Printer Reviews

This is an excellent printer, you won't be disappointed. I run this on a Linux network, without trouble. The configuration tool runs under Windows, so you'll need to have a Windows machine handy to run it.

Just fyi, this cartridge is for Samsung printers ML-1440, ML-1450, ML-1451N, ML-6040, ML-6060, ML-6060N, ML-6060S. (I put 5 stars just to put something; I'm not really reviewing performance)

fast, sharp, clear printer. easy to install and use anybody can use it , even my dumb sister can use it. wow!

Great high-end buy for the home office. Worth every penny if speed is the top priority. Sheet feeder works flawlessly. Only problem now is keeping the kids away from it. Better than the Xerox (Sharp makes the same machine for them too) since it scans once, prints many, rather than rescan for each copy as Xerox does.

We just recently purchased a Sharp AJ5030 Scanner, copier, printer and fax machine. We are very pleased with the copy quality. We had purchased a floor model so some of the colors were already used. We are looking forward to having a new cartridge to experience all the colors.

I bought the E200 in December 99 and it has been a great monitor. This was my first Sony. I've previously owned NEC & Viewsonic. The flat crt screen, (new then but common now) works great with text. This monitor has great contrast, bright colors and good screen geometry. The single button menu control takes a little bit to get used to, but once you get a feel for it, the menus are easy to navigate. The best thing in my experience with this monitor is the reliability factor. It has been absolutely rock solid. The PC I use basically runs 24/7 and the monitor is probably in powered up/in use for 8-9 hrs avg. per day. If this monitor is still available at a fair price, I would highly recommend picking one up if your in the market for a 17" Flat CRT. However, I have heard that the E210 is the exact same monitor with a 3-yr factory warranty vs. 1-yr with the E200. So if the price difference is negligable, I would go with the E210.

Have used the printer many times with satisfaction every time, Am finding trouble getting refill paper and cartridges from Sony and other dealers. A terrific product and the color prints are outstanding. Very reliable. Highly recommended

It may look like an oversize answering machine from the 70s, but this two-tone gray box is actually Sony's new 600-dots-per-inch photo printer. The FVP-1 Mavica Photo Printer lets you print 3-by-5-inch photos with or without a PC, and it offers several ways of capturing digital images. It's the only photo printer I've seen that's equipped with a floppy drive. You insert a floppy into its disk drive (which reads .jpg, .bmp, or the printer's proprietary .nui graphics files) and view the images by connecting the printer to a television using its video-out or S-video connector.

In addition to floppies, you can also capture, retrieve, or print photos from digital cameras, TVs, VCRs, camcorders, and PCs. But to connect the printer to your computer, you must have a graphics card with a video-in port. In my tests using a shipping FVP-1 unit, capturing an image from television video took roughly 10 seconds to save to the printer's memory. The printed photos looked decent, but I noticed some slight ghosting and blurring flaws--no doubt from my TV reception.

Inconveniently, for the printer's drive to read the .jpg files I'd saved on a floppy, I had to first convert the images to the .nui file format using Sony's simple photo utility. After that, I popped the floppy back into the printer drive and was able to print a crisp, colorful photograph within 2 minutes.

The Mavica's thumbwheel-like button control lets you make index prints or multiples of 2, 4, and 16 images on a sheet. The printer requires photo paper, which doesn't ship with the unit. Sony sells a 50-pack paper and ink cartridge combo for $45. It also offers an optional $99 automatic paper feeder that holds 100 sheets; the alternative is manually inserting a sheet at a time in the printer's paper port.

Although somewhat pricey, this easy-to-use photo printer yields nice pictures, offers the convenience of floppies, and ends tedious trips to the photo shop.

Pros: Prints great quality photos stored on floppies, in easy steps.

Cons: To connect the printer to a PC, you need a graphics card with a video-in feature.

Value: Easy-to-use and versatile photo printer.

It is one of the best things out!

Sony did it again! The print quality is so good, it fooled the local color lab employee, he couldn't tell it from a connventionally processed photo print. One downside is that it's always on backorder and very hard to get one. So stock up while you can....

This product results in what I consider photo quality pictures. Much better than inkjet anyday.