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Does the convenience make up for the expense.You will have to decide for yourself. Love the convenience, the quality, portability, ease of use. However, one can only print about 20 photos before the ink cartridge gets low, so it is not economical.
I had to clean the heads everytime, and that wasted ink. When I replaced the fairly new print pack with another new one, nothing changed.
This was, in the long run, a waste of money. The error will not go away, and the printer is useless.
I liked this printer at first. After about two years, the printer displayed an error that the print pack had to be replaced.
I am very disapppointed in Epson, and I will not even consider buying another. The quality is very good.
Still, I liked the convenience.
I think they charge way too much for replacement ink and paper, but that's another issue. These are expensive toys, and I'm sure I will never get the cost per print down to drug store prices, but it is awfully convenient and makes a dandy print. It is fast, and the colors are sharp. I bought this to replace the Kodak Easy Share printer I bought with my camera. I would certainly recommend this product. This Epson model is great for me. That printer died just after the warranty expired. It does almost everything better than the Kodak model.
I don't print all my pictures on this but sometimes you want some right away and it's perfect for that. I researched a lot of photo printers and this one had good reviews for the price. I am just an amateur photographer and it works well for me. I would recommend this to anyone. I didn't want to spend a lot of money for one. The pictures are good quality.
It is also easy to set up and easy to use. When I printed directly from my camera's memory card, everything worked fine.
So printing from photo editing software may be hit or miss depending on the compatibility of this printer and the software programs you have. When I hooked the printer up to my computer and printed from Photoshop and other applications, sometimes the image didn't print out the way it appeared on the screen.
I've only printed 20 pictures on this little printer but it works pretty well so far. Maybe it would be fine on a newer computer but it's slow on mine (iMac G5, 1.8 GHz, 1.25 GB DDR SDRAM).
But printing right from the PictureMate printer was easy and convenient. I like the printer itself and the photos are very good quality.
The software that came with it (that you install on your computer) runs very slowly.
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