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| | | | | Product Description | | Epson Stylus Pro 4880 - large-format printer - colour - ink-jet | | | | Printer Type | | 17" large-format printer - ink-jet - colour | | | | Dimensions (WxDxH) | | 84.8 cm x
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"easy pic's" 2006-05-16
By Craig Hartup
From out of the box to printing of the first photo took only a few minutes with only a quick glance through the manual. The menue is clearly laid out and easy to follow. It takes about 2 minutes per photo so if you have a lot to print be prepared for a long wait. The picture quality is superb on par with standard film prints with only very slight ghosting on whites in strong sunlight. In all very good results all round from a mid range printer.
"Excellent value for money" 2006-03-26
By Mr. L. Power (UK)
It was effortless to set-up and produced great results from the test shots I used (city scapes, lots of detail, lines and contrasting colours).
It's an excellent follow-up present for anyone who has already bought a camera for their parents - I know my parents don't use theirs as they don't like having to faff around with a PC to print out photos
"Portable Mimic" 2006-02-15
By yampy (UK)
Since its launch in 1991 Lexmark, and its products, have won over 2000 awards and industry accolades from all around the world. One of their secrets of success is that they develope and own the technology in their products, they were the first company to develope and market 4800x1200 dpi (dots per inch) resolutions. With this and several other advances in the industry they have been at the front, with other leaders, in laser and inkjet printers either for the home or office user. They will, in my opinion, continue to grow as long as they keep the consumers interests and input paramount during the design and development of their future products. Bearing this in mind, and already being a Lexmark product user for some number of years when these new all in one photo printers came on to the market well I had to have one. This one, the one I'm about to review, is the Lexmark Portable Photo Printer P315 weighing in at 2.2kgs or 4lbs 13ozs approximately.
Its dimensions are 142mm/5.6inches High x 274mm/10.8inches Width x 211mm/8.3inches Depth which means it is very much a portable printing lab that we have used on many occasion, like taking it with us on some of our many trips up north to see the family. Taking pictures and then being able to print them out at will whenever needed and as many times as you want, without the added expense that you would have at a kiosk or photo printing shop. Each high definition borderless 10x15 cm/4 x 6 inch print only takes 38 seconds when you print in QuickPrint mode, there are three Colour speed modes quick =38 seconds, normal =70 seconds and photo =140 seconds. The really good thing with this printer is that you don't need a PC for it to operate, you can connect it straight to your camera via USB cable from the PictBridge port on the front of the printer.
The other way is via memory card and this printer is compatible with several different memory cards such as Compact Flash I & II, Microdrive, Multimedia Card (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick Pro (<512MB), Memory Card (MS), Smart Media, XD Picture Card (<512) and Memory Stick Duo. There are only two slots on the front of the machine that remarkably take all these memory cards, we only have the Fuji XD Picture Card that is with our camera but have used a memory card from a couple of other cameras and a mobile phone, so it is very versatile indeed. The colour of the printer is mainly dark grey with the top cover being silver. The printer comes in the box with a power supply and line cord, one High Resolution Colour cartridge number 33, a fairly thick multi-language Installation Guide, Lexmark Premium Glossy 10x15cm Photo paper sample pack, Service and Warrantee information. You get 1 years guarantee from Lexmark and the power requirements are 90v AC-270v AC input.
Across the top of the printer there is a retractable carrying handle for portability, a 2.5 inch/ 63mm LCD screen, various buttons that I will describe to you in a minute and a lid that lifts up for you to change ink cartridges, and changing the cartridge is a very simple operation. As soon as you lift the lid,(with the machine turned on), the ink cartridge realigns itself so that you can easily get at it, press a spring loaded lever, lift out the spent cartridge, pop in the new cartridge and then just spring back the lever till it clicks and that's it. On closing the lid the printer resumes its pre-start position and you are ready to go. I have bought a replacement cartridge and photo printing paper just for spare and have not needed to use any more ink just yet but I did run out of the sample paper that came with the printer package, they only give you 5 sheets of 10x15cm/ 4x6inch. I bought these from inkfactory.co.uk and the Premium glossy photo paper, by Jettec, was £9.99 vat included this was for a hundred sheets of 10x15cm/ 4x6 inch.
