Advantages: Cost, image quality Disadvantages: Expensive prints, PC print settings are tricky, poor LCD preview screen
The Selphy DS810 provides good image results for the price (I paid $20 / £10 new). The quality of the photo paper makes quite a difference to the final printed results. With good quality paper it looks like a professional print. The preview LCD is very cheap and low quality, but it is functional. The menu interface is a bit clunky, but also does what it needs. The printer has infrared for wireless conectivity with devices such as mobile phones, but ... ...held next to the printer instead of rested near it, and the fact that a 1MB photo takes about 2 minutes to transfer, it is useless. Bluetooth would have been a much better solution, but of course incurs a higher hardware cost. The other connectivity options are quite good, with a USB port to directly connect your camera without removing the memory as well as a 5 card reader.
I have found it is more straightforward to use the printer as a standalone ...
alphamusic 23.01.2008
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