Epson PictureMate 500 Photo Printer Review

The so-called ‘appliance’ photo printer, designed like a domestic toaster, is one of the fastest growing markets for manufacturers and Epson joined the fray early on. Its latest PictureMate printer, the 500, goes some way further than the competition by offering six-colour printing, where others offer three or four.

This is a very neat, simple printer, giving superb quality prints with a minimum of fuss. Able to print directly from a PictBridge camera, just about any memory card or from your PC, it’s also very versatile. With just a single ink cartridge for its six-colour print system, it could hardly be easier to maintain and since Epson has increased the number of prints from its PicturePack, it’s also one of the cheapest photo printers to run. Hard to fault, really.

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