It's too bad that these PrintShop programs were great ten to twelve ...
593615
Within two hours I am so frustrated.  I was hoping that there would have been improvements since Version 3.5, but that is not the case.  This is so user unfriendly and frustrating to use.  It's too bad that these PrintShop programs were great ten to twelve years ago and they are awful now.  I really wish I hadn't bought this.  Do not waste your money, and more importantly, your time.
1108384
If the software had worked the printer could have been great. It would load to 99% then tell me it had a "fatal error" and crash. I spent three days and several hours with online and phone support. Finally gave up and took it back. Sad because I cant find another printer that offers the same functions at that price  without working software however it as just an overpriced 80 pound paperweight.
3745416
When I purchased my new, Vista-installed computer, it came with a demo for Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X1.  It was similar enough to the Paint Shop Pro 7 that I'd been using for years that I ended up buying the license, and I loved and used the program daily for the next several months -- until the program became corrupted and all efforts to uninstall and reinstall it were for naught.

I decided to upgrade when I found out that X2 had became available, thinking that the newer version would be even better, right?

Well.

The Good Stuff: it has a variety of awesome features that are great for photo editing.  I use the histogram and brightness/contrast level adjustments  constantly; they're easy to use and perfect for fine-tuning lighting and shadow.  The fade correction is also one of the best features for correcting a photo with bad white-balance.  Some pre-installed effects like the Time Machine, Filters, and Sepia are fun to play with and are a quick way to turn ordinary photos into something unique.

The Bad Stuff: it takes five to ten minutes to even open the program.  If interrupted in the process of opening, it may freeze and have to be completely shut down and restarted.  It freezes in the middle of saving pictures that are no more than a few hundred KB.  This shouldn't be happening on a system with 2GIG RAM.  When I ran PaintShop Pro 7 on a Win98 computer with 218MB RAM, it wasn't as slow as this program.  I have this powerful photo editing tool, and I've started using free-ware more just to avoid the slow loading and the constant shutting down/restarting in the middle of my projects.

Overall: When it works, Photo X2 does it's job well.  But the loading and freezing turn any projected into a tedious and cumbersome chore.
4786943
This program is much more difficult to use than my old Print Master Platinum 18 was.  It is very unfortunate that these products aren't interchangeable with the different operating systems.  But then that's how the manufacturers make their money, requiring us to keep buying new programs.  This was a waste of money for me.  After wasting an entire day trying to figure out how to use this product, I still was not able to create the project that I needed to which was why I bought the product in the first place.  Very dissatisfied with this product!
2617616
The best version was Print Artist Gold 4.0, the layout was perfect, the graphics were unbeatable and the program was just about the most user-friendly piece of software I have ever used!  Why did they have to change it?!  The old version does not work on my new fancy computer. This version really sucked compared to that one! And if u didn't know, now u know.
1625341
Printmaster is not what it used to be. This software has really gone downhill
868867
I purchased this program about an hour ago thinking it would be like Print Shop 23. Boy, what a bad mistake. It is hard to use, there is no help category, graphics are lacking, Can't seem to import items from my old Print Shop Files. The only reason I upgraded to this version was that my older version was not compatible with Windows 8.
This will be the very last item I purchase from this software company.
As it was a computer download from Amazon I don't even thing I can get a refund. I also don't have a disc to break in frustration.
3798202
If you've never owned PaintShop Pro before, you'll probably find it to be a very capable program with a great price point compared to industry standards like Adobe Photoshop.

If you are a former and long-time PSP owner like me (since version 7), you won't find anything compelling about any version after 9, but you will get a lot of cruft that you'll probably never use.

In addition to not having any compelling reason to upgrade, PaintShop pro has become extremely annoying to use.  In addition to all of the other user interface changes mentioned by other reviewers, Corel has installed it's own spam software which cannot be disabled.

It is simply not acceptable for any software which is not trialware or freeware to display ads while I am working, and the fact that the ads are from Corel itself does not excuse this horrid decision.

