HiTi

[St. Chris]

I got a Hi-Touch Imaging (http://www.hitouchimaging.com/) 730PS a while ago. I was disappointed at first because prints from my Mac (using Photoshop) were coming out with a yellowish color cast. I think I'll eventually figure out the right color tweaks for that, but I'm convinced that it's a software issue, because when I finally just stuck the camera's memory card directly into the printer -- and I wish I'd done this sooner -- the prints were excellent. I took a flash photo of a cat (tabby, lots of fine contrast detail in the fur) with my 5MP Canon S2, printed it to 4x6 directly from the memory card, and...well, it's truly impressive.

The only tweak I might suggest if you get one of these is to decrease the amount of sharpening (in the driver software or in Edit mode for direct printing). The default medium-level setting for sharpening will often introduce harsh edge artifacts. Reduce the level, and the print looks beautiful and natural.

I bought my HiTi 730PS from Amazon.

If anyone wants any more information on this, I'll be glad to write more. No, I'm not a shill for the company, just a happy owner.

[fatbratcat]

I have the hiti w/o the builtin card reader, USB connected and I printed with Photo Desiree. I'm not sure if there is a sharpness adjustment since I haven't printed in quite awhile. However, my prints from a year ago that I have at the office just look better day by day. They actually look like glossy photo prints now. I just haven't gotten around to buying another paper/ribbon pack yet.

John