Epson PictureMate Charm Compact Photo Printer PM 225

by Epson

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9.5 x 0.5 inches ; 1.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002R0DWYM
• Item model number: EPSON PICTUREMATE CHARM PHOTO LAB
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #16 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Printers > Inkjet Printers
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Your photos. Your way. — Share memories instantly — at home, on-the-go or in the office — with PictureMate Charm. This portable photo printer turns your photos and professional images into better-than-lab-quality prints. Just connect any digital camera or insert a memory card¹. Then, use the 2.5" color photo screen to preview photos, remove red eye and enhance colors. Once you choose to print, PictureMate Charm will print a 4" x 6" photo in as fast as 37 seconds.^† With this portable printer, you can get stacks of photos without the wait or cost of a photo lab, and without a PC. Use the optional battery and print photos wherever you go — at the park, on vacation or at a photo shoot. PictureMate Charm saves the on-the-go photographer time and money, without compromising quality. Prints are smudge, scratch, water and fade resistant, and made to last a lifetime. So, trust your memories to PictureMate.^®

Brilliant results and superior durability

The PictureMate Charm delivers amazing quality and detail, plus true-to-life skin tones. You get professional quality photos that are smudge, scratch, water and fade resistant, so you can handle them right after printing. Place them in an album or share them with family and friends, worry-free.

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What the press is saying:

"...the combination of fast speed, low cost per page, and high-quality prints that are both rugged and long-lived puts the Charm way out in front of its competition, and earns it a spot as Editors' Choice for 4- by 6-inch dedicated photo printers." David M. Stone, PC Mag.com (10.28.09)

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2.5" color photo viewer

With its large, 2.5" color photo viewer, PictureMate Charm makes it easy to select and print beautiful photos. On-screen instructions walk you through everything — selecting, previewing and even editing your photos for printing. Remove red eye or enhance colors. Then, preview your changes immediately. With the LCD photo viewer, you can view your photos with precision detail. So, you get to see exactly what you’ll get before you print it! And, there’s no wasted paper!

Convenient compatibility

Whether you're at home or on the go, PictureMate Charm is the worry-free way to print your digital photos. PictureMate works with any digital camera — just insert a memory card¹ and you'll be previewing your photos in seconds! You can even use PictureMate with PictBridge^™ devices and your Bluetooth^®-enabled camera phone².

Fast photo print speeds — without compromising quality

PictureMate Charm, you get superior, pro quality prints at unsurpassed speeds — 4" x 6" photos in as fast as 37 seconds!^† No other portable, small-format printer can offer such performance. That’s what makes PictureMate the perfect solution for printing photos on the go. It’s fast, easy and offers amazing results. With PictureMate, it’s easier than ever to achieve exceptional quality and get prints that are better than those from a lab or photo kiosk, or traditional, film-processed prints.

Choose from multiple layouts and other options

Print stacks of photos to share with family and friends. It’s easier than ever with PictureMate Charm. Best of all, you can print each photo just the way you want it. Select from various layout options, remove red eye, and much more! Then, when you’re ready, print in black-and-white, color or sepia, without altering the original file. And, when it comes to size, the choice is up to you! Choose wallet, classic borders, borderless and more! It’s never been easier to get better-than-lab-quality photos, made to order!

Black-and-white	8 per page	Wallet size	Classic border	Borderless
Sepia	Proof sheet

The smart tool for professionals

Medical and dental professionals can use PictureMate Charm to track a patient’s recovery process — all while ensuring his/her privacy. Architects and real estate agents can quickly and easily document the stages of a project on the job site, or highlight the features of various properties. With the optional rechargeable battery, it's easy to print photos to share with clients no matter where you are.

Features/Benefits

• Print your favorite photos, PC-free — print photos directly from any digital camera
• Get pro quality photos, fast! — print vibrant 4" x 6" photos in as fast as 37 seconds^†
• Portable printing — grab the handle and take PictureMate Charm to parties, events, the office, even your vacation getaway!
• Share prints for generations to come — smudge, scratch, water and fade resistant prints mean durable photos that last longer than traditional, film-processed photos³
• Get your photos, your way — print popular photo sizes, black-and-white or sepia
• Easily edit photos — remove red eye and more
• Print stacks of photos at an everyday, low print price — all the pictures you want at an affordable price
• Ready to share — instant-dry photos make it easy to give pictures to family and friends right away
• Print in the great outdoors — operate PictureMate Charm for hours on a single battery charge (with optional rechargeable battery)
• Print wirelessly — optional Bluetooth adapter²
• Weight and Dimensions (W x D x H) — Weight: 7.9 lb, Printing: 9.1" x 13.5" x 10.5", Storage: 9.1" x 6.7" x 5.7"

Eco features

• ENERGY STAR^® qualified
• Designed to be Recycled⁴

PictureMate 200/300 Series Print Pack Glossy (T5846) PictureMate 200/300 Series Print Pack Matte (T5845-M)

What’s in the Box

• PictureMate Show personal photo lab
• Initial photo cartridge and paper for about 20 4" x 6" photos
• Power cord
• Quick start guide and CD

PictureMate products
Your photos, your way

PictureMate is the perfect accessory for your digital camera. It’s like having your own personal photo lab, all in the comfort of home. Print in the kitchen, den, anywhere, even while on the go — anytime, day or night. It’s easy — no computer required. Get beautiful photos, fast. And, share them for generations to come. With an everyday, low print price, you can print all you want! PictureMate fits your needs, your schedule and your life.

