Sony is among several companies that are very conscious about offering the best photography experience an amateur photographer can find. Sony digital cameras are among the top sold cameras on the market. The difference between this company and others, like HP, is that up until now they didn’t offer any amazing printing devices to pair up with their cameras.




This happened up to the release of the SnapLab digital photo printer, the Sony UPC-R10L. The SnapLab was developed to best fit the needs of event photographers and users that tend to visit fairs and need to print photography wherever they are. This printer can mostly be considered a standalone photo system that also includes some pretty amazing editing features.

Aside from printing, it also offers several editing tools that allow you to manipulate images in any way you want. While there are many photo printers that work quite well without a PC, the user still has to connect the printer to a PC, or the digital camera, on any occasion when they want to do some serious modifications to a certain photograph. Sony’s SnapLab eliminates that need and proves to much more efficient and rewarding when working without a PC. What this printer basically aims to provide (and for the most part does manage to offer) is lab quality photo prints on the go.

These sony digital photo printers come, as mentioned before, with a whole set of useful features. Data spooling technology allows you to remove the memory card from the slot when printing, if you need to use the card for something else. Different sizes of prints are supported and the user can work with 3.5 x 5 inch, 4 by 6 inch or 5 by 7 inch media.

Since it makes use of the dye-sublimation technology (which is generally considered the top technology for producing lab quality photography) any trace of dots of ink is completely eliminated. The printing speed claimed by the manufacturer is simply outstanding. A 4 by 6 inch photo should print out in about 16 seconds and a 5 by 7 inch in 17 seconds.

If you’re the kind of person whose business relies on making greeting cards with ease, this printer can allow it on the move and away from a PC. Editing tools the printer comes with will allow zooming, rotating and cropping among other things. An 8 inch touch sensitive color display with a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels will work quite well with previewing photography as well as navigating through the menu. For professionals, the main target of this printer, the SnapLab also includes remote monitoring and management software.

Users that plan to get multiple SnapLabs can make use of Sony’s optional Remote Monitoring system software that allows the changing of pricing or running promotions displayed on the printer’s LCD screen. Sony managed to achieve the goal they set with sony digital photo printers and does in fact offer users a personal photo lab experience in the comfort of their homes and small businesses.

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