Customer Reviews
Absolutely great portable printer!
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!
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
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 4×6′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 4×6 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 4×6. Oh well…
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 4×6. Oh well…
I highly reccomend. I’ve used Epson in the past and am glad I went with it again. (…)
Perfect!
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 4×6′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.
Defective on arrival but now a happy customer
July 14, 2005: I was very excited about purchasing this printer for my 26,000 photo collection shot with my Canon 10D & 20D, however the unit Amazon shipped me had a bad yellow print head. I ran through all the manufacturer steps to clean the print heads but to no avail. I also got a pack of paper/ink and tried the other ink cartridge. Still no luck. 20 sheets of nozzle tests and no yellow after numerous head cleanings. The pictures I did print were very sharp and the paper had a nice shine but because of bad yellow print head, they were all bluish purple in appearance. Yuck! I have packed it up and will be shipping it back to Amazon for a replacement. I will report back if I get a working unit when Amazon sends out the replacement unit.
July 19, 2005: I sent back the unit on July 15, 2005 via an Amazon directed UPS pickup and they are now showing they have received the defective unit and shipping next day saver the replacement unit at no cost. It’s nice they are shipping a new unit next day but they could have used a faster shipping method to retrieve it. I am a Prime member.
July 20, 2005: The replacement printer is here! I immediately unboxed it and ran the nozzle print test. All 6 colors showed up. I was happy! Then I hooked it up to my Mac that had the previous printer driver install and became frustrated. It would not print and claimed it couldn’t communicate with the printer. I tried two different USB cables (the printer does not come with one). Both failed. ARGH! I was seriously scratching my head wondering if I got another bum printer. Then I said “What the heck” and uninstalled the printer drivers and reinstalled them. Walla! Working PictureMate and boy does it work! The print outs are beautiful whether from iPhoto or Photoshop. So much nicer than the ink jet 4x6s from my Canon S900 using the special high end Canon Photo Pro Glossy — much cheaper too. I printed out 20 photos which took about 30 minutes (its not a speed demon) and compared them to photolab prints of the same photos. They compare nicely if not better. The paper feels firm and the colors are bright.
All in all, I feel satisfied with my purchase now that I have a working unit. Amazon handled the return of the defective printer in a timely manner even though I was a little impatient for my new camera toy. For some reason I cannot change the “Star” rating of my review. I would now bring it up to 5. This is a recommended purchase.
A no-headache piece of equipment.
I’m a commercial photographer ([...]) 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 4×6 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.
Best Portable Photo Printer Ever Made!
The discontinued Epson PictureMate Deluxe Viewer Edition Photo Printer is by far the finest consumer portable photo printer ever made (as of the this writing Thursday, July 12, 2007). Using a complex pigment 6-ink system these amazing prints are long-lasting, fade, water, and smudge proof! The 4×6 prints come out perfectly borderless and with amazing color after pushing a couple of buttons. Compared to the HP line, the Epson prints are simply superior, especially dark colors and overall contrast. If you use a digital camera 3 megapixels or higher, these prints easily rival developed photographs from film. I do give the HP line a better score for overall build and engineering, with features such as a metal carrying handle. I give this product 5 stars due to its overall output quality. Sifting through a folder of 500 prints is slow, and the unit might not recognize your memory card if its too big. Working around the slow user interface, the unit quickly becomes a friendly and powerful printing tool. Epson’s latest offerings (Snap) should be avoided since they are inferior to this discontinued product which can still be found at a great price. I recommend finding this older one and buying up the older ink kits and accessories such as the battery and carrying case. With any luck Epson will go back to where they once were, and release a version of this unit that can also print 5×7′s.
Excellent price, prints excellent photos
We recently bought this printer, and have been very pleased with the product. It prints very hight quality photos, and has a lot of editing options available, so you don’t have to go to your computer first to edit. One drawback is, when we use a 1 gigabyte jmp drive, it searches the whole thing for photos, and this can take a while. At first we thought it wasn’t working, but it found all the photos, even searching all the subdirectories.
The printer is very easy to set up and very versatile, given that it prints up to 4×6 inch photos. So far, we’re quite happy with it.
Great printer!!
The quality is fantastic. Only complaint is that the printer is a little slow. Otherwise, it’s simple to use, the colors do not smear and photo resolution is very close to any photo development center.
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