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 Controls/Buttons/Dials (7.0)
Most of the printer’s buttons are located in front of the LCD screen on a silver panel that separates them from the power button. The power button is located on the left side of the top on the glossy white finish so it is clearly distinguishable from the other controls. The most important button, the Print button, is located in the lower right corner of the silver panel. It is large and is ringed with green light when the paper tray is attached, but it is the same clear plastic as most of the other buttons. The only discolored button is the pink Auto Touch-up button above the Print button that is quite small. The navigational control moves through menus easily. There are four buttons on the left side of the silver panel that are all small with small labels. They look exactly alike, so it’s hard to tell their functions at a quick glance.
Menus (7.00)
 The large LCD display makes navigating the Sony FP90 printer menus a breeze. The icons and text are large and don't significantly interfere with the image view. The Menu button brings up a line of icons along the top of the display with the selected image in the background. The menu choices are Edit, Creative Print, Easy Printing, Slideshow, Print Setup, Display Printer setup, File operation, and Image Search. Selections are made by pressing the enter button in the middle of the four-way controller. At any stage in the process, directions for making selections or changes can be found along the bottom edge of the screen, usually indicating that adjustments can be made with the right and left arrows of the four-way and selections chosen with the Enter button in the center. A slider bar appears which is controlled by the right and left arrows. This responds slowly to the buttons, but it does the job. Changes can be made in several steps in either direction from center of the bar, increasing or decreasing. Exiting the menu is not intuitive, other than hitting Print or Cancel, which brings up a dialog window that asks whether the user would like to save the image.
Size / Portability (8.32)
Like other compact photo printers, these units are small, lightweight, and designed for travel. Unlike the Canon Selphy line, the Sony printers come with carrying handles. The printer measures 5 inches high, 7.1 inches wide, and 12.5 inches deep, with the LCD screen raised and the paper cartridge attached. It weighs 2 pounds 10 ounces when the paper tray isn’t attached and the ink cartridge isn’t loaded. However, these don’t add very much weight.
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