The ink cartridge, (Lexmark number 33 or 35), was £15.78 including vat now as you will already know you can buy cheaper versions or copies but that is entirely up to you. There is another one you could try called Lexmark High Yield colour Inkjet Cartridge this is for top quality photo printing at £21.51 including vat, but the quality I've got with the cheaper cartridge is good quality anyway. The paper input tray is also on the top of the machine and there is a maximum of 25 sheets at any one time, no output tray so you will need to have it on a flat surface so you won't need to watch them when printing out your prints. On-Board memory is 32MB of SDRAM/Flash 16Mbit. The four position LCD Control display can be used to preview your photos and check the status of the printer it allows you to enhance and edit, crop and rotate, sharpen and adjust the brightness using the buttons next to the display on the control panel. 1. button press for the photo memory, 2. Stop/clear which is for stop that print job, 3.Start.
Number 4. is the power on/off button, 5. this one is a four way arrow cursor with up for scroll through menu options, cropping, and skipping forward through ten pictures at a time. Down is the same as up but skipping backwards through ten pictures at a time on the memory card, press the right arrow cursor to increase the number of prints and to display the next picture on the memory card. left cursor is the opposite of right. Number 6. button is used to change the number of photos you want to print and to change crop sizes. Pressing number 7. will rotate the image in the control panel display 90 degrees counterclockwise to ease viewing, and finally button eight is choose a menu option or choose a displayed photo for printing. Ease of use with this device could not be any easier, the first time I used it was without reading the instructions and I was well happy with the results.
Printing from a memory card is so simple as long as you stick to a few rules, only use one type of memory card at any one time, a small light will light up when the machine is reading the card, insert the card with the makers name uppermost. Some cards have an arrow on them which should be facing the printer on insertion and some have an adapter which should have the gold contacts facing up over. Firstly load up your paper and switch on the machine press the down arrow key to highlight the slide show then you need to press select, the photos will then be displayed for five seconds at a time but you can skip or go back using the arrow keys you can then press stop when you are ready to print your selected photos. The printer, whilst in operation, is extremely smooth and quiet and just seems to glide through the numerous printing jobs given to it. The whole of the under side of the printer is covered with a fixed thin rubber mat, and being thicker in each of the four corners, (feet) helping to dampen any noise.
You have the option to customise your photos before the print takes place, this means you can crop, adjust the brightness, change the number of prints, change print quality or change blank paper size. This way you can select another photo and do something different with it and so on. Pressing print at this stage brings up a preview then press start to begin the printing process. Remember not to remove your memory card until the light, next to the card slot, stops blinking if it is still blinking this means the card is still transmitting data. Printing straight from a digital camera using a USB cable and connecting one end to the camera and the other end to the PictBridge port on the front of the printer. You must refer to your own cameras documentation for step by step instructions on connecting by this method and making sure your camera is set to the correct USB mode. To print a photo in black and white, make sure your memory card is inserted and you are on the menu screen then press select.
Find the photo you want to adjust using the arrow buttons to scroll then press 'Select', press 'Menu', this brings up the photo menu, press the 'Down Cursor Key' until you highlight 'Print Colour' then press the 'Right Cursor Key' till you highlight 'Black & White', press 'Select' then just press 'Start' to print your pictures and they do equal 35mm quality photos. Don't worry if I've complicated it a bit because the manual that comes with the printer is very thorough and tells you a lot more than I have here, for instance cropping a photo is so easily achieved just by following the step by step guide given in the book, the same for adjusting the brightness, viewing a slide show and adjusting the number of prints that you want. Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) on some cameras means that you can specify which photos to print and how many copies before the memory card is removed from the camera.
