Event Photography

Refurbished Printer Process at Imaging Spectrum

We have been providing refurbished photo printers to our customers for years. Refurbished printers offer high quality prints at a great price. Here is a behind the scenes look at our refurbishing process.

Currently we have the following refurbished printers in stock ready for same day shipping.
Sony UP-DR150 4×6, 5×7, 6×8 Printer
Kodak 8800/9810 8×10, 8×12 Printer
Kodak [...]

New Print Alignment Utility for Sony UPCX1

Sony has just released a new utility for the UP-CX1 Photo Printer to help with event and photo booth formatting challenges. The new firmware and software utility allow users to “tweak” the left to right alignment of prints on each printer individually. Once the desired alignment is achieved the setting can be “locked down” in [...]

Using the Kodak 6800/6850 Photo Printer Efficiently

If you own a Kodak 6800 or 6850 Photo Printer, you are probably aware of the fact that Kodak discontinued the 4″ media kit used to make 4×6 prints. It is now necessary to use the 6″ media kit to make 4×6 prints. (Update: Please note that there are two Kodak 6″ media kits: the [...]

Mitsubishi adds Matte Finish to CP3800DW Printer

Mitsubishi announced today the addition of a new feature for the CP-3800DW photo printer. The new optional feature enables the printer to generate prints with a matte finish. The new feature is made possible through a firmware and printer driver upgrade, and is available for Windows systems only. There is no change in the media [...]

New Sony UP-DR200 Driver Released

Sony released a new driver today for the Sony UP-DR200. The new v2.0 driver enables what Sony calls the “Cut Mode” for the UP-DR200. When the cut mode is enabled the printer will perform an intermediary cut producing two smaller prints. In other words, media type 2UPC-R204 will produce a 4″x6″ print or, in cut [...]

Sony UP-DR80 Paper Error

If you are encountering a “incorrect paper size” error on your Sony UP-DR80, this post may help.

Free Pelican Case with the Purchase of a Shinko Printer

Do you travel with or ship your printer?

If you travel with or ship your photo printer you probably have at least one horror story about how a damaged printer turned one of your events into a disaster. One way to avert such damage is by using a durable travel case like the Pelican 1660. We [...]

Sony UP-CX1 Design Changes.

Sony has made some small changes to the design of the Sony UPCX1 printer.  The power button that was on the front has been replaced by a power switch on the back.  The old power button is now the “matte” button that allows you to toggle between matte and glossy finishes.  Here are animated pictures [...]

Sony UPDR80 Wins DIMA Award

We already knew that the Sony UP-DR80 photo printer was a winner. Sales have been brisk and our customers have been raving about the print quality, especially with the new ProMatte™ finish. So it was no surprise to us when we learned that the Sony UP-DR80 Photo Printer was named 2010 DIMA Digital Printer Shoot-out [...]

Video attests to durability of Mistubishi Photo Printers

PBR photographers, Bull Stock Media, attest to the speed, durability and reliability of Mitsubishi printers in this new video. Using the Mitsubishi CP9800DW, the CP3800DW, and ExpressDigital Darkroom Software, Bull Stock Media provides photographic memories for PBR fans across the country. Dirt, dust, and bulls, the Mitsubishi printers can take it.