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With one-touch printing, PictureMate is having a personal photo lab at home. As low as 24 cents per print, printing is as affordable as the lab, and about half the cost of other 4x6 dedicated photo printers. PictureMate photos will last longer than all the alternatives available today about 2 to 4 times longer than photo lab prints. Trust photos to PictureMate designed to fit any schedule. Get incredible color and detail with every photo using a unique 6-color pigment ink system and up to 5760x1440 optimized dpi. Print a brilliant 4x6 photo in as fast as 80 seconds. Crop and automatically resize lnput paper tray up to 20 sheets of PictureMate Photo Paper Capacity Water and smudge proof photos for worry-free handling 4x6 printers up to 25 times longer APrints stacks of lab quality photos at a remarkabley low everyday price as low as 24 cents per print Water and smudge resistant - Displayed photos resist fading as much as 2 to 4 times longer than the leading photo lab brands, and about 4 to 20 times 5760 x 1440 optimized dpi (dots per inch) Minimum lnk Droplet Size 4x6 True BorderFree prints Built-in Memory Card Slots - Compatible with popular camera memory cards - CompactFlash Type l and ll, Secure Digital (SD) (mini SD card with optional adapter required), MMC, Memory Stick (including PR0, Duo, MagicGate), SmartMedia, Microdrive, xD-Picture Card PictBridge and USB Direct Print-enabled digital cameras USB connection for external CD-R/RW drives; Zip drives (750, 250, & 100MB), Flash memory (USB Thumb drives) 0perating Systems - Windows 98SE, 2000, Me and XP, Macintosh System 9.x, 0S X 10.2-10.3 Bonus Software lncluded - Epson Software Film Factory 3.05 (PC and Macintosh compatible, P.l.M. and Exif Print-enabled) Unit Size (when printing) - 10.0 x 12.0 x 6.4 / Weight - 5.5 pounds Box Content - PictureMate Express Edition, Paper and cartridge for 20 4x6 inch photos, Power supply, Q

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You've got a high performance digital camera. Now it's time to bring those photos into the world, with an easy-to-use, versatile, and affordable photo printer. With the touch of a button, you can print lab quality photos that look and feel like lab prints.

Take a closer look at the PictureMate Express Printer's functions.

With its unique six-color pigment technology and superior high resolution, the PictureMate Express produces rich, vibrant colors and beautiful skin tones. You can also print your photos in black and white or sepia tones, with classic borders or borderless. 0r, print handy wallet sizes. You can even crop and resize your photos. All this without having to turn on your computer. Print straight from your camera's USB interface (the PictureMate Express supports the PictBridge direct printing standard), or use the printer's memory card slot to print 4 x 6 photos in just 80 seconds. The PictureMate also supports all popular memory cards. Plus, you can use the 'Save Photo' button for easy one touch backup of digital files directly to an external CD-R, Zip drive or USB thumb drive.

The PictureMate Express is also designed for economy and high print quality. Your photos will be water, smudge and fade proof--lasting as much as two to four times longer than leading brands of photo lab prints. ln fact, using the PictureMate cartridge and PictureMate paper, prints can last up to 200 years in archival sleeves in album storage. And, for the first time ever, print your 4 x 6 photos at home for a cost comparable to many retail photo labs -- at about 29 cents per print, you can print to your heart's content. Using a unique six-color pigment ink system, you'll get incredible color and detail with every photo. The printer supports up to 5760 x 1440 optimized DPl (dots per inch) resolution.

Note: A USB cable is not included with the Epson PictureMate Express.

What's in the Box
PictureMate Express Edition, paper and cartridge for 20 4' x 6' photos, power supply, quick start booklet and software CD.


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Buyer's feedback: - * Great quality great printer for NOPC printing direct from camera ...
Ready to print on the go?! This is the camera for you. Great for parties and family gatherings where you can just plug your camera into the unit and print away.

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Buyer's feedback: - toy printer
The Epson picture mate does a good job of printing anything 4 x 6. It is the only size it prints no matter what the size of your image. If you seriously want to print photos, this is not the printer for you. If you want to play with some photos, this will work.

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Buyer's feedback: - * great product but is it worth the price? ...
: PictureMate Deluxe Viewer Edition takes the personal photo lab one step further, making it even easier to view, edit and print glossy 4" x 6" photos. It measure 6 by 10 by 6 inches (HWD), weighs 5.5 pounds, and has a handle. The Deluxe Viewer Edition also has a battery option. Setup is just as easy as with the original. Simply slide the single six-color ink cartridge--with cyan, yellow, magenta, black, red, and blue inks--into the slot in the back, load the photo paper, connect the power cord, and you're ready to print from a camera, external CD or ZIP drive, a USB memory key, or any type of memory card, although you'll need an adapter for miniSD cards and some Memory Stick formats. To print from your computer, the only additional steps are to connect by USB cable and run the automated install program. You can also add Epson's optional Bluetooth adapter for wireless printing.

It takes about 1 minute 19 seconds to 1:45 for each photo, whether printed from a computer, memory card, or camera.

It uses ink and paper, which means the photos for the Deluxe Viewer Edition are also waterproof and smear-proof even immediately after printing, and they cost only 29 cents per print. Now this is the kicker, it is cheaper to print them at Sam's Club for 12 cents per print, so I only purchased this because I can take it to scrap meets and print what I need when I need it. My other photos I send to Sam's Club or even Wal-Mart for nearly the same price of 12 cents. This is more of a convince thing for me. I purchased this mode for only 24.99 at Target where it normally retailed for 199.00 but it was on super clearance. This is what you have to weigh in on, convince for the price or what your pocket book can handle. It has come in handy for me at times and the prints come out nicely so it is a tossup for people on a budget!

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Buyer's feedback: - Cartridges don't last
I am happy with this printer as long as the cartridge is new...I'm only getting about 40 good pictures from each cartridge. I have completed all the maintenance, but I cannot use the pictures that are printing. I'm considering a new printer purchase - and it won't be an Epson!

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Buyer's feedback: - * no flip-up lcd ...
from the specs, it apprears the only real difference between this and the slightly more expensive "picture mate deluxe viewer edition personal photo lab" is the deluxe viewer. this model doesn't have one as far as i can tell.

is that worth the difference in price? probably, because being able to look at your photos in the printer before you print them is a big asset in a printer that can print directly from a memory card. i guess you could preview them in-camera, but then you'd be wasting battery charge. sort of defeats the purpose if you ask me.

on the plus side, to get epson quality for such a low price--the printer costs a little over 1/2 as much as an ink cartridge--is a fantastic value for the money. i own the deluxe model (see my review there) and i'm generally happy with it, although the faults of that one are well-documented: clogging ink, cropped edges, borders unless perfectly aligned, limited to one print size, etc.

Still, if everything is the same except for lcd, than this model is an excellent, maybe even unbelievable, deal at this price. you probably can't get better quality prints for less, but you can almost certainly pay more. i'd definitely give this as a gift (and look like i spent a whole lot more than i did), but for myself, it made more sense to get the viewer version.

if you really want "pro" photos or multiple print sizes, you're gonna need to get a high-end printer, but for stunning hi-contrast snapshots at better-than-drugstore quality in the comfort of your own home, the PictureMate series comes through.