Personal Printer Bag!

If you remember my post from a week or so ago, I compared the differences between photos printed from personal photo printers. If you missed that post, click here. My newest printer and favorite printer is the Epson Picture Mate PM400. I love to keep my little printer in a bag because I take it downstairs to work on. It's so much easier to carry everything that way. Plus if I want to take it to a crop or something, it's packed and ready to go and the dust also stays away. However, the directions for this printer clearly state that you cannot turn it on its side because the ink could leak. Well, because of its size, any bag I had the printer would have had to be turned onto its side to carry in the bag. Darn! So the search for an appropriate bag began. I found one, and I can say that I am extremely pleased!

The measurements of this little printer are 6.5 x 16.4 x 10.9 inches, and the Thirty-One Perfect Party Set bag works perfect! I am now naming it the "Perfect Photo Printer Set." :) It's actually an expensive bag but you can find used ones for as low as $29 on eBay. And probably any 9x13 dish carrier would work. Let's look at what I can get inside.

Here you see the bag closed. It can expand to hold even more but I do not need to use it 

that way currently.

Inside I can fit the printer, ink, and there is space for a little something else.

Or if I want, I can put extra paper inside. The ink and paper would also work well 

together in that spot.

Or the paper can also fit in the top pocket. Here you can see four packages of 

paper in the top. I could fit more there if I wanted.

Also inside the bag without using the expanded option, I can put extra Project Life pages 

or even pages in progress on top of the printer! Note that I do 8 1/2 x 11 pages. 

The 12x12 pages would not fit in here.

And here you see that it fits perfectly without opening it up to the expanded option. This bag 

would certainly hold a lot more if it were expanded.

I am super pleased with this bag. It is perfect for this printer! Now I can just grab it with my pages in progress inside and take to any location in the house or on vacation or to a crop. Hope this helps some of you that want a bag also for your printer. Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!

A Personal Printer Comparison: Epson Charm, Epson PM400, and Canon Selphy

Okay, I have wanted to upgrade my Epson Charm for sometime. I have had it for years, and it has served me well. Anyway, I did a photo comparison so that this may help some of you trying to make the same decision. Let's look at what I did and what I discovered.

1. These images were not edited. I just added text to help people that look at the photo. 
2. The image was printed on Epson Matte paper for the Charm and the PM400 prints. 
3. The image was printed on Canon glossy paper for the Selphy print. 
4. I always felt the Charm printed dark and would be frustrated editing photos. You can see how much darker that print is from the rest. 
5. The PM400 prints a bit lighter so I won't need to edit the lighting in photos. YES! 
6. The Selphy the color is not as rich as you can see but still not bad. 
7. I used the PL app to print these two photos on one 4x6 sheet. 
8. The photo closest to the true coloring of my boys is the PM400 print.

 So, here is the comparison. What do you think?

Edited to add that I received the Epson Semi-glossy paper in the mail today. I just tried it out, and it is extremely similar to the matte paper. Since it is hard to find the Epson Matte paper (unless you buy it with the Charm ink cartridge), I will use the Semi-gloss from now on. Really nice paper.

Feel free to ask questions below. Thanks for stopping by!