Sony DPPEX50 Digital Photo Printer

Sony Digital Photo Printer DPP-EX50

DPPEX50 Digital Photo Printer Review, by Dan Littman June 25, 2004

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• Reviewed by: robertbossio

  Strengths: Great output

  Weaknesses: Cheaper to get printout from the pharmacy, no Mac support at all.

  Overall: This is a great toy to have when you have the family over and want to printout a picture right away. The output is as good as getting it done at a local pharmacy. But, it comes at a price. When you consider that you can only get the picture paper (25 sheets) with an ink cartridge at $18 with taxes (I guess the ink cartridge only has enouph print "stuff" - ink and glossy - to print the 25 sheets that comes in the bundle), you're paying about 72 cents per print. You can go to your local pharmacy and get digital picture printouts for about 35 cents per print, on average. That makes printing your pictures at home ALLOT more expensive. Bottom line, if you can wait to take your digital media to a pharmacy, save your money. On the other hand, if you want to be able to print that one picture you really want to give to your visiting aunt, this is a great way to do it. The picture quality far exceeds standard ink-jet output, even with photo paper. Also, if you're a Mac user, forget about using this printer with your PC. There's no support that I can find. But, it has slots for all the major memory media types (flash, SD/MMC, Memory Stick) so you don't even need to connect it to a PC (although it would be nice!).

• Reviewed by: Ogdenous

  Strengths: Design, Print Color and Quality, TV hookup, CF card reader for the Pros, fairly fast

  Weaknesses: 7.5 lbs, be nice if it could do larger format, no remote for TV, no ink or paper included

  Overall: This is a must have for home printing. You can plug it into your TV, edit the photo and print it. I use a Canon EOS Digital Rebel and found this printer to print the best quality over other vendors I have seen. The Sub Dye printing is what makes it very clear and vivid. You need to get a USB cable and buy the paper/ink packs which are reasonably price the more you buy. I like the feature to show on the TV when family comes over. I would have liked a remote control feature, but I guess that will be in the next model.