Canon Selphy ES30 Compact Photo Printer

How many photo printers are equipped with a handle? The super-portable Selphy ES30 does, and this enables you print amazing photos from room to room - without a computer! Just insert a compatible memory card into one of the handy card slots, preview images on the high-resolution 3.0 inch color LCD display, then print! You can also print directly from compatible digital cameras and mobile phones, or from a Bluetooth device via the optional BU-30 Bluetooth interface.

SELPHY ES30 Compact Photo Printer:

* A beautiful 4" x 6" print, with vivid colors and high detail, takes only about 55 seconds.
* High-resolution 3.0 inch LCD display.
* Provides colorful frames, clip art, and effects to enhance your photos, along with a range of templates for creating personalized calendars .

For extra ease and convenience, the Selphy ES30 has an integrated cartridge which holds both ink and paper; big buttons and an Easy-Scroll Wheel for simple operation; and the automatic image optimization makes it a snap to create superb prints. Want to get creative? Print your most memorable photos on the special optional gold or silver-framed Canon photo paper. The Selphy ES30 also has creative print options such as frames, clip art and calendars to enhance and personalize your finished photos.

Epson Artisan 50 Color Inkjet Printer

Bring your imagination to life with the Artisan 50 from Epson. This compact and stylish printer ignites all your creative inspirations. Print Ultra Hi-Definition photos with amazing richness, depth and clarity. With auto photo correction, your prints are perfect every time. The Artisan 50 even makes it easy to print your own images and text onto CDs and DVDs. And, it’s great for everyday projects. Quickly and easily print documents, e–mails, itineraries and more. Get maximum print speeds of 38 ppm color and laser quality speeds of 5 ppm color. An affordable, high performance ink jet, the Artisan 50 is ideal for all your photos and daily printing needs.

Quality beyond compare

The Artisan 50 delivers vibrant color photos and crisp, clear text. Working in tandem with Claria® Hi–Definition Ink, the “smart nozzles” in Epson’s exclusive MicroPiezo® print head deliver up to five droplet sizes, some as small as 1.5 picoliters, to produce exceptionally smooth gradations, amazingly accurate skin tones and sharp, grain–free photos.

Polaroid CZA-10011B PoGo Instant Mobile Printer

Print and share
2 x 3-inch borderless color images in under a minute.

As mobile as you are
Pocket-size, sleek, stylish design.

Instant magic
Prints without ink using ZINK Zero Ink Printing Technology from ZINK Imaging.

Polaroid PoGo highlights
How it works: Polaroid magic for your digital camera or camera phone

Camera Phone The Polaroid PoGo Digital Instant Mobile Photo Printer is the easiest way to print photos from a camera phone. Wirelessly transfer images from a Bluetooth-enabled camera phone to the Mobile Printer and print instantly. Using the built-in OBEX (object exchange profile) Bluetooth in the phone and the printer, connecting and printing becomes instant.

Digital Camera Instantly printing images from a digital camera is as easy as connecting the USB cable to the PictBridge-enabled camera and printer. Once connected, follow the PictBridge screen on the camera display. Simply select what image to send to the printer and within 60 seconds, the print is ready to be shared.

Canon PIXMA iP4700 Premium Inkjet Photo Printer

For those who want superior photo quality and built-in Auto Duplex Printing at home, your single function printer has arrived. The PIXMA iP4700 Premium Inkjet Photo Printer possesses the high-quality, performance and style needed for your varied home printing needs.

Incredible 9600 x 2400 maximum color dpi with a minimum color droplet size of 1pl and a 5 individual ink tank system sets the stage for beautiful borderless photos up to 8.5" x 11", web pages or documents all with amazing quality. The ChromaLife100+ system enables your photos to last up to 300 years when using select genuine Canon ink and paper and stored in an archival-quality photo album. Printing and automatically correcting your photos has never been easier thanks to the new Auto Photo Fix II feature within the popular Easy-PhotoPrint EX software.

If that wasn’t enough versatility, you can also enjoy 2-Way Paper Feeding and computer-free photo printing with a PictBridge connection. So, you can print photos directly from your compatible digital camera, DV camcorder or camera phone.

