Picturemate Print Pack-glossy | List Price: $39.99 Discount Price: $31.99

| Brand: Epson Binding: Electronics
Features: - Works with - PictureMate Flash PM 280, PictureMate Pal PM 200, PictureMate Snap PM 240
Great photo quality, but poor value [Posted on 2008-02-09] The photos printed on this paper look great, no doubt about it. They look just as good as something I would have done professionally for a standard 4x6. However, the amount of toner in these cartridges doesn't appear to be anywhere near what they are promising. I got the printer for Christmas (it comes with a cartridge), along with this ink/paper replacement pack. I have printed exactly 102 photos, and have gone through both the starter ink cartridge that came with the printer, as well as the replacement ink cartridge. Now I am left with about fifty pieces of paper and no way to print on them. I am not printing anything unusual (just a bunch of photos of our kids), nor were the photos taken at a very high resolution (5M - not sure if that matters).
So, even if I disregard the first printer cartidge (I agree with another reviewer that the one coming with the printer doesn't seem to have much toner in it), the cost of printing each photo comes to about $0.38/each, and that doesn't include the cost of the printer itself! I love the convenience of being able to easily print photos at home, but it comes at a high price when you can get it done online or at a local retailer's for $0.12-.20/print. I guess that's why they can afford to charge so little for the printer.
Epson print pack [Posted on 2008-04-10] Excellent price for this product. I compared elsewhere and this was the best price. It arrived in time.
mng and easy to setup [Posted on 2008-05-18] Works great for the pictureMate 200 series. good priced toner and system overall, print results are quite satisfactory. just be careful and make sure you are indeed bying for the PM 200 as this is yet another specific cateridge type.
paper of good quality, price a bit high [Posted on 2008-05-22] The pictures turn out very nice, with vibrant colors. The ink cartridge does empty before I get the chance to print the last 5 to 10 pictures in the set. Also, the colors turn out matte if I try printing while the low ink message is displayed. The price per picture may not be far from the amount charged when printing in a store.
Despite all the drawbacks however, I would still recommend this product and the printer it is used for, because they offer the advantage of allowing you to print good quality pictures at one's own convenience-provided there's ink in the cartridge.
Paper Outlasts Ink [Posted on 2008-08-01] This is a great product. Ink & paper in one. No more buying 6 different colors of ink. However, the ink always seems to get used up before all the paper does. As a consequence, a lot of paper gets left over.
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