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 Controls / Buttons / Dials (4.50)The buttons on the HiTi S400 Dazzle’s LCD Controller are responsive, and their design seems well thought out. The main buttons consist of the Escape and OK buttons seated above the large directional control that lets users navigate menus and control adjustment levels. Below this lie the Edit, Home, and larger Print buttons.
Arrayed along the top, just beneath the LCD screen, are four small buttons for specialty functions. The first engages or disengages the Auto Color function, which provides users with automatic color settings. The next button, the Matte button, gives the print a matte finish. The Date Print button adds the date to the print, and the Signature button adds a template message to the print.
Since the LCD controller is an independent unit to the S400, we have to remark on its utility. With that in mind, we don’t understand why the socket for the Controller on the printer base is on the opposite side from the Controller cradle. It limits the reach of the already limited and stiff cord. The user has to lift the controller over the top of the printer to utilize the cord’s full length. Simply bad design.
Switching from PC mode to memory card mode was also problematic. The menu does not display anything when the USB cable is hooked up. Only PC mode is possible. We had to physically unplug the USB cable from the printer in order to get the printer’s menu to show up for use in memory card mode. No mention of this was made in the printer’s documentation. Most users will be doing one or the other, so perhaps this is not much of an issue in use outside of a testing lab.
Menus (5.50)
The S400’s menus allow for basic adjustments and customizations, such as resizing and image enhancement.
HiTi S400 Dazzle Menu
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Main Menu
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Sub-Menu
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Sub-Sub-Menu
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Description
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Photo
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Edit
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Move, Rotate, Resize, Copies, Enhance (Brightness, Sharpness, Contrast, Color R/G, Color B/Y)
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Index
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5x4, 6x5, 8x7
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Configures the printing of multiple images on one page.
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Sticker
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1x1, 4x4, 4-2-4
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Configures the printing of multiple images on stickers.
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Print All
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Prints all the images on the card.
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Setup
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Language
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9 languages
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Printer Setting
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Print Position
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Allows adjustment for configuring images to sticker printing.
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Color Setting
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Brings user to same menu as Enhance under Edit.
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Sepia
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On or Off
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Border
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On or Off
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Color Wizard
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Presets for Portrait, Landscape, and enhanced Portrait and Landscape.
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Display Setting
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LCD Adjustment
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Brightness, Contrast, Position, Color
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Wallpaper
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Color Theme
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Menu colors
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LinkPrint
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Setting the printer to print from camera.
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Signature
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Includes and positions signature messages on prints.
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Cleaning Mode
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Image Device
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1: SD/MS/SM
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2: CF I / II
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3: USB
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Size / Footprint (6.08)
While the S400 is not a big printer, it still scored the lowest of all the compact photo printers we’ve tested. The printer weighs 5.5 pounds and measures 12 inches by 14.5 inches by 8 inches. We score a printer’s size based on its functional contours, meaning with all the paper trays and attachments installed. In the case of the S400, this includes the paper cassette and the dust guard, which sits at the top of the printer over the exit slot.
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