Olympus P-330 Printer Wins Three Awards in One Week

MELVILLE, N.Y., March 22-- Olympus America Inc., Digital & Imaging Systems Group, today announced that the Olympus P-330 Instant Photo Printer won 3 awards in one week during the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) Show. The awards received are the "PMA Photo Printer Shoot-out Winner," the "PMA Innovative Product Award," and the Digital Focus/Popular Photography Excellence in Imaging Award for "Best Photo Printer."

The Olympus P-330 Instant Photo Printer provides filmless photo viewing and printing through a TV set, directly from a camera, or from a computer. Easy to use, the P-330 directly reads SmartMedia cards, thus avoiding cables and printing aggravation. Consumers can easily create prints and reprints in about two minutes at home or at the office, without taking a trip to a photo store.

The P-330 printer provides three pass capability for fast and economical printing and four pass printing with a UV overcoat protection for extra image longevity. The printer auto-senses the ink ribbon cartridge (three or four pass) and responds accordingly. It prints a 4" x 5.5" page at a rate of about 2 minutes per page in 24-bit color depth with 16.7 million true colors using dye-sublimination process.