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| Epson Artisan 810 |
| Epson scored a victory with the Artisan 810. This all-in-one printing solution has a 7.8-inch smart touch panel and a 3.5-inch color LCD that displays only the buttons needed, making it easy to select, copy, enlarge, rotate, crop, restore, and print photos without a computer. Epson six-color, Ultra Hi Definition Claria inks combined with Epson MicroPiezo print heads and DX5 technology create archival prints with estimated longevity up to 200 years in an album, 98 years under glass. The unit also affords 4,800-ppi scanning, both color and black-and-white copying, and built-in Wi-Fi and Ethernet networking. |
| Price: $299.99. www.epson.com |
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| Canon Pixma Pro9500 Mark II |
| For a mid-priced inkjet device, the new Canon Pixma Pro9500 Mark II Photo Printer packs a punch with 10 pigment-based ink colors, including gray, and photo and matte blacks. The Pixma Pro9500 produces pro-quality prints with Canon’s double-encoder system. Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) technology and the 7,680-nozzle print-head significantly boost print speed. The matte black, photo black and gray inks reduce metamerism, and provide high-density blacks and neutral monochrome. |
| Price: $849.99. www.usa.canon.com |
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| Epson Stylus Pro 3880 |
| Epson calls the Stylus Pro 3880 its most sophisticated 17-inch printer to date, and our judges give it kudos. Featuring the Epson UltraChrome K3 with Vivid Magenta ink set and a MicroPiezo AMC print head, the Stylus Pro 3880 yields gallery-quality prints up to 17x22 inches. The ink set’s advanced magenta pigments yield deeper blues and violets, and the three-level black ink technology yields a better tonal range and gray balance. The MicroPiezo AMC print head produces maximum resolution of 2,880x1,440 dpi with variable-sized droplets as small as 3.5 picoliters. Epson’s new AccuPhoto HD2 image technology amplifies the printer’s credentials with smooth color transitions and excellent highlight and shadow detail. |
| Price: $1,295 for Standard Edition. www.epson.com |
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| Canon Selphy CP790 |
| Canon landed a Hot One Award last year with the Selphy CP770, so it’s no surprise that the next-generation Selphy scored the award this year. The CP790 is upgraded with enhancements to the Portrait Image Optimize feature. The system’s brightness and color cast corrections have been improved so that skin tones reproduce with an even more natural appearance. The new Creative Options feature allows users to tweak photos before cropping them on the 3-inch LCD screen. The highly portable CP790 has optional battery and memory card slots for printing on-the-go sans computer. |
| Price: $179.99. www.usa.canon.com |
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