Epson Stylus Photo R1900 Review: Shutterbug’s Delight

Things that a serious photographer would look for in a photo printer might include large-format output, fast printing speed, a good price, and gorgeous, long-lasting prints. The Epson Stylus Photo R1900 delivers on all of these. It's a near-perfect choice for avid amateurs or professionals on a budget-if you can get over one little glitch.

The R1900 can print photos at sizes up to 13 by 44 inches, on a variety of standard and art papers. Its prints (especially in monochrome) were magnificent. It took a respectable 56 seconds for each 4-by-6 on our tests and 1:43 for each 8-by-10. It's optimized for glossy printing, and uses vibrant and durable pigment inks (seven ink colors plus a gloss optimizer cartridge). Epson claims a print lifetime of 300 years in an album and 200 years framed behind glass.

Its frequent paper jams in manual feed, compounded by incorrect recovery instructions, were a headache. Yet if you're looking for a printer to speedily output gorgeous, large-format prints that should last for generations, the R1900 should head your short list.

Epson Stylus Photo R1900 Review
Price range: $549

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Fuji Xerox DocuPrint C3290 FS Review: Multifunction Color laser

Recently Fuji Xerox just launches new multifunction color laser for small office through DocuPrint C3290 FS. This product suited to do many duties because can do a printing office all at once with scan and fax process. Documents scan process also can be share directly to a number of acceptors at the same time so that more efficient.

From its design, DocuPrint C3290 FS gives quite a lot of button but it informative function categorizing makes navigation seen compact. A 4 line LCD is function as information or multifunction status for various menu and toner indicator. Even included a business product but this 41 kg product is including multifunction laser which economizing in electrics consuming (500 watts) compared to model as of its class.

For print processing, DocuPrint C3290 FS uses MIPS 400MHz and ARM Twin (ARM9 150MHz x2) processor with 256MB standard memory which able to be added again becomes 768MB. Because this processor, DocuPrint C3290 FS print performance is assuring enough where reaching 20ppm for color printing and 30ppm for monochrome.

Besides for print, C3290 FS can also sends or receives facsimile rapidly. Thanks to modern Super G3 with 33,6Kbps speed.

Besides documents, photo print quality from this multifunction also makes surprise because of Emulation Aggregation High Quality (EA-HG) technology which ecological friendly. Particle from toner will be processed so that more compactly and gives detail and smooth print result. Besides, Direct Transfer Imaging Technology also assists the text print result, sharper graphic and minimizes the mechanical damage because this process don’t need many component movement in printer.

From scan side, multifunction is giving easiness by giving format XDW (DocuWork Format), PDF, TIFF, JPEG, or Multipage TIFF option choose. After scanning the documents, printer will ask at user is it will kept through computer or sends directly to email or also directly print to printer.

One interesting feature from DocuPrint C3290 FS is Auditron function which giving easiness and flexibility in multifunction uses setting through network so that administrator task thus more efficient. Secure Print feature also good for secret documents print by saves temporary process at memory, then printer will print after confirmed by user through printer control panel.

As a whole, Fuji Xerox DocuPrint C3290 FS can present innovation and technology which required by SoHo community. The price maybe rather expensive but with various applicative facilities of course becomes an advantage. Quality and good print speed also becomes greatest factor from this multifunction.

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Canon Pixma mini320 Review: This Mini Printer Looms Large

This printer may be called mini, but in the small format printer space, it’s anything but. The Canon Pixma mini320 is larger than the unit it replaces (the Pixma mini260), which in turn was larger than many other small-format photo printers. The mini320 lets you print at sizes up to 5-by-7 and 4-by-8, and its performance isn’t small, either: It churns out quality prints in a hurry.

The only flaws I saw in its output were a slight tint in a monochrome print and a tendency for some straight lines to have wiggly edges. More troubling is that the prints scratched easily. Its average speed of 47 seconds per 4-by-6-inch print in our test suite is quite fast.

The cost per photo using Canon’s Photo Plus Glossy paper is a fairly high 31.5 cents. Cheaper paper can cut that to 28 cents, but you may not be happy with the results.

The mini320’s speed, quality, and choice of paper sizes make it a fine option, but I wish the photos were more scratch-resistant and that the price per photo was lower with high-quality papers.

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Price Range: $179.99 direct
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HP Photosmart A526 Compact Photo Printer Review: Print Panoramas On the Cheap

Bargain-price small-format photo printers don’t offer much beyond the basics. In this the HP Photosmart A526 is typical. Output quality is iffy, speed is average, cost per print is on the high side of acceptable, and its 2.4-inch LCD is underwhelming. It has one big selling point, though: It prints larger-than-standard sizes—namely, 4-by-8 and 4-by-12 panoramas.

