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Sony Digital Photo SV55 Thermal Printer

Sony Digital Photo SV55 Thermal Printer

16 reviews

Feb, 2025

Positive
usability (6)
performance (3)
size (2)
design (2)
durability (1)

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price (7)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 16 reviews of Sony Digital Photo SV55 Thermal Printer. The average rating for this product is 4.2/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers are impressed by the durability and design. The performance and usability also get good comments. Opinions are divided on the size, while many are negative about the price.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Sony Digital Photo SV55 Thermal Printer is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 73/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Useless printer driver cripples an otherwise excellent product

I mostly agree with the opinions expressed by the other owners as far as print quality is concerned, but this printer has one very serious and inexcusable flaw: it's printer driver. The printer driver has very few options and a number of settings are ...

Very good prints if you reduce the red content of your photographs dramatically

Poor printer driver that offers practically no adjustment and doesn't work in Windows XP

Jan, 2005

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

A must have for the home photographer

While my wife was pregnant with our son we of course had to start the ritual of buying all sorts of ...

Great Pictures. Ease of use. Great built in bonus features (passport size photos etc..)

Cost and difficulty finding the replacement paper. Max picture size is 4x6.

Jul, 2003

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

This dye sub is more reliable than my Epson inkjet!

I'm a professional photographer and bought this small Sony dye sub to make prints for a few publications I freelance for that need images by the next day.

Excellent quality prints for publication,small desk footprint

paper/cartridge combo pricepaper has a "postcard" backing

Apr, 2003

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Don't buy this product

I got one of these printers for my wife on Christmas. I knew it didn't use the same kind of memory as our camera but what the heck the box said it had a USB connection. Great. Come Christmas day she opens it up. Connecting this printer to a computer is...

Looks nice

Badly designed, ridiculous concept

Dec, 2002

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Sony printer - not too crazy about it

I was searching for photo printer and finally I decided to go ahead and purchase Sony printer. My happiness lasted only (not even) three days! Don't get me wrong, the pictures are excellent, the paper is waterproof, tear proof but the only problem the...

VERY SMALL, GOOD PICTURE QUALITY, WATERPROOF PICTURES, TEAR FREE PICTURES

4 X 6 PICTURES ONLY, VERY EXPENSIVE TO PRINT

Dec, 2002

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Great Printer!!

The Sony DPP-SV55 printer is an outstanding quality printer from the name we've all come to correlate with quality. The prints are photo lab quality and just about everyone who looks at the prints actually thinks I got them done at a lab. The printer...

Quality of prints, ease of use

price of media, limit on picture size

Nov, 2002

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Great little printer

I bought this printer from Best Buy for only $199 because they will no longer be handling them. I really wanted a DPP-SV77, but could not resist the price. I rushed home with my new toy and hooked it up to my TV (acts as a monitor).

High quality output. good speed for quality. compact supply costs are now reasonable

wedded to Sony for suppliesOnly prints 4x6 and 3.5x4 pictures

Sep, 2002

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Sony DPP-SV55 - My own photo lab!

I have owned this printer for a 1-1/2 years and think its one of the best computer/electronic investments I've ever made. I originally reviewed this over a year ago under a different item title, "Digital Photo Printer SV55". Due to the new category and...

True photo quality, edge to edge printing + more

Paper/Ribbon pack may be hard to find locally but better deals online

Sep, 2002

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Consumer review (epinions.com)