Additionally, newer versions attempt to index every photo on your hardrive, ostensibly as a "background process". This indexing can grind your computer to a halt by making the HD too busy to respond in a timely fashion to the your actual desired task. It's intrusive and unnecessary, and horribly implemented.

[UPDATE] - I will never again purchase another Corel product. Due to hardware issues and OS upgrades, I've had to re-install the software on the same machine it was previously on a few times, and it is now telling me that I no longer have a valid license, that I'm out of product activations. That's complete crap. I had been a long and loyal customer and have purchased PSP for family members and myself, including upgrades, for many years. When Corel took over the product line went downhill very fast, and it's simply no longer worth the money or hassle.
3549172
Of the 10 cameras - 3 would not advance at all to take pictures.  At least 4 others stopped advancing after just a few pictures, and 2 more jammed up after taking 18 pictures.  Others didn't get totally used.  Then when I tried to drop them off for developing, I find out that you have to pay for ALL 27 pictures on each camera even if they are smudged/blank/black/overexposed, etc.  At $10 a camera that means I will be spending over $70 just to see what is on the film and probably pay for more bad pictures than good ones!  The couple is going to be very disappointed with the outcome I fear.
3728679
I have used The Print Shop 20 Deluxe since the day it hit the shelves...and that's a LONG time! but it was the best program I've ever used.  It was perfect for the tasks I did daily...However, after Microsoft did the automatic upgrade from Windows 8 to 8.1, it will NOT work anymore!  It is not  compatable with 8.1 and I am STILL disappointed.  I called customer service at Encore, they suggested that I "get up to date" and purchase the new version and claimed it was the same program, just a little more up to date.... LIE ! ! !  This 3.5 is like an alien program compared to my 20 deluxe- and return/refund?  NOPE, because I purchased the program as an instant download, and unless I deleted it form my system and "tweeked" a few little things back, they would NOT refund my money....  I AM FURIOUS, and I WILL NEVER purchase another program from ANY of encore's companies  again!
4621030
I am just extremely frustrated. I had used an earlier version of The Print Shop for years. It was always slow to load, and peculiar to operate, but I navigated my way around it eventually. I had the hard copy, and had to use it occasionally, when the program refused to work properly. Used it on Windows XP. When I really could not figure it out any longer, I contacted their support people, only to be told that they no longer supported that version. Great...

So, I ordered The Print Shop Deluxe 23 version. Paid for, installed, registered, and used it - amidst many glitches. We had a computer crash, so had to redo a lot of the programs. I have never been able to get it to work. Contacted support - no reply for weeks. Contacted them again - many, many weeks later, I received an apologetic response. Was told to reinstall, after deleting it, and instructions on how to do so. I did it. No go.

Not computer illiterate, to say the least, so you can understand my frustration. I have documents that were created with the Program, that I cannot access. We need those documents, on a daily basis, and will have to re-create them, from scratch, with another program.

To say that I have been disgusted, is an understatement. Rarely do I write an unfavorable review, but The Print Shop 23 Deluxe has done nothing but lock-up my computer, act like it is on some type of drug, and frustrate me thoroughly.

I would NOT recommend it to anyone, and I would NOT expect the company to offer a replacement, or anything. Just this morning, I was asked - upon turning my computer on - to register it again. I have registered it 2 times, already. Don't know what else to do, and the cries for help, on my side - have not been answered in a timely fashion - ever. Eventually, yes - but by the time someone got back to me, the time frame for needing the documents, had passed.

