EPSON PictureMate is a personal photo printer designed to be easy to use and produce high quality photos conveniently at home by consumers who have little or no computer experience or want a quick and simple solution to printing out their digital photos. EPSON PictureMate is the ideal solution for digital camera users, who require professional photo lab quality 10x15cm photos - that are affordable and durable. With its optional Bluetooth module the EPSON PictureMate is also able to print from the new generation of compatible camera-enabled phones that have started to take over the mobile phone market bringing digital photography to a whole new non-technical market.
More people are turning to digital as a simpler, more flexible method of taking photos. This is driving the need for a high quality, easy to use, and cost effective method of printing in the home as a real alternative to retail photo printing. In response to this demand EPSON has launched PictureMate, a new generation personal photo-dedicated printer. Designed to satisfy the needs of digital camera users, PictureMate removes the need for a computer or the necessity to visit a photo lab, photo kiosk or online photo service. EPSON PictureMate supports all popular memory card formats and offers direct printing from PictBridge® and USB Direct Print enabled digital cameras.
PictureMate uses EPSON's Advanced Micro Piezo" ink jet technology, exclusive archival 6-colour pigment printing for rich colour, perfect skin tones and the smoothest images that match the look and feel of traditional photo lab prints. It also features up to 5760 x 1440 optimised dpi with microscopic droplets for the sharpest detail, and seamless gradations.
With growth in digital photo printing coming from the non-technical consumer, EPSON have developed an intuitive interface, which guides you through a simple one-touch printing process. It couldn't be simpler. A printed proof sheet lets you preview pictures to print beautiful glossy borderless 10x15cm photos. Print selection options allow for printing all photos, just one photo, a range of photos, or several non-sequential photos from the camera memory card.
PictureMate automatically optimises each photo for colour and quality and allows you to print your colour photos in black and white or sepia tones. If you would like to have more creative flexibility you are able to crop photos, add classic borders and make wallet-sized photos all at the touch of a button.
One of PictureMate's key differences is its low cost per photo. Designed to make purchasing consumables easy and hassle-free, EPSON will introduce the PictureMate PicturePack. This economical and convenient pack contains a single photo cartridge and photo paper to print approximately 100 glossy 10x15cm photos. The price for a photo printed from PictureMate rivals traditional high street photo processing costs. The PicturePack makes purchasing consumables as convenient and easy as purchasing a roll of film.
EPSON PictureMate prints are superior to photo lab prints and to prints from other 10x15cm photo printers. According to Wilhelm Research Laboratory they resist fading about two to four times longer than the leading brands of photo lab prints and about four to 20 times longer than prints from other dedicated 10x15cm digital photo printers. PictureMate photos resist fading up to 100 years displayed in a frame and are also water-, smudge- and fingerprint-resistant for worry-free handling.
Using the optional Bluetooth module, PictureMate can print photos from compatible mobile phones. You simply point and click, connect to the printer wirelessly over Bluetooth and print. For added flexibility and support, EPSON has created a dedicated mobile phone printing application specifically for Bluetooth enabled Nokia mobile phones offering you further print options. Based on the Symbian® operating system, the application allows you to control size and quality settings, and add frames to the image before printing directly to PictureMate.