Canon Selphy CP760 Pink Compact Photo Printer

With the compact SELPHY CP760, you are able to publish astounding photographs with simplicity from your kitchen, lounge, a friend's home, even a hotel room on holiday—all without a computer! Simply put in your camera's storage card into among the integral card slots, preview and auto-enhance pictures on the 2.5" TFT display, then publish! Or, publish straight from your well-matched digital camera, camera phone, or Bluetooth device using the optional BU-30 Bluetooth interface2.

The large buttons, big display, and automatic red-eye rectification make it elementary to create brilliant prints, from card size up to 4" x 8". And it is quick, as well; a beautiful, durable 4" x 6" exposure takes less than a minute to publish.

HP Deskjet D1560 Colour Printer

The HP Deskjet D1560 Printer Series provides easy, reliable and versatile printing. This affordable printer series is perfect for basic, everyday printing of documents, web pages and projects. Designed to deliver a consistent printing experience, the energy-efficient HP Deskjet D1560 Printer Series' compact design helps it to fit into small spaces. Plus, the HP Deskjet D1560 Printer Series provides affordable and dependable printing and makes purchasing and installing ink cartridges quick and simple through the connected PC. Trust HP""chosen by consumers as the world's most reliable printer brand; Print what you see "" HP Smart Web Printing automatically adjusts web pages to prevent cut-off edges while optimising web printing by letting users easily combine portions of numerous web pages onto one page;Easily identify and shop for Original HP cartridges using HP SureSupply.

Print technology HP Thermal Inkjet
Print speed: Black text A4 Up to 18 ppm
Mixed text/colour graphics A4 Up to 12 ppm
Print quality Black: Up to 1200 rendered dpi, Colour: Up to 4800 x 1200 optimised dpi and 1200 input dpi
Operating systems compatibility Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional (SP4), XP Home, XP Professional, XP Professional x64
Windows Vista®
Mac OS X v10.3.9, v10.4, v10.5 or higher (Microsoft® Windows® 2000 and XP x64 are supported with a print driver only
HP Smart Web Printing and HP Photosmart Essential Software applications are not available for Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or XP x64)
Minimum system requirements Windows®: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional, XP Home or 2000 (SP4 or higher): any Intel® Pentium® II, Intel® Celeron®, or compatible processor (233 MHz or higher)
128 MB RAM (256 MB or higher recommended)
400 MB available hard disk space
Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6 or higher
For Windows Vista® Ready: 800 MHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
512 MB RAM
850 MB available hard disk space
Internet Explorer
CD-ROM drive
available USB port and USB cable
SVGA 800 x 600 monitor with 16-bit colour
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 5 or higher recommended
Internet access recommended
(With Microsoft® Windows® 2000 some features may not be available)
Macintosh: Mac OS X v10.3.9, v10.4, v10.5 or higher
Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G3, G4, G5 or Intel® Core processor
256 MB RAM (512 MB or higher recommended)
200 MB available hard disk space
CD-ROM drive
available USB port and USB cable
any Web browser
Internet access recommended
Memory: Integrated memory
Printer languages LIDIL (Lightweight Imaging Device Interface Language)
Cartridge alignment +/- 0.17 mm
Duty cycle Up to 750 pages per month
Recommended media weight A4: 70 to 90 g/m², HP envelopes: 70 to 90 g/m², HP cards: up to 200 g/m², HP photo paper: up to 280 g/m²
Recommended media Paper (plain, inkjet, photo), envelopes, transparencies, labels, cards, HP premium media, iron-on transfers
Media sizes Standard: A4 (210 x 297 mm)
A5 (148 x 210 mm)
DL (110 x 220 mm)
C6 (114 x 162 mm)
A6 (105 x 148 mm)
130 x 180 mm, 100 x 150 mm, Custom: 77 x 127 to 216 x 356 mm
Paper handling 80-sheet input tray, 50-sheet output tray, manual two-sided printing (driver support provided)
Media handling/input Sheets: Up to 80, Envelopes: Up to 10, Cards: Up to 20, Transparencies: Up to 20, Labels/A4 sheets: Up to 15
Paper input tray Standard: 1, optional: 1
Media handling/output Up to 50
Duplex printing Manual (driver support provided)
Power requirements Input voltage 100 to 240 VAC (+/- 10%), 50/60 Hz (+/- 3 Hz)
may vary by region, External
Power consumption 16 watts maximum (active/printing), 3 watts maximum (ready)
Interface and connectivity USB - compatible with USB 2.0 specifications
Control panel On/off button
Software included HP Photosmart Essential 2.5, HP Smart Web Printing 2.0
Dimensions (w x d x h) Out of package: 422 x 260 x 141 mm, with trays up: 422 x 182 x 141 mm, Maximum: 422 x 316 x 141 mm, packaged: 472 x 228 x 190 mm
Weight Out of package: 1.95 kg, packaged: 2.7 kg
Operating environment Environmental ranges: operating temperature: 5 to 40° C
Recommended operating temperature: 15 to 30° C
operating humidity: 20 to 80% RH
Recommended operating humidity: 20 to 80% RH
Storage temperature:-40 to 60° C
Storage humidity: 5 to 90% RH
noise level per iso 9296: sound power: lwad 6.1 B(A)
Energy star: Yes

