger memory card....
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Summary: Best Affordable Photo Printer on the Market!
Comment: This is the best photo printer I have ever used. I bought the Epson 2000 and returned it because the color and quality wasn't good enough. There is not an ink jet printer on the market that can even come close to matching the quality of prints produced by this printer. I am using the Canon D30 and can produce incredible action shots instantly on this printer without even manipulating the picture. I use Adobe Photoshop 6.0 when I manipulate my pictures. Most of the time I copy the pictures back to a SmartMedia or Compact Flash card and print them from the card. This way I'm not tying up most of the computer's memory and can work on another photo project at the same time. The one thing that I have found is when I copy the picture to a card, the printer only recognizes jpeg files from the PC not the Mac.
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Summary: Awesome photographs!
Comment: I have had this printer for about a month, and I love it! I use it for printing photographs for my clients, I am now ALL digital (I rencently bought the e-10 also). Everyone is amazed that they are from a dye-sub printer... but they love the results and I love being able to work wih my own photos as well as print a variety of sizes in my own home! Most of my portfolio is now from this printer and the e-10.... I have been waiting a long time for a printer like this and when the price dropped ...and the rebate if you bought a camera too, I just couldn't resist and now I am glad I didn't.
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Summary: Will not work with PC card using Sony memory sticks
Comment: If you think that you will be able to use the PC card slot for your Sony memory sticks, you're wrong. This printer will only recognize data files that are 100 dcf, not 100 msdcf, meaning memory stick dcf.
I have spent hours on the phone with Sony and Olympus technical support, and this is their conclusion. Do not buy a Sony camera if your sole consideration is the ability to use the Olympus PC card slot, with Sony memory stick, to view pictures thorugh the LCD screen, it won't work!
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Summary: The FINAL Solution for Home Digital Darkrooms!
Comment: Attention photographers and hobbyists alike! The P-400 will be the last printer you ever need to buy. For the longest time I used a high end HP pronter and photo paper to produce mediocre printed images. Since my purchase of the E-10 (arguably the best digital camera on the market) and the P-400, I've been able to spend more time taking and editing photos and producing better results. The print quality is phenominal. A side by side comparison with an 8x10" from the P-400 and from my local camera store was impossible to disern by family and friends. Most of my personal portfolio now is comprised of images taken with my E-10, edited in Photoshop 6.0 and printed on the P-400.
Summary: High Quality Photos, Hard to work with
Comment: This printer spits out some beautiful prints, at about $1.60 per page between the paper and ink.
All of the cool options shown in the catalog, like index prints, are only done from a flash card. The flash card only holds one high quality picture from my Minolta Dimage 7, so that holds me back.
To get sizes, etc. I have to input my photos into word and then send to print, a bit annoying and problematic when it comes to exact sizes of prints.
Too bad the port for a memory card cant hold a larger memory card....
Customer Rating:
Summary: Best Affordable Photo Printer on the Market!
Comment: This is the best photo printer I have ever used. I bought the Epson 2000 and returned it because the color and quality wasn't good enough. There is not an ink jet printer on the market that can even come close to matching the quality of prints produced by this printer. I am using the Canon D30 and can produce incredible action shots instantly on this printer without even manipulating the picture. I use Adobe Photoshop 6.0 when I manipulate my pictures. Most of the time I copy the pictures back to a SmartMedia or Compact Flash card and print them from the card. This way I'm not tying up most of the computer's memory and can work on another photo project at the same time. The one thing that I have found is when I copy the picture to a card, the printer only recognizes jpeg files from the PC not the Mac.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome photographs!
Comment: I have had this printer for about a month, and I love it! I use it for printing photographs for my clients, I am now ALL digital (I rencently bought the e-10 also). Everyone is amazed that they are from a dye-sub printer... but they love the results and I love being able to work wih my own photos as well as print a variety of sizes in my own home! Most of my portfolio is now from this printer and the e-10.... I have been waiting a long time for a printer like this and when the price dropped ...and the rebate if you bought a camera too, I just couldn't resist and now I am glad I didn't.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Will not work with PC card using Sony memory sticks
Comment: If you think that you will be able to use the PC card slot for your Sony memory sticks, you're wrong. This printer will only recognize data files that are 100 dcf, not 100 msdcf, meaning memory stick dcf.
I have spent hours on the phone with Sony and Olympus technical support, and this is their conclusion. Do not buy a Sony camera if your sole consideration is the ability to use the Olympus PC card slot, with Sony memory stick, to view pictures thorugh the LCD screen, it won't work!
Customer Rating:
Summary: The FINAL Solution for Home Digital Darkrooms!
Comment: Attention photographers and hobbyists alike! The P-400 will be the last printer you ever need to buy. For the longest time I used a high end HP pronter and photo paper to produce mediocre printed images. Since my purchase of the E-10 (arguably the best digital camera on the market) and the P-400, I've been able to spend more time taking and editing photos and producing better results. The print quality is phenominal. A side by side comparison with an 8x10" from the P-400 and from my local camera store was impossible to disern by family and friends. Most of my personal portfolio now is comprised of images taken with my E-10, edited in Photoshop 6.0 and printed on the P-400.
This printer is a wonderful tool for any photographer. The USB interface is really a must when working with large digital files as paralell port transfer can be slow. I've tested out the LCD screen and found it to be useful, but the P-400 works much better when you can edit images on your PC.
If you've invested lots of time and money into digital photography, you owe it to yourself to buy a printer that can produce images worthy of the work. The P-400 is the machine to do so!