Buyer beware, on this one.
2307629
Xerox used to be a quality brand, and my experience with this printer has been a disaster.  The color block technology is pretty good, and the print quality is good to very good for what is essentially ink "melted" onto paper, rather than "printed" by way of what I would call "moisture" entry application.  Anyway, the problem with his printer is the terrible software compatibility with Windows 8 or later.  It often doesn't recognize the envelopes in what is called the "Multi-Purpose Tray" or the tray that folds out and one uses for a few or individual sheets of paper/envelopes/labels, etc.  The tray supposedly has a sensor to determine the size and type of paper, but it doesn't recognize the paper or envelope, etc.  Plus, it will often spew out pages of printed documents of the wrong orientation, size of image, etc.  It's crazy, but it's what occurs.  Even though Xerox had a representative follow-up with me and "appeared" to want to help, it really was an empty gesture, since they probably knew very well that Xerox has not come out with the right software to control the machine from the computer, and as most people can gather, without the correct software package, hardware means next to nothing.  The other thing is that this machine is Made in Malaysia, where it should really be Made in the USA.  Maybe that might have something to do with it.
1780541
I agree with most of the reviews here, the search feature is a disappointment. You must be within a category to do a search, you cannot search across all categories which is a shame since this program is loaded with really beautiful graphics.

This new version of Print Artist Platinum has an abundance of gorgeous pre-designed layouts. The designers loaded the program with really modern layouts and left the trite, tiresome designs out. I especially like the many scrapbooking templates that come with the program along with the many scrapbooking elements that are included.

The features of the program didn't change a whole lot. If you used Print Artist 2003 then you really are not going to find anything new here. Its features are comparable to other programs of its price & purpose. It offer body/title text effects, special effects (such as extrusions, shadows, blending, etc...), color effects (brightness, hue, saturation, etc...) and shape effects. It does have a print preview which is helpful. One thing I do miss is the quotes. This new version does not include the 100's of quotes that came with the 2003 version, therefore, I kept the older version loaded on my computer.

Version 22 also seems to be a little stubborn when moving elements around. I often have to click on a text box several times before it is grabbed.

As far as features, I give Print Artist Platinum three stars. However, with the addition of the gorgeous graphics and abundance of well designed projects, I had to give it four stars.
1894188
I would have expected to be able to print more than 7 4x6 photos from these cartridges, I bought them hoping to get way more than 7 a piece... it's ridiculous. I shouldn't have had to pay what I did for the two cartridges if I was only going to get 7 prints...
1386913
Printer sucks for sublimation. Saw how poor the quality of images were and sent back.
Better to go with Ricoh.
222302
The HP Photosmart D7160 is a great printer -- "on paper".  I bought the printer primarily based on it's features and the photo quality was also impressive.  Unfortunately the more mundane aspects of the printer caused problem after problem until I literally had a fit and threw it in the trash.  This negative review is now my attempt to calm down.

First problem I had with this printer: It would frequently pause between print jobs and spend over a minute recalibrating.  The more cynical might note that this also wasted a LOT of ink.

Second problem: The printer would sometimes insist on using the photo tray for 'regular' paper jobs, or vice versa.  It had nothing to do with the print-driver settings, they were correct.  When the printer would start to do this the only solution was to cycle power.

Third problem: After successfully using the printer for about a year (though probably less) to print my monthly bills from Quicken, it spontaneously decided that my blank checks were 'upside-down' and refused to print on them until I turned them right-side up.  Apparently, it was scanning the backside of the paper and 'seeing' the check endorsement box.  But why was this suddenly a problem after so many months of ignoring it?

At this point I realized there might not be any solution to the printer's problems and I was overwhelmed at the thought of how many HOURS UPON HOURS I had wasted trying to make the printer work properly, and on basic print-outs, too.  So I lost it and literally trashed the 'still working' printer.  Actually, this is now the 2nd HP inkjet (in as many years) to overwhelm me with it's fickleness.  And don't even get me started on their scanners which unequivocally suck; get a Fujitsu !  I've made a minor hobby out of telling my co-workers horror stories about HP scanners.

Did I mention?  In addition to the occasional temper tantrum I also have 20 years experience as a Senior IT Manager, so I am *not* easily defeated by computers or anything else technical.

Hopefully this review will save someone else from making the same mistake I made -- confusing the quality of HP's laserjet printers with the inconsistent and extremely frustrating POOR quality of their inkjets (and scanners).
2478938
The printer itself is great.  The OCR program allows me to scan and edit.  Same model I have at my office.  This particular machine needed new printer heads.  It prints in black and white but color printing is miserable at best.  I spent about $150.00 on Amazon to purchase the two bad printer heads.