Box Contents
# HP Deskjet D1560 Printer
# HP 21 Black Ink Cartridge
# HP 22 Tri-colour Ink Cartridge (introductory cartridges)
# HP Photosmart
# Essential software CD
# setup guide
# reference guide power supply and cord.

HP Deskjet 6940 Colour Inkjet Printer

If you want fast, affordable, wired Ethernet printing, plus direct photo printing, check out the HP Deskjet 6940 Color Inkjet Printer. You'll find it easily handles high-volume home office projects ranging from everyday black-and-white documents to large (up to 8.5 x 24"), borderless photos, brochures, presentations, and more.

* Product Description: HP Deskjet 6940 colour inkjet printer
* Workgroup printer inkjet colour
* Dimensions (WxDxH): 45 cm x 36.7 cm x 14.4 cm
* Weight: 6 kg
* Localisation: English
* Inkjet Technology: HP Thermal Inkjet
* Ink Palette Supported (Colours): 4 or 6-ink
* Max Media Size (Standard): Legal, A4
* Min Media Size (Custom): 76 mm x 127 mm
* Max Media Size (Custom): 216 mm x 610 mm
* Print Speed: Up to 36 ppm
* Max Resolution ( B&W ): 1200 dpi x 1200 dpi
* Max Resolution ( Colour ): 4800 dpi x 1200 dpi
* Image Enhancement Technology: HP PhotoREt III
* Interface: USB, Ethernet
* RAM Installed ( Max ): 32 MB ( 32 MB )
* Language Simulation: PCL 3
* Media Type: Envelopes, transparencies, greeting cards, labels, plain paper, iron-on transfers, photo paper, index cards, banner paper
* Total Media Capacity: 150 sheets
* Media Handling: 150-sheet multipurpose tray
* Monthly Duty Cycle: 5000 pages
* Networking: Print server - Ethernet - integrated
* Printer Features: Borderless printing, optional duplex
* Power: AC 120/230 V
* System Requirements: Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP, Apple MacOS X 10.2.3, Apple MacOS X 10.3, Apple MacOS X 10.4
* Manufacturer 1 year warranty

HP Deskjet 6980 Inkjet Colour Printer

HP Deskjet 6980 colour inkjet printer.

* Dimensions (WxDxH): 45 cm x 43.3 cm x 14.4 cm
* Weight: 7.2 kg
* Localisation: English
* Inkjet Technology: HP Thermal Inkjet
* Ink Palette Supported (Colours): 4 or 6-ink
* Max Media Size (Standard): Legal, A4
* Min Media Size (Custom): 76 mm x 127 mm
* Max Media Size (Custom): 216 mm x 610 mm
* Print Speed: Up to 36 ppm
* Max Resolution ( B&W ): 1200 dpi x 1200 dpi
* Max Resolution ( Colour ): 4800 dpi x 1200 dpi
* Image Enhancement Technology: HP PhotoREt III
* Duplex Printout: Duplex
* Interface: USB, 802.11b, Ethernet, 802.11g
* RAM Installed ( Max ): 32 MB ( 32 MB )
* Language Simulation: PCL 3
* Media Type: Envelopes, transparencies, labels, plain paper, photo paper, cards, banner paper
* Total Media Capacity: 150 sheets
* Media Handling: 150-sheet multipurpose tray
* Monthly Duty Cycle: 5000 pages
* Networking: Print server - Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
* Printer Features: Borderless printing
* Power: AC 120/230 V
* System Requirements: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional , Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Apple MacOS X 10.2.3, Apple MacOS X 10.3, Apple MacOS X 10.4
* Environmental Standards: EPA Energy Star
* Manufacturer Warranty: 1 year warranty

