Anyone here tried the Olympus P-11 printer?

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Stuffed Crust - 24 Feb 2007 15:15 GMT

For some reason, every "review" I've found of one of these photo
printers is little more than a recycled press release, and user reviews
are either "IT R0X0RS!!!!11!" or "IT SUX0RS!!111!".

I'd like to find some print samples and see how it compares to the other
dye-sub photo printers out there. The fact that it has an all-internal
print path is quite appealing...

I'm seeing it around for $75 on clearance. I just hope they aren't
going to get out of the business and make it impossible to find media
refills..

- Solomon

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Paul Furman - 24 Feb 2007 19:08 GMT

> For some reason, every "review" I've found of one of these photo
> printers is little more than a recycled press release, and user reviews
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> going to get out of the business and make it impossible to find media
> refills..

Amazon has a few customer reviews:
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B000BB3ZJ6/ref=cm_cr_dp_pt/002
-7145239-9296852?ie=UTF8&n=172282&s=electronics>

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tomm42 - 24 Feb 2007 21:32 GMT

> > For some reason, every "review" I've found of one of these photo
> > printers is little more than a recycled press release, and user reviews
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> Amazon has a few customer reviews:
> <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B000BB3ZJ6/ref=cm_c...>

The problem with dyesub printers is that the paper is propritary, so
while the Olympus dye subs were relatively well thought of. Be certain
you can still get paper and ribbons. This is what happened to the ALPS
printers a few years ago, no supplies so there is one in my attic.

Tom

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Tony Polson - 24 Feb 2007 21:45 GMT

>For some reason, every "review" I've found of one of these photo
>printers is little more than a recycled press release, and user reviews
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>going to get out of the business and make it impossible to find media
>refills..

The Epson Picturemate, it is a far, far better printer than the
Olympus P11. The Olympus P11 is on clearance for very good reasons,
including the fact that it didn't sell at all well.

The P11 is also slow, and dye sublimation has no advantages over the
Epson inkjet system in the Picturemate.

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Tony Polson - 24 Feb 2007 21:49 GMT

>>For some reason, every "review" I've found of one of these photo
>>printers is little more than a recycled press release, and user reviews
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>The Epson Picturemate, it is a far, far better printer than the
>Olympus P11.

Available for $39.95 (refurbished) from Amazon.com:

http://tinyurl.com/2a28c6

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