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Review
Created: July, 2000
The benefits digital photography offer to a small office with
a short deadline for a presentation or brochure are immediate:
you can skip film development and print only the photos you
need instantly.
Because you can see digital pictures as you capture them, there's
also no guessing whether they'll turn out. Print quality hasn't
always there, however, and the cost of digital cameras and photo-quality
printers have been cost prohibitive.
Products like Hewlett Packard's Photosmart P1100 printer are
starting to change that. You can still distinguish a printout
from a photograph developed in a lab and the best results come
only when using special glossy paper or photo paper. But the
Photosmart P1100 provides incredible, photo-realistic results
with a resolution of 2400 x 1200 dpi (dots per inch).
The P1100 is marketed as the printer for anyone with a digital
camera. It lives up to its billing. It can even function without
a computer attached. You may want to use a program like Adobe
Photoshop to crop or touch up photos but if the photos don't
need any digital manimpulation you can print whatever the camera
captured without a computer.
On the side of the printer you'll find two slots, one for CompactFlash
Type I and Type II memory cards and one for Smartmedia memory
cards, the two standard storage media for digital cameras.
Once you slip in your memory card, you can use the printer's
front panel to print an index sheet of all your photos. Then
you can print individual photos by number. Just choose a photo
and use the buttons to choose print size, how many copies you'd
like, the size of paper and whether it's plain or glossy.
It's incredibly easy and great for people who are intimidated
by computer programs. If connected to the computer, the memory
card appears as a drive and can be accessed just as you would
access a CD drive or hard drive. The memory card slots are a
great idea, perfectly executed.
This isn't just a photo printer. It uses two print cartridges
so you don't use up all your color ink when you have to print
out a business report or letter.
You can expect about 12 pages per minute when printing in black
and white. HP claims about 10 pages per minute for color prints,
but that's not realistic. It might produce 10 documents with
a few color graphs on each in that time, but you'd better budget
three or four minutes to print an eight-inch by 10-inch photograph.
It won't beat any speed records, but the print quality will
be suitable for framing.
At $449 US ($699 Canadian) for the printer and anywhere from
a few hundred to a few thousand dollars for a camera, the initial
cash outlay is not cheap. But with replacement cartridges costing
about $50 US ($75 Canadian) and special paper going for about
50 cents a sheet, you may save money in the long run, when compared
with film and developments costs.
The HP Photosmart P1100 is a sign of the quality we can look
forward to when everyone's printing up digital photos and buying
film is for eccentric hobbyists.
Reviewer's rating: 4.5 / 5
Comments: Digital photography is still an expensive
technology but the quality of photo prints you'll get from the
HP Photosmart P1100 will wow almost anyone. This is printer
to buy if you own a digital camera and print a lot of photos.
Specifications (manufacturer's claim): B&W prints:
12 ppm. Color: 10 ppm. 5,000 pages per month duty cycle.
Comes with 2 paper trays: 8.5" x 11" and 4" x
6" for optional paper size with maximum 100 sheet capacity.
Maximum resolution: 2400 x 1200 (dpi).
Media types: Paper (plain, inkjet, photo and banner), envelopes,
transparencies, labels, cards (index, greeting), iron-on transfers
Media sizes: Letter, legal, executive, 3 x 3 in to 8.5 x 14.4
in, 4 x 6-in.
Snapshot Memory card compatibility: CompactFlash, SmartMedia.
System requirements: A PC with Windows 95/ 98/NT 4.0,
Pentium 133 MHz, 16 MB RAM (32 MB RAM for Windows NT), 150 MB
free disk space, 640 x 480 256 color display, 4X CD-ROMA parallel
port or USB port, depending on model.
More info: http://www.hp.com
Price: $449 US, $699 Canadian
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