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† Color photo without a PC in borderless layout, measured from start of paper feed. Additional print time will vary based on system configuration, software, and page complexity. See www.epson.com/printspeed for details.

1. Prints from CompactFlash^® (Type I and II), Secure Digital (SD^™), SDHC,^™ MMC, xD-Picture Card^™ (Type M/H), Microdrive^® and Memory Stick^®
2. Bluetooth adapter sold separately; please visit www.MyPictureMate.com for ordering information.
3. Based on accelerated testing of prints displayed under glass in indoor display conditions. Actual print stability will vary according to media, printed image, display conditions, light intensity, temperature, humidity and atmospheric conditions. Epson does not guarantee the longevity of prints. For maximum print life, display all prints under glass or UV filter or properly store them.
4. See our website for convenient and reasonable recycling options at www.epson.com/recycle

Epson and PictureMate are registered trademarks, Epson Exceed Your Vision is a registered logomark and Better Products for a Better Future and PictureMate Show are trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation. All other product and brand names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Epson disclaims any and all rights in these marks Copyright 2009 Epson America, Inc. 8/09

Product Description

EPSON PICTUREMATE CHARM PERSONAL PHOTO LAB

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

63 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent photo quality, March 26, 2010

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InKC (Kansas City) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Epson PictureMate Charm Compact Photo Printer PM 225 (Office Product)

Photo quality is the most important thing to me. I'm making a photo album of my 'trip of a lifetime' and needed the flexibility of printing photos immediately and printing in different sizes, etc. I shot high-resolution photos on the trip. The photo quality from this printer is as good as I get at my local Fox Photo (high quality photo printer). The images are sharp and have excellent color saturation without beeing over-saturated and fake looking. I had some of the photos printed at Walmart as soon as I got back (first time I used them) and was very disappointed. The cost of print on this printer is pretty low also - .25 I have read. The first ink cartridge gets used up pretty quickly, 50 photos or so. Mostly it is priming the printer. Much better life on the second cartridge onward. I'm getting too wordy - anyway, I would definately buy this printer again, no question about it.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Greatest little printer I have ever used!, April 22, 2010

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Robbie Ruffin Bostick "CRB" (Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Epson PictureMate Charm Compact Photo Printer PM 225 (Office Product)

I just received my printer yesterday afternoon from Amazon and in about 20 minutes I was printing some of the greatest 4x6 pictures that I have ever printed!! I have always been an HP printer person - but just got tired of always having to buy more ink cartridges - and they are not cheap! So I figured up the cost of a print on glossy paper with this printer and looks like it will be about 27 cents per picture - that is about as cheap as I can take a disk to WalMart or Sam's and get them done - and the picture quality is just as good - maybe better. I still have my HP printer for those "bigger" prints that I need - but in my opinion you just can't beat this little printer for 4x6 and smaller prints, and it is so cute! I might have to get the rechargeable battery so I can take it to parties and things to give prints away - at that price it is totally doable.

CRB

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing quality and strength of images, April 24, 2010

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Some Guy (New Paltz, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epson PictureMate Charm Compact Photo Printer PM 225 (Office Product)

I agonized about this decision for over a month reading a zillion reviews. Finally we bought this... and it's AWESOME! Better than we hoped! Not just the quality, but the pictures really are waterproof (we left one in a pot of water overnight to see) and seem really rugged (we tried to scratch off the image and it didn't work). We are using them to make postcards (we use spray-on elmers glue and pop on a piece of 4x6 card stock and... that's it) The quality is so far beyond what we were paying at the drugstore that the price difference per image feels totally worth it. The ONLY reason I'm not giving 5 stars is because I wish the screen was a bit bigger... but I guess that would have made the printer more expensive... and then I might not have bought it. The other thing I like about it is that it's very fast to get TO the pitcture that you want to print... just pop in the camera's card and it goes through the images and then you choose one and pop it prints. But it IS annoying that you can't really see the quality of your picture on the crappy screen... you have to have decided on the image on the camera (or on your computer, I guess, but that would take time). I also really like that it is so very very small and has a handle and is all "protected" when it's closed. It's easy to kind of throw around (we're gentle, but... you know.. we stuff it places). Bottom line.. I think anyone would be very happy with this. I'll never be able to go back to inkjet pictures. It's the perfect size for fast postcard printing which brings smiles to my granmother and it's crazy fast... but it has a crappy screen, but I don't really care so much about that. If this printer broke I would immediately buy another one.