By
David Bénard,
published on October 2, 2008
Source: Tom's Guide | Keywords: photo, printers, pictures | Themes: Digital Cameras
Source: Tom's Guide | Keywords: photo, printers, pictures | Themes: Digital Cameras
Contents
- 1. Presenting The Options
- 2. The Selected Models
- 3. For The Beach: Canon Selphy CP770
- 4. Just for fun: Sony DPP-FP95
- 5. More Than a Pretty Face: HP PhotoSmart A826
- 6. Strong All Around: Epson PictureMate 290
- 7. How Much Does That All Cost?
- 8. Which Printer Should You Choose?
- 9. What We Like / What We Don’t Like
- 10. Departing from the competition: the Polaroid PoGo
- 11. More on this topic
8. Which Printer Should You Choose?
If we have to pick a winner in this comparison, which printer would it be? Actually, two models stand out: the Epson PictureMate 290 and the Sony DPP-FF95.
In the one corner we have a device with excellent performance and very precise image rendering, but which sells for a relatively high price. In the other corner, we have a well-rounded printer, capable of printing your vacation photos as well as more fun images. In this case, the advantage goes to the Epson, despite its higher price, for its retouching options and its ability to burn your images to CD.
Coming in behind these two, the HP Photosmart A826 remains a sure value. As for the all-new Canon Selphy CP7700, it’s tempting, but it ultimately disappoints when it comes to colors.
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1. You forgot to mention one important advantage offered by printers that use solid ink with thermal sublimation: photos are said to last for 100 years (that means no color deterioration due to sunlight!), they are protected by the 4th and final laminating layer against water spills and fingerprints (yes, that's right)!
Don't know if it's really 100 years, but the fingerprint "protection" alone makes it a sweet deal.
2. The Epson and HP models aren't exactly portable. They are actually big if you compare them with Sony and Canon, and especially the Polaroid (WOW). A better term would be dedicated photo printers, in my opinion.
3. The Sony FP95 tops at no.2 regarding print time and you call it "mediocre printing time"? If that's true, then what about the others? You haven't even mentioned their performance, except for giving us the values.
I don't want to tell you how to do your job, but if you use only "mediocre" and not "worst" or "best/second-best" use it for the lowest performer.
Sorry Tom, I really am...
I have to say I was expecting an answer from the author, but now I don't thik it really matters. Shortly after my first comment I decided to look into the printers in detail. The HP A626 you talk about in the articke is actualy a A826.
How did you manage to get the name right in the image slideshow? http://www.tomsguide.com/us/slides [...] -jpg-.html
Big thumbs down!