At 5.4 by 8.9 by 4.6 inches (HWD) and 2.7 pounds, the A526 is highly portable. There’s no battery option, so you have to print within reach of an outlet. In terms of performance the A526 did pretty well. It averaged 1 minute 24 seconds per 4-by-6. Its cost per print is 29.2 cents, based on a print pack containing enough ink and paper for 120 photos.

In terms of output, prints were mostly of drugstore quality, but darker details tended to blend into shadows. HP claims a long lifetime for the prints (200 years in albums, 50 years under glass), and they’re water- and scratch-resistant.

While the A526 is a perfectly capable small-format photo printer, it simply doesn’t live up to the high standards of its more expensive siblings. Still, if you’re on a tight budget and want to print panoramas, the A526 is worth a look.

HP Photosmart A526 Compact Photo Printer Review
Price Range: $99.99 direct
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Epson PictureMate Zoom Review:A Small,Fast Photo Printer

The best small-format dedicated photo printers are fast, with good output quality and large LCDs for previewing photos. The Epson PictureMate Zoom brings something extra, building on its sibling—the Editors’ Choice PictureMate Dash—by adding a DVD reader/CD-RW burner that lets you print from optical discs and archive photos to CD. This flourish garners the Zoom an Editors’ Choice of its own for high-end small-format photo printers.

The Zoom makes burning photo CDs easy. Insert a memory card, press the Save to CD button, and follow the instructions on the LCD. You can even print an index sheet with thumbnails of the photos on the disc. The printer will organize new sets of photos that you copy to the disc into folders.

As befitting their names, the Zoom tied the Dash as the fastest small-format printer we’ve tested, averaging 42 seconds per 4-by-6 on our test suite and ranging from 38 to 49 seconds when printing from USB key, digital camera, memory card, or computer. All of my test prints with the Zoom were of true photo quality, a match for drugstore prints. Cost per print is just 25.3 cents per glossy photo—the lowest price per print for any dedicated small-format photo printer, comparable to the cost of photos printed on the spot at drugstore chains.

Epson claims a 200-year lifetime for photos in dark storage (albums) and 96 years framed behind glass. The test prints proved both water resistant and scratch resistant.

The Zoom is a hefty 6.6 pounds and measures 9.9 by 9.1 by 6.5 inches (HWD), but an attached handle helps you lug it, and an optional battery ($49.99) lets you print anywhere. The Zoom’s portability, speed, print quality, and optical drive add up to a compelling choice.

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Price Range: $199.99 direct
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DocuPrint C1110 Review: Xerox Hot Laser Printer

Fuji Xerox opens this year by launching its newest colour laser printer, Fuji Xerox C1110. This is the printer which directly grabs consumer heart in Asia.

In Singapore, Xerox sell thousands unit of printer and sold out in one month only. So also with the sale in other Asia countrys, like Taiwan and Korea.

Printer DocuPrint C1110 has standard dimension, which is 400 x 445 x 389 milimeters. Its measure still bigger compared to Samsung CLP 300 which has 391x264x342 mm dimension.

Fuji Xerox has applied technology which detach between drums and toner. Its Emulsion Aggregation Toner Technology from Fuji Xerox claimed can do material thrift until 60 %. This technology also facilitates prints operation.

The toner consisted of four parts: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. Its measure is very small, equal to tooth paste box size. It places is in the right side and easy to be unloaded for replacement of toner. Every toner can be applied to print until 2000 pages of A4.

This printer applies processor which can be said have height clock speed in its class, that is 333 MHz. So also with its memory: 128 and 640 MB.

Maybe, it’s the reason that makes printer can print swiftly. Fuji Xerox claims that this printer can print with speed until 16 pages per minute (ppm).

It mean, DocuPrint C1110 is quicker compared to Hewlett-Packard Color Laser Jet 1600 which only can print 8 ppm or Hewlett-Packard CLJ 2605 which printing with speed of 12 ppm. Only Samsung CLP 300 which can equal to its speed.

But, maximum resolution owned by it is bigger compared to Samsung CLP 300. Samsung resolution only reaches 2400 x 600 dots per inch (dpi), while DocuPrint C1110 is 9600 x 600 dpi.

Other excellence compared to Samsung CLP 300 is the USB 2.0 connectivity. This Printer is also has supported Ethernet 10/100 network connection.

DocuPrint 1110 monthly work load capacities is including superior among its class printer. Their works capacity is 40 thousand pages. Just compares it to HP CLJ 2605 which only have 35 thousand pages.

DocuPrint C1110 Review
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