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Sony DPPEX50 Digital Photo Printer

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Pros
Can connect to a TV
Quality dye-sublimation produced photos
Cons
Some photos had a slight orange tone

$49.99 - $89.72
From 2 Merchants

Product Specs

Media Handling
Manual Feed Slot	No
Maximum Number of Input Trays	1
Maximum paper size, height	6.0 inches
Maximum Sheets With All Paper Trays	0
Output Tray Capacity	0
Standard Number of Input Trays	1
Maximum paper size, width	4 inches
Standard input sheet capacity	0
Duplex printing	No

Display
LCD Type	Monochrome

Network
Ethernet	No

Connectivity
Other Interfaces	75 ohms (unbalanced phone jack Video Out PictBridge sync negative) 1 Vp=p
Parallel Port	No
Serial Port	No
USB 1.1	Yes
USB 2.0	No

Platform Support
Operating System Support	Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows 2000

Dimensions
Height	8 inches
Depth	11.5 inches
Width	2.5 inches
Weight	7.5 pounds

General Features
Media slots	CompactFlash Memory Stick
PictBridge compatible	No

Resolutions
Color horizontal resolution	403 x 403

Scanning
Internal scan depth

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What You Should Know about the DPPEX50 Digital Photo Printer

If You Use a Sony Camera, Print Right From Its Memory Stick

This printer can read and write to Sony's proprietary flash memory devices called Memory Sticks, and with an adapter, could also support variants such as Memory Stick Pro, Duo, Pro Duo, and Micro. Few non-Sony devices use Memory Sticks, however, the company is so large that there's still a good chance you might need to read data from one someday.

Reviewed by: robertbossio

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Great output

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

Overall Evaluation: 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

Duration of ownership:

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 Evaluation: 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.