We’re a three laptop/one printer household.  Our printer/scanner/copier is several years old now, and it still works well – except for one thing.  It’s not wireless, and it’s stored in a cabinet with no desk space around it.  Printing requires connecting the laptop to the usb cable, balancing the laptop in one arm while getting the print job started, and then hoping your print job isn’t a long one.  I had given up on scanning – who wants to hold a laptop long enough to scan an image, much less a document?  I had been thinking about replacing the printer with one with WiFi capabilities, and  I had decided I wanted to get a different brand than the one I’ve used for years.  I just wasn’t satisfied with the depth and richness of colors that I got from my current brand of printer.  But what to choose? … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Desktop Computer Gear

Tagged: Copier, Fax, Printer, Scanner

Epson WorkForce 610 Printer Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on October 27, 2009 at 9:02 am.

DYMO has updated their LabelWriter line (The Gadgeteer reviewed the LabelWriter Twin Turbo back in 2006) with the release of their 450 series. The line includes:

• LabelWriter 450
• LabelWriter 450 Turbo
• LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo
• LabelWriter 450 Duo (not available until Nov. 2009)

All four are dedicated thermal label printers that connect via USB. The Duo and two Turbo models provide faster printing than the base model. The twin model allows you to keep two labels loaded (for example, you can keep stamps loaded in one of the slots). The yet unreleased Duo model allows you to print plastic labels in addition to the regular labels. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Home Tech

Tagged: label, Printer

DYMO LabelWriter 450 Twin Turbo Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 4, 2009 at 9:11 am.

I’ve been using a Canon Pixma IP6000D color ink jet printer for quite a few years now. I haven’t had any real complaints about it except for the fact that I’ve not been able to find ink locally for the past year or so. That’s why I was happy to say yes when Epson asked if I would like to test drive their All-in-One Artisan 800 printer. It’s a printer, a copier, a scanner and a fax machine all in one package. This printer even includes some fun little bonus features that I’ve not seen on other printers. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Desktop Computer Gear

Tagged: Fax, Printer, Scanner

Epson Artisan 800 All-in-One Printer Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on March 16, 2009 at 6:01 am.

Dell’s little Bluetooth PZ310 Wasabi printer is shipping. They’ve lowered the price from $149 to $99 and it’s available in … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Spotlight Gadgets

Tagged: Bluetooth, Printer

Spotlight Gadget – Wasabi Printer originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on February 10, 2009 at 4:39 pm.

A typical gear list for a road warrior might include a laptop, mobile phone, digital camera, GPS, along with other bits and pieces. But one gadget that you don’t usually think of when it comes to everyday gear is a printer. That’s not surprising since printers tend to be way too bulky to carry around. Although I recently reviewed a portable photo printer, the Epson PictureMate Dash (PM 260), it seems that portable non-photo printers are a bit of a rarity. That’s why I was interested to try the Bluetooth enabled PrintStik from PlanOn with Bluetooth computers and smartphones.

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Filed in categories: Wireless

Tagged: Printer

PlanOn Printstik PS910 Mobile Printer Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 15, 2008 at 9:40 pm.

Do you save a lot of data to CDs and DVDs? Maybe you like to burn CDs with your own collection of favorite MP3’s for your car,
or archive your vacation pictures for safe keeping. Instead of using stick on labels or a sharpie marker to scribble information on the discs,
how would you like to customize your discs and jewel cases with your own graphics? You can do that with special CDs/DVDs and
the DiscPainter from DYMO. I’ve been a fan of DYMO printing products since my review of their
LabelWriter Twin Turbo stamp and label printer, so
I was very interested to see how well this product would perform. Let’s take a look…

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Filed in categories: Desktop Computer Gear, Home Tech

Tagged: Printer

DYMO DiscPainter Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 2, 2008 at 6:15 pm.

I’ve never quite seen the purpose behind owning a photo printer. These days, you can print 4×6 copies of your digital pictures
for around twelve cents a picture, by way of online services like Snapfish and Wal-Mart Online. However, for some people, the
immediate satisfaction of printing photos at home is entirely worth the added expense of ink cartridges and high-quality photo
printer paper. One of Epson’s latest all-in-one photo printer offerings, the RX595, should satisfy even the most particular of these
print-at-home types.

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Filed in categories: Desktop Computer Gear

Tagged: Printer

Epson Stylus Photo RX595 Printer originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on April 3, 2008 at 9:23 am.

It’s strange, but in all the years that I’ve been using digital cameras, I find that I rarely print out my photos. I usually just copy them into a folder on my computer and look at them from time to time, or post some of them to my flickr account. Although I have a perfectly nice full-sized color printer (Canon Pixma iP6000D), I have always found it a pain to use for small 4×6 sized snapshot prints. That’s why I was curious when I was approached by Epson to review their PictureMate Dash PM 260 Personal Photo Lab photo printer. I wasn’t sure if this printer would make me excited to print photos, or if I would continue to snap and file as before.

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Filed in categories: Digital Cameras, Gear

Tagged: Digital Camera, Printer

Epson PictureMate Dash (PM 260) Portable Photo Lab originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on November 8, 2007 at 10:00 pm.