The factory default settings, which you can easily change back to if you get into trouble, for blank paper size is 4" x 6" are controlled and selected from the 'Menu' display and can be changed to Hagaki Card (100mm x 148mm) or A6 (4.13" x 5.83" or 105mm x 148mm) or even Photo (4" x 6"). Other changes you can make through the 'Menu' display are paper type this is Glossy, Plain and Coated or print quality this is Draft, Normal and Photo, you can also turn the preview display on or off. You have got language settings and power save settings, this is set to 20 minutes by default, lastly there is restoring factory settings which I have already mentioned above. Troubleshooting guides are a plenty in the manual and seem to cover every possible eventuality. Transportation is a doddle as long as you remember to take the power lead with you, and remembering that it will save you money in the long run as you will not need as many memory cards, and they are not cheap, because once you have printed off your pics then you can wipe your memory card clean and use it again.
When I bought the Lexmark Portable Photo Printer P315 it was £54.95 at the beginning of December at pcworld, now it is £79.99 in-store or on-line for a great £59.99 but then you can not get it delivered you have to reserve it on-line and then go and pick it up. Value for money compared to some of the same type of machines on the market must put this printer near to the top of the list as I have yet to fault it, so I have to recommend this product to you if only for the quality of the black and white pictures we have now got of our grand children. Please take the time to search the Lexmark website for any answers to questions that I have not covered. Happy printing.
"Lexmark P315 Photo Printer" 2006-01-04
By E. M. Bundy (Essex)
Excellent product. Very easy to use and the photos are as
good as you would get from Boots etc.,If I can use it - anyone can!!!!!! Compared to other Photo Printers this is really good
value. Looked at others and decided this was the one
for me and I was right.
"Best photo printer ever!!!!" 2005-12-30
By R.P.M. (Northern Ireland (Ulster))
This photo printer is the best photo printer, the pictures are just like a professional has done them. If you want high quality pictures buy this printer.
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"Great... when it works" 2010-04-22
By a reader
I've no idea how this device performs if you use a cable connection to your pc/mac, but if you use wireless it's a nightmare. You turn it on, try and print a document and get the most obscure and innaccurate messages I've seen in a while.
"Printer Offline" - when the printer is turned on and saying it is connected to your network.
"The document failed to print due to an error in the printing system" - er, ok, what is it?
Then when you reboot your PC (Windows 7) or Mac (Snow Leopard) your documents all print.
Thanks HP! Did you actually test this?
"Avoid this printer" 2010-02-16
By Bullitt (Yorkshire, England)
I've been a satisfied HP customer for in excess of 10 years, and when my old faithful injet finally gave up the ghost I invested in this new and expensive model. What a disappointment! Admittedly, when all is working (which is not often), the print quality is good - but the ink is ridiculously expensive with HPs greedy chip scheme, and half the time the printer just doesn't register it at all (and therefore won't print) and I end up having to buy yet another expensive cartridge in the hope that the printer wil acknowledge it this time - and it doesn't always, so yet more money down the drain. The wi-fi is also extremely tempramental - I just connect via USB now, it's quicker and alot less stressful. Am saving up for a new printer and can't wait to throw this onto the tip - probably the last HP printer I will ever buy.
"Which Recommended" 2009-12-15
By Martin Heath (Germany)
I selected this printer as it was one of the Which recommended 'Best Buys' in its class. Installation of drivers and HP software was straightforward with Windows Vista and, when I upgraded my computer's OS to Windows 7, the printer software updated itself automatically and installed an OCR programme for the scanner. Photograph printing is the same quality as commercial outlets and so far I have no complaints.
Pricing is interesting. I watched the printer's price on Amazon for a couple of weeks before buying - it fluctuated between GBP150 and 80 over a matter of days - I bought at GBP80. I understand that there is an updated version of this printer on the market at about the GBP200 mark; therefore, this printer should be selling closer to GBP100 than the price Amazon's preferred seller has it.
