Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Epson PictureMate 100
Posted by Chris Gohlke in "HARDWARE" @ 01:00 AM
"Epson's latest photo printer is based on the excellent PictureMate 500 but cuts features in order to slash costs by half. Most noticeable is the fixed, tiny LCD monitor instead of a large flip-up screen and a hashed menu system. Photo quality is still excellent and it retains support for wireless and battery-operated printing, but the PictureMate 100's unintuitive menu system and small monitor are a real disappointment. If you can live with these shortcomings, you should be very happy with the printer's water and smudge-proof photos that will stay brilliant for years longer than any other digital printing option. If you can stretch your budget, the PictureMate 500 is a much more user-friendly product."
For the budget conscious, this appears to be a nice alternative to the more expensive 500 model. Nice to see that the cuts made to the product to get the price down did not involve the one really important thing - photo quality.
For the budget conscious, this appears to be a nice alternative to the more expensive 500 model. Nice to see that the cuts made to the product to get the price down did not involve the one really important thing - photo quality.