* RAM Installed ( Max ): 32 MB / 32 MB (max)

* Cables Included: 1 x network cable
* Consumables Included: 1 x ink cartridge ( black ) - 21 ml - HP 339 ¦ 1 x ink cartridge ( colour ) - 14 ml - HP 344

Brother MFC-250C All in One Inkjet Printer

The MFC-250C multifunction printer offers high quality fast colour printing, copying, scanning and faxing in one compact unit. With its easy to use functions plus a PictBridge and Direct USB port for printing photographs, you'll find this will fit perfectly into your home lifestyle.

Features

* Fast fax speed, 40 speed dials with 170 page memory for peace of mind
* Pictbridge & USB host connection
* Print fine detail with 6000 x 1200dpi resolution and 1.5pl droplet size

Canon PIXMA iP4600 Inkjet Printer

Experience exceptionally high-quality prints with fine detail thanks to a separate dye-based black ink for photos, 1pl ink droplets and a resolution of 9600x2400dpi*. A premium print engine makes it possible to create a photolab-quality print in approximately 20 seconds*. Quality and efficiency are maintained through the use of 5 Single Inks – simply replace individual ink tanks when they run out.

The ChromaLife100+ system** is a combination of the PIXMA iP4600, original inks and selected Canon genuine photo papers. Working together, these three unique components deliver beautiful, long-lasting photo prints.

A range of practical functions makes creating photos and documents even more exciting and productive. With Canon’s Easy-PhotoPrint EX it’s easy to print calendars, albums and photos. Auto Photo Fix automatically corrects photos, including red-eye correction; auto duplex makes double-side printing straightforward – saving on paper and producing professional-looking documents. Two paper trays enable users to have plain and photo paper loaded at once.

Print text documents in mono or colour; a pigment black ink delivers crisp, sharp text. Single or double-sided printing is possible with the auto duplex feature – a practical and efficient function.

Managing your data storage is easy as you can personalise your DVDs and CDs for business, friends and family. Simply print direct onto the surface of the printable DVD or CD. CD-LabelPrint software lets you create layouts by adding your own text and images.

There is no need for a PC to be involved in your print process. With PictBridge technology you have a quick and convenient way to print images from compatible digital cameras, camcorders or mobile phones.

Features

* Photo prints with 1pl, 9600x2400dpi resolution*
* 10x15cm photolab-quality print in approximately 20 seconds*
* 5 Single Inks
* ChromaLife100+ system**
* Two paper trays
* Print on DVD/CD
* Easy-PhotoPrint EX software
* Print direct from a digital camera

Windows and Mac OS X compatible*

* See specifications
** See www.canon-europe.com/chromalife100

Lexmark Z2490 Wireless Inkjet Printer

Enjoy incredibly convenient, high-quality printing with this Lexmark Z2490 Wireless Inkjet Printer. The Z-2490 Wireless Inkjet Printer has both USB 2.0 and Wireless 802.11g/b connectivity, giving you great versatility and the option to print without extra cables or clutter. The Z2490 Wireless Inkjet Printer functions quickly and accurately to produce colour prints with a maximum of 4800 x 1200 dpi and at speeds of up to 25 pages per minute. It can accommodate paper up to A4 in size and has a tray for 100 sheets of paper, to help improve your productivity.

