Polaroid P-500IR Digital Photo Printer

Polaroid P-500IR Digital Photo Printer

 
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Product Description:

Polaroid P-500 printer is the simplest way ever to create prints directly from your digital camera. It is the first truly mobile photo printer! The P-500 allows you to print photographs anywhere, anytime without a computer. Simply insert a CompactFlash or SmartMedia card (with included adapter) directly into the printer, choose only the image or images you want to print, and push a button for instant full color prints in about 20 seconds.The new Polaroid P-500 printer uses Polaroid Type 500 instant film - therefore there is no need to buy batteries or use an external power cord. The P-500 automatically resizes JPEG files from any brand of digital camera to create great prints. The P-500 even supports DPOF image file formats.
Product Details
  • Feature:
  • Portable digital photo printer
  • Compatible with all digital cameras using CompactFlash and SmartMedia cards
  • Lightweight and compact
  • Print one image at a time or multiple copies
  • Automatically resizes JPEG files from any digital camera
  • BatteriesIncluded: 1
  • Binding: Electronics
  • Brand: Polaroid
  • EAN: 0074100350808
  • FormFactor: Portable
  • HardwarePlatform: PC
  • Label: Polaroid
  • Manufacturer: Polaroid
  • MediaType: Glossy photo film
  • Model: 500
  • ModemDescription: None
  • MPN: P-500
  • PackageQuantity: 1
  • ProductGroup: CE
  • ProductTypeName: PRINTER
  • Publisher: Polaroid
  • SKU: 811630284
  • Studio: Polaroid
  • UPC: 074100350808
  • Warranty: 1 year warranty

Customer Reviews

Neat little unit2003-05-31
For the price, size and quality its more novelty than serious printer, but its a good sort of novelty.

Pictures are small, but are on par with any other polaroid style camera. Good for scrapbooking, or checking images off LCD for digicams etc.

I bought mine in the hope it'd work with my P800 cell phones infrared, it didn't. Works fine with my nikon coolpix though.

The manual in mine says shoulderstrap included, however on the box it says it isn't,and it wasn't, not really a big deal though.

Haven't had a chance to see how easy it is to pickup film yet, but given its compatible with the joycam it should be reasonable easy.

The interface is ok, its a little terse but once you see where they were going its perfectly acceptable.

Prints come out fast, take a little while to appear.

Compatibility2003-03-16
I want to know if this product id compatible with the Fujifilm FinePix A303 3MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

Please let me know.

Ripped off by Amazon2002-10-15
I bought this when they promised a $25 rebate... the rebate never came and the company promising the rebate will not respond.. amazon denies any responsibility, so they effectively baited with a non-existent rebate... don't buy from amazon if you're figuring rebates as part of the price....
It's true: large-capacity SM Cards don't work2002-09-20
This printer does not work with 64MB and 128MB Smart Media cards. I verified this on the Polaroid website (deeply buried, of course!)
What a gadget!2002-06-05
The P-500IR is a stand-alone printer that outputs digital images onto P-500 Joycam instant film. It's "stand-alone" in that it doesn't have any direct connectivity to a computer, and it takes images from CompactFlash or SmartMedia cards (the latter requiring an included adapter). Since there is no preview screen on the unit (the thing runs on the embedded P500 film pack battery, so you only need to feed the thing film), you have to kinda guess which photo you're about to print. I've been taking the somewhat roundabout route of dumping the files from my digital camera onto the hard drive, tweaking and cropping with Photoshop, and then copying select files onto a CF card, which then is inserted into the P-500IR to be printed.

Output quality is pretty good, considering that it's instant film. The image size is pretty small, but it does create some unique "hard" artefacts of digital images. I think this printer would have been a questionable investment at its original price; however, with the discount, I suspect the folks at Polaroid are going to get their money back (and then some) on the film! The five stars are given specifically for the discounted price. This printer is a "must have" gadget at that price!

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