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Sony’s S-Frame DPP-F700 digiframe / printer hybrid hitting America in January for $200

Need a digital photo frame? Need a printer? Need them to happen within the same enclosure? If you’re one of the oddballs who curiously answered yes — and you don’t actually need it until after the holiday shopping season — Sony’s got you covered. The DPP-F700 digital picture frame with one-touch printing that we saw pop up internationally just last month has finally been blessed with a US ship date and price, and if you’ve paid any attention whatsoever to the headline, you’re probably well aware of what those two data points are. The frame itself will boast a 7-inch display (800 x 480 resolution), 1GB of memory, a multicard reader and will print out “professional quality” 4- x 6-inch photos at 300 x 300 dpi. There’s also a nifty “screen capture” mode that prints out exactly what’s displayed during a slide show, though there’s literally no telling how pricey those refills will be.

[Via Slashgear]

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Sony’s S-Frame DPP-F700 digiframe / printer hybrid hitting America in January for $200 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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New Canon iPhone App Prints Wirelessly to Your PIXMA [IPhone]

If you’ve used a Canon printer, you’re probably familiar with the bundled Easy-PhotoPrint software. They’ve now streamlined it for the iPhone interface, and the free app works with Canon’s newest wireless multifunction PIXMA printers.

HP has had its own simple but effective iPrint app (iTunes Link) for a while now, and from first glance, Canon’s app looks to at least be as good, if not a touch more mature.

The polished interface lets you select paper sizes, find wireless printers, print borderless photos, and select photos from multiple albums stored on your iPhone or iPod touch.

The main drawback: support is currently limited to Canon’s MP990, MP640, and MP560 MFPs. It would be nice if any Canon printer hooked up to a Wi-Fi network also worked, but we’ll have to wait and see. [iTunes Store | Canon]

Epson’s PictureMate Charm is the cutest photo printer we ever did see

Epson’s PictureMate line is one with a long-standing history, but as with most everything else in consumer electronics, the latest in the lineup seems to have shrunk. The appropriately named PictureMate Charm is a kinda-sorta portable printing solution, delivering 4- x 6-inch color prints in as little as 37 seconds. The mini printer also boasts a 2.5-inch LCD, a multicard reader, optional Bluetooth support (via a separate adapter) and room for either 150 glossy sheets or 100 matte sheets of 4- x 6-inch paper. It’ll ship next week a buck-fifty, but the replacement ink and sheet packs will probably drive you into bankruptcy.

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Epson’s PictureMate Charm is the cutest photo printer we ever did see originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Review: Canon Color ImageClass MF8050Cn all-in-one printer

There is a code to which a cowboy cleaves. He never shoots first, he’s always kind to ladies, and he never buys more printer than he can handle. While I can’t speak for those out on the lone prairie, I can report that the 52-pound ImageClass MF8050Cn by Canon may be the heaviest printer I’ve had in my office to date.

This isn’t a printer for scrap-booking or creating beautiful photomontages of your grandmother. The color printing is delightfully sharp but the speed and on-board features – the lack of a picture preview screen, for example – makes this an office printer through and through. It also has a built-in copier and fax machine if you’re into that stuff. It also scans from PCs or Macs.

Because we’re basically talking about a large job printer here you won’t be printing many photos on this printer. However, it has excellent color reproduction and is just fine for color prints. A slight concern: the “media capacity” is 150 sheets on this puppy, which means you’ll have to refill it every few if you’re doing a few dozen pages per day.

A 215 page document took 35 minutes – about 6 pages per minute. This included two paper jams and paper replacement. A full color, edge to edge photo took 30 seconds while a single black and white page, from warm-up to print, took 17 seconds. If you’re printing in bulk you can hit Canon’s expected rating of 12 pages per minute (B&W) or about 5 seconds per page.

The thing is chock full of inputs including a front USB port, a rear port, and an Ethernet port. The include drivers automatically add the printer the printer over IP, which is an important consideration for offices with multiple PCs and Macs. Setup was seamless and quite simple.

So who is this printer for? It’s for a small home office or small office with about ten users. It’s a massive printer and it’s built to survive heavy traffic. The color toner comes in four user replaceable packages and the printer itself costs $499 while the cartridges cost $75.

I’m still into the Samsung CLP 315, a small, more compact printer, but if you need a monster with a scanner and fax machine, this is definitely a contender.