Product Features

* Maximum Print Resolution - 4800 x 1200 dpi
* Normal Print Speed - Up to 25ppm
* Borderless Printing - Up to A4
* Number of Cartridges - 2 Individual Inks
* Connectivity - USB 2.0,802.11g/b Wireless

* Time to Print 10x15cm Photo - Not Specified
* Direct Printing - N/A
* Paper Handling - 100 sheet per tray
* Wireless printing as standard
* Mac & Vista Compatible

Maximum resolution horizontal 4800 dpi
Maximum resolution vertical 1200 dpi
Pages per minute in black 25 pages per minute ppm
Pages per minute in colour 18 pages per minute ppm
Maximum Print Size A4
Edge to Edge Printing YES
Compatible Cartridge - Black Lexmark No 4
Colour Printing YES
Compatible Cartridge - Colour Lexmark No 5
Compatible Cartridge - Colour1 Lexmark No 31 Photo
Paper tray capacity 100 pages
Connectivity USB Compatible with USB 2.0 Specification
Software included YES
Product height 125 mm
Product depth 228 mm
Product width 458 mm

HP Photosmart D5460 Inkjet Printer

The Photosmart Photosmart D-5460 Photo Inkjet Printer from Hewlett Packard will give you all the printing power you need to get the highest quality results, in the home or the office.

A particular standout feature of the D5460 is that it is able to print on a wide variety of media including CD and DVD optical discs.

The HP Photosmart D-5460 Photo Inkjet Printer can print draft-quality A4 sheets can be printed at over 30 ppm in both colour and black and white, while a best-quality 10 x 15 cm colour photo print is turned out in around 60 seconds.

The D5460 is equipped with a clear 3.8 cm colour display and memory card reader to provide the option of printing photos so you can completely cut out the need of using a computer all together.

The HP Photosmart D-5460 Photo Inkjet Printer will deliver all your printing needs, offering you a well-built, feature-laden printer from a strong, dependable brand.

* Maximum Print Resolution - 9600 x 2400 dpi
* 10 x 15cm Photo Print Time - 18 seconds
* Maximum Borderless Print Size - 21x28cm
* Number of Cartridges - 5 Individual
* Direct Printing - Yes

* Connectivity - USB 2.0 & nbsp
* Display - 3.8cm(1.5 inch) LCD
* Alternative media - Direct CD/DVD Printing
* Document Print Speed - 33ppm/31ppm colour
* Duplex Printing - No

Maximum resolution horizontal 9600 dpi
Maximum resolution vertical 2400 dpi
Pages per minute in colour 31 ppm
Built in LCD Screen YES
Digital Camera Card Readers PictBridge & Media Card Slots
Maximum Print Size A4
Edge to Edge Printing YES
Compatible Cartridge - Black HP546 Black Ink Cartridge
Compatible Cartridge - Colour HP 564 Cyan
Compatible Cartridge - Colour1 HP 564 Magenta
Compatible Cartridge - Colour2 HP 564 Yellow
Compatible Cartridge - Colour3 HP 564 Photo Black
Automatic Paper Type Sensor YES
Paper tray capacity 125
Connectivity USB 2.0
Software included YES
Product height 183.2 mm
Product depth 575.3 mm
Product width 457.9 mm

Epson Stylus Office B40W

If you're running a reasonably small business or just want a convenient and efficient home-based printer, but are perhaps not ready to splash out on a high quality laser printer, then what you need is a business inkjet printer that won't cost the earth and can approach laser quality results. It's with this in mind that Epson now releases the Stylus Office B40W.

Designed in chic jet black, this compact rectangular printer measures a tidy 435 x 250 x 161mm and is an extremely lightweight 4.0kg. The work surface is deliberately uncluttered, with a fold-back 120-sheet capacity input tray at the rear and a drop-down extendable output tray at the front.

Controls are similarly simplified to include a power on/off button, ink notification and paper feed buttons and a useful Wi-Fi on/off button. It's unusual to have access to wireless network connections (Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11b/g) on a printer in this low price bracket. There's also an Ethernet connection for those who don't want or can't use Wi-Fi and the usual USB port to connect to a PC.

