A6 Pocket Palm Printer (Blue)

prints very goodand dosed need very much paper to printvery good for travel documents on the plane .

Didn't even know how to use it it was a terrible product

Thought it was a portable printer still don't understand how to use

On impulse I bought the Sipix A6 printer, brand new,(for a mere 19 bucks!) after checking it's compatibility with my invoicing software -Lowfat Invoice. However, I DID NOT check whether there were any known issues with the Dell Axim X5 and I was unaware of the wonderful people at AXIMSITE.COM.Soooo, the unit arrives. I giggle. I Take it out the box, pop in the CD and there were only drivers for 2000/98/ME and Palm. %$!!&#! I'm running XP Pro and PPC 2002. I google and search for drivers. I found these: [...] and I'm printing in XP - Woo Hoo! Load the CE drivers, attempt to print from LowFat - nuthin. %$!!&#! I made several attempts of removing and reinstalling the drivers, even changing the location (SD Card, main memory, built-in storage) -all, to no avail. Then I spot a thread response in Aximsite Forums by zipidydoda that recommended removing all the expansion cards and reloading the drivers. So I:1) Remove my SD Card and the compact flash card2) Did a soft reset3) Put it in the USB Cradle4) Used ActiveSync to remove the Sipix Printer Driver (if you get an error stating that a file is still loaded in memory you may have to tap> Start> Settings> System> Memory >Running Programs> Stop all - however, doing a soft reset before this step should help you avoid any errors)5) Did a soft reset (after taking it out of the cradle)6) Put it in the USB Cradle7) Reinstalled the driver (location provided above)8) Turned Axim off (after taking it out of the cradle) -this was also part of the instructions provided by Sipix9) Turned Axim on10) Print from A6print (tap > Start>Programs> A6print -it is best to choose a small txt file for quick printing)11) Voila !!So I'm printing -Woo Hoo! I try it in Lowfat -same error as before "Unable to Establish Infrared Link". What?!!? Just as I was about to chunk the thing -I thought long enough to calm down and approach it as if it were an error on a desktop. Since it's the IR port that's not jiving, I thought it could possibly be a transfer rate issue. I go into Lowfat> Tools> Print> Advanced> More Settings. There was no setting for IR Port Speed and the one for the Serial Port was defaulted at its lowest settings. I unchecked "Alternate IR Connection" and "IR Buffer Adjustment". Prayed -attempted to print...Thank God!!!!! I'm printing -not only can I print with the A6Print and A6Capture utilities but I can print from LowFat Invoice too!Sorry this was so lengthy but I didn't want anyone else to have to spend a whole business day trying to get their Sipix A6 to work -or worse...give up. I hope this helps somebody.God Bless,Axzym

Good deal. Very Happy.

Amazon, I rated you 9.9999 of 10 in quality of your products; this is a o.ooooo of 10- the most pathetic waste possible; in the age of tech now, we can enjoy buying "retro/low to no tech" for say arcade games, handheald battery basketball from Mattell in 70s, early 80s, but for a PRINTER ON THE GO, a "cool, if it was remotely like what we count on" in our "life on the fly"- this is like an oldtime "cashregister""- no LAN, WAN connected, just " type and open cash drawer"; would hardly be welcomed by any food store; why would anyone put this piece of garbage=-if it were size of say ENVY- which is more portable than this micropenal piece of do-do. I HATE THIS PRODUCT; it is "total theft by deception" as we'd have "|reasonable expectation" of say- printing in car en route or from a meeting, or in my case, a 24-hour shift as a flight paramedic; why would I buy this trash I have to use in my friggin EMS office or home office??????????????????? DESTROY AND STOP ADVERTISING THIS!

I thought it would be bigger, but it does it's job.

This thermal paper uses small rolls to print on - requiring no ink. It's small, lightweight (except with 4 "AA" batteries) and can receive data via its IrDA port OR serial connection. This did not work with my Jornada 680e but did with a iPad 19xx so it may not work with older PDAs (though, it was designed to work with Palms). You *can* use it with a desktop or laptop but you simply cannot install the drivers and "voila!" The properties of the connection between the printer and computer must be manually modified for it to work properly - but when you get it to work, it's perfect. I use it to print receipts and it is absolutely fantastic. I suppose the only "downside" to it is that paper for it is pretty expensive...the starter rolls aren't going to be enough to do much with so plan on looking for CUT or ROLL (preferably) cheap.