Canon Selphy DS810 - Review @ PrinterSpot
PrinterSpot’s Marc Frochtzweig has posted a review of the Canon Selphy DS810, a three-colors compact inkjet photo printer with wireless support, PictBridge, memory card slots, and a 2.5″ LCD Screen.
“With only three inks, the DS810 produces good images compared with printers in its class but won’t match output from most other printers with more inks. Overall the DS810 is a decent compact inkjet printer, though models offered by other manufacturers can produce the same quality prints for less money. It’s also worth looking at compact dye-sub models (like Canon’s CP710), which have better-looking — and cheaper — prints.”
Canon iP6220D - Review @ ITReviewsUK
ITReviewsUK has posted a review of the Canon iP6220D, a twin cartridge inkjet printer with USB 2.0 port, PictBridge, Memory Card Slot, Infrared receiver and 2.5″ LCD Screen.
“Print speed is very acceptable, taking 2 minutes and 45 seconds to print an A4 borderless photo and one minute 13 seconds to print a 6 x 4-inch borderless photo. The print quality met the usual high standard that we expect from Canon. The build quality is a bit flimsy and the front cover and card reader flaps can smack into each other if you’re not careful, but when you consider the features, speed and price that’s a minor problem.”
Photo Printing Tips at PopPhoto.com
Popular Photography & Imaging’s Aimee Baldridge has published 20 very usefull tips on getting good photo printing result. Here’s one of them;
” When should I use glossy paper and when matte?
Glossy papers can make colors look more vibrant and give black-and-white photos a broader apparent tonal range. The way that light reflects off a glossy surface makes blacks look blacker. Glossy papers are also good for photos that will be handled instead of displayed, since they’re often more durable, though they show fingerprints.For aesthetics, many serious printers prefer fine art papers with a matte finish; these also minimize reflections when framed. If you’re using a matte paper to print b&w, you’ll get the best results with a color ink set that includes a “matte black”—which you may have to swap with a “photo black” cartridge—or a custom monochrome ink set with four or more inks. The wider range of black ink densities will compensate for the loss of the reflectivity of glossy paper. If you want to use very thick matte papers, get a printer with a straight paper path that won’t damage your media.”
Olivetti MY_WAY Photo Printer
Olivetti MY_WAY Photo Printer in a portable ink-jet photographic printer with PictBridge compatibility for use with digital cameras without a PC, Bluetooth compatibility for wireless printing even from cellphones, and the capability of printing your photos from a memory card. The printer is powered by external power supply 12V or 6 rechargeable batteries (NiMHi) and it comes with a handy car lighter adaptor.
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Sony PictureStation Photo Printers
Sony has recently launched their latest dye-sub photo printers, the DPP-FP55 and the DPP-FP35. The ultra-compact PC-free DPP-FP55 printer not only have SD and MS slots but also a built-in 2-inch display which allowing you to zoom, crop, eliminate red-eye and adjust color contrast - without a computer.
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Canon Launches imagePROGRAF iPF5000
Canon has announced a new printer model that offers 17-inch wide large format prints using 12-color “Lucia” pigmented inks aimed at professionals. The new Canon imagePROGRAF iPF5000 features dual print heads with a total of 30,720 ink nozzles (2,560 nozzles per color), and 12 separate ink tanks, and speed of 3 minutes for a 16.5″ x 23.4″ (A2 sized) print. Canon imagePROGRAF iPF5000 will be available in April 2006 with a retail price of $1,945
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Canon Launches PIXMA MP800R & PIXMA MP830
Canon has announced a new series of All-in-one printers aimed at home users. The new PIXMA MP800 & PIXMA MP830 both have PIXMA MP800 & PIXMA MP830 dpi resolution with five-color Canon ContrastPLUS ink set with separate ink tanks and 3,584 nozzle ink head and the capability to print up to 30 pages per minute in black and white, and 24 pages per minute in color.The difference between the two printers is that The PIXMA MP830 features a built-in fax, PIXMA MP800R offers both wired and wireless (802.11 b/g) networking
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Canon Launches PIXMA Pro9500 and Pro9000
Canon has announced a new series of A3 inkjet printers aimed at professional photographers. The new PIXMA Pro9500 and PIXMA Pro9000 both have A3+ 4800 x 2400 dpi resolution at 3 picolitre drop size. The difference between the two printers is that PIXMA Pro9500 uses a 10-colour pigment ink system and the speed up to 8ppm (colour). While PIXMA Pro9000 uses 8-colour ink system and has a max print speed up to 15 ppm (colour)
Olympus P-11 Photo Printer - Review @ SteveDigicams
SteveDigicams has recently reviewed the Olympus P-11 Photo Printer, a 310 dpi printer with USB and PictBridge connection.
“The P-11 is VERY FAST with an average printing time of just 33 seconds (not counting data transmission time.) This makes it the fastest dye sub printer that we’ve reviewed yet! Most other 4×6″ dye sub printers take anywhere from 60 to 90 seconds per print. Another nice feature is that the prints do not come out of the printer with those pesky tear-off tabs on both ends, they’re 100% borderless and ready to be shared.
The P-11’s print quality is excellent, it’s as close to lab quality as it gets from a home or small business printer. Compared to prints from a HiTi dye sub, the P-11 prints are a little more contrasty but I’m sure they will satisfy today’s digital camera users. The PictBridge direct-print feature is super-handy and the vast majority of new digicams are compatible with it. This means you can take the highly portable P-11 along with you to a party or event and make prints right there without need of a computer. It also elminates the problems of color matching between camera, computer and printer - a major stumbling block for many digital newbies. “
Photo Printing Tips
How Many Pixels Make A Good Print?
One of the more common dilemmas for people is choosing the paper size for printing their photos. Everybody knows that if your digital camera does not produce enough pixels (or actually megapixels) printing its photos on a large paper size will yield poor quality and you will be able to see the actual pixels (also known as pixelation)
So how many megepixels do I really need in order to print on a specific paper size? there is no one right answer for that. The actual quality of the print depends on many factors other than the number of pixels. For example the paper quality itself the printing process that is used the lighting conditions when the photo was taken the photo itself (i.e. portraits are different than scenery) and much more.