"Excellent photo quality ..... but very noisy" 2009-12-07
By Mrs Claire Walton (Cumbria, England)
This item was purchased for our home office, to perform general administration tasks.
Initial set up was easy (Vista).
Text printing and copying are adequate, but unable to print cheques so have had to resort back to hand writing.
Quality of Photo printing is exceptional (additional ink cartridge required).
Overall, this printer is good but very noisy and slow to start up.
"Does what it says on the tin!" 2009-11-18
By Ninx (London, UK)
Wireless is easy to set up, only took me about 5 minutes, if that. Don't worry if you're not that technical, it's explained simply in the quick set up guide.
Installing the software took a little longer as there are a lot of freebies but I had no problems with it, and I have Vista so I was expecting there to be! I think the problem other people might have had with Vista is their firewall combined with Vista rather than Vista itself. Also, you can deselect the programs you don't want during installation which would significantly reduce the time it takes.
Print quality is excellent, the photos look professional! Especially if you use the proper HP papers and photo papers. Takes a little while to get used to sizing the images correctly for photos but, if you follow the instructions it isn't too much hassle and all other normal document printing is a doddle.
Scanning and copying is simple and can be done from a computer or straight from the printer. You can also print from a variety of cards and view on the screen. If you want to leave the machine on the screen also turns itself off after a while saving on power.
My only qualm would be that the cartridge alignment when you turn the machine on is quite noisy but, as it's wireless you can have it tucked away in the office with the door closed and apart from start up it's not that loud. Print speed is excellent too, none of that awful chugging for ages like my old printer! :)
All in all an excellent purchase and I'm very happy with it.
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"Superfast delivery, nice and compact printer" 2010-05-27
By Brigitte Hackenberg
I recently purchased this all-in-one printer and so far everything works well.
The delivery was very fast (within 2 days) und the product well packed and exactly as described.
Print quality is very good and it is a nice compact and elegant looking unit.
The included manual is very clear and easy to understand, therefore the setup was quick to do.
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Despite none of the phone line cables did fit, this was not a problem I just used the ones from
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This all-in-one is perfect for home and home office use. I would not recommend it for commercial
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reviews available on the internet.
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Replacing a much lamented 475 with an apparently terminal paper jam. Ease of use superior despite inadequate Manual. Sadly 100 x 300 printing sheets seem not to be available now. Cutting down A4 may be a solution!
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pretty good machine if printing for fun, but not really suitable if you require good definition.
"Simple to use Photo printer" 2007-05-08
By Lee Hemsworth (Preston, UK)
It does simply what you want from this! Good price 10 x 15 photos. I've had one for over a year and have bought another 2 of these as presents. I've tried inferior ink cartridges which are not worth it, you really do need to buy the original HP cartridges to get the best colours and longer ink-life.
You can also buy an inexpensive (I paid less than £5) bluetooth adapter so that you can send photos to this from a bluetooth camera phone, no need to purchase the expensive HP option.
"Good Little Printer" 2007-01-16
By Brian J. Plumb (Essex UK)
I have had this printer for around nine months now and cannot fault it.
So simple to use, easier than messing around with a full size printer and playing around with endless options.
If you want very good fast photo's just buy one.
"Neat and tidy" 2006-07-12
By Mr. D. L. Mrs Godfrey (Swindon)
As a complete novice in the world of photo printers, I decided to go for something cheap. Despite the price, this seems to do everything I need it to do. It's smaller than the average toaster, but nevertheless prints off superb quality photos. Printing time seems a little slow, but I've nothing to compare it to, so it's fine for me. All in all, this goes to prove that good things do sometimes come in small packages
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I have used this printer with various digital cameras and mobile phones and it's performance is amazing, the photos are crystal clear and I have no quibbles with it whatsoever. This is by far one of my best buys. I highly recommend it to anyone after a good quality photo printer. It does not come across as being cheap in the slightest.
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