When it comes to speed of operation, this is where this machine ought to score its highest points, but as is so often the case with claimed speeds, the reality is quite different. Epson boasts a print speed of up to 38 pages per minute for both black and colour text in draft mode, yet we could only manage 20ppm. When it comes to colour prints, Epson claims 10 x 15cm photos can shoot out in 20 seconds on Epson Premium Glossy Photo paper in draft, borderless mode and in practice this was closer to the mark. Certainly A4 sized prints could emerge within a minute, which is as good as you could expect for this size and quality of printer.

Documents printed by the Epson Stylus Office B40W are durable, smudge-proof, water and highlighter resistant and the quick-drying DURABrite Ultra Ink does not bleed through the page because it uses an exclusive technology where each pigment particle is encapsulated in resin. As well as the three separate high-yield colour cartridges, there's an extra large, high capacity black ink cartridge that should be good for 995 pages (an oddly precise number). Although both text and photos showed generally strong, well delineated black reproduction, draft blacks were poor in our tests.

You can print on a variety of media, from envelopes and labels to recycled plain paper and glossy photo paper (Epson includes a pack of its own A4 glossy paper to get you going) and the B40W can produce up to 5760 x 1440 optimised dots per inch resolution on suitable media.

We found that the quality of colour reproduction was impressive when it came to capturing the authenticity of the originals, but A4 colour portraits showed a noticeable softness of the focus that wasn't there on the 10 x 15cm prints, and the same was true of large mono prints, even from suitably high resolution photo files.

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Lexmark X7675

Because they can also be used for scanning, copying and faxing, multi-function or all-in-one printers are understandably popular with both home and small business users. But they're not all created equal, the Lexmark X7675 turning out to be a lot more capable than many, especially when it comes to network sharing.

No prizes for guessing that the X7675 is based on Lexmark's popular inkjet technology, in this case housed in a squat yet smart plastic casing with a flatbed scanner, complete with 25-sheet feeder, on top. Blank paper is fed in at the back (up to 100 sheets at a time) and printed pages ejected out at the front.

Also at the front is a large angled control panel with a colour display and, alongside, a set of slots, enabling you to browse and print direct from memory cards without using a PC. A USB port is also included here, but can only be used with PictBridge enabled devices, not ordinary USB memory sticks.

Round at the back you'll find the expected USB 2.0 interface for direct PC attachment, plus a couple of jacks for the fax modem and a local handset. Alongside, however, there's also a Gigabit Ethernet port for LAN attachment and a stubby aerial indicating the presence of a built-in WiFi print server. This can be used for both ad-hoc wireless printing and to connect to an existing WiFi network, although to configure wireless security you do have to connect with a cable first.

Just two ink cartridges are required; one black, the other colour. Lift up the scanner and these simply pop into place, the X7675 shipping with what Lexmark calls 'high yield' cartridges to get you started. In practice that equates to printing around 500 black-only pages while the colour cartridge will print around 350. Replacements cost about £28 - £30 (+ VAT) and there seems little point in buying the standard cartridges which actually work out more costly to use.

According to Lexmark, maximum print speed is 32ppm for black and 27ppm colour. But to achieve this we had to opt for draft quality, which is fine for own use and file copies but not documents you want to post out or share with others. For that you'll probably use the default standard quality giving around 12-15ppm in our tests, whereas when we selected the best possible quality each page took about a minute, with photographs equally slow to appear.

In terms of quality, you can tell it's an inkjet rather than a laser but its more than adequate for most business purposes and, if you need to produce photographs, special extra vivid colour cartridges are available. You also get duplex (double sided) printing as standard, with a programmable delay to let pages dry before continuing with the second side.

As a copier we found the X7675 simple to use, the built-in display and clearly labelled buttons making it easy to operate without instruction. Full colour copies took about 45 seconds to complete. Moreover, you can produce up to 99 copies at a time and reduce and enlarge (25 - 400 percent) along the way, just like a 'proper' copier.

Walk-up faxing is similarly straightforward, but to scan documents you need to use the Windows software supplied. This has to be installed separately on each PC: it not only lets you save scans to hard disk, but also scan to email and convert captured documents to editable text using OCR. You can also send faxes remotely.

All in all there's a lot to like about the X7675, which packs a lot of usable functionality into a compact and remarkably affordable package. Added to which it's a robust, business-quality machine, complete with a five-year warranty.

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