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What is P.I.M. (Print Image Matching)?

SUMMARY: Print Image Matching can help ensure your photo print colors match your originals'.

In case you have ever heard the term P.I.M. or Print Image Matching when reading a digital camera advertisement and wondered what it meant, it is a technology developed by Epson to supposedly better recreate accurate colors when printing digital photos. Naturally this technology is supported only when printing photographs on certain Epson printers, but many digital cameras support this technology including some made by Casio, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Sony, and other well-known brands. For more information:

Print Image Matching (Epson) - http://www.printimagematching.com/

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