Product Description

ARTOGRAPH-This lightweight and portable projector easily makes enlargements up to 10 times the size of the original artwork. No set-up or assembly required. Projects in colors or black and white. Simply place your artwork under the Tracer Projector and immediately see a larger version projected against a screen or wall. Great for signs and murals. Copy Size: 5-inch by 5-inch. Projection range: 2-inch by 14-inch. Common 10 watt bulb included. UL listed. 120 volts.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56459 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Artograph
• Model: 225360
• Dimensions: 11.75" h x 13.60" w x 5.80" l, 3.41 pounds

Features

• Great for signs and murals
• Projection range: 2-inch by 14-inch
• Copy Size: 5-inch by 5-inch

Customer Reviews

I Call It The Scorcher.
I bought this product a few years back, so maybe the new ones are better, but the one I have is somewhat difficult to use for long periods of time.

The way it is constructed, the bottom is a square hollow tube, with a light bulb only a few inches away from the opening. You place the tracer on top of whatever opaque photograph or paper you intend to trace. Then, after only a few minutes, the Tracer (because of the light bulb trapped inside its plastic body) heats up to extraordinary temperatures. Within five to ten minutes, it will curl a photograph and turn a printed out picture into a strangely wrinkled landscape because of the extreme heat. DO NOT use originals for tracing that you want to preserve!!!! Make a photocopy!! Also you can only enlarge a sketch that is about 4" by 4", because that is the size of the square opening on the bottom.

It has inadequate ventilation (no fans, just a few slits), because vents would make more light escape and make the projection image dimmer. The projection strength is already a little weak because a lot of the light escapes through the few small vents on the top. If you prop the Tracer up on pencils or something to give your photograph room to breathe (so it won't fry), even more light escapes and it becomes really hard to see the tracer projection on the wall. Must use in a totally black room: I had to use mine in a closet, and I had to turn it off every five or ten minutes to let it cool down for about twenty. This can be frustrating when you're on a roll. If you don't use a normal light bulb, but something that burns cooler like a fluorescent, this might work better.

Other than all that, for a relatively cheap projector, it will do the trick. It enlarges very well; I made a tiny little one-inch sketch the size of a poster. If you just plan to use this infrequently, and only for short periods of time, it's fine. If you plan to make a career out of tracing small sketches onto large canvasses or something, get a more expensive projector.

trace projector
Listen to the first reviewer. This thing gets ridiculously hot because it lacks a fan. It does work in a very dark room and the image projected was fine. But after 15 minutes the tracer was overheated and almost too hot to touch. The paper image I placed underneath was also very hot to the touch. I just bought it and returned it.

Really Really Poor Quality Product - Save Your Money!
I bought this product and returned it after one (attempted) use. I am an artist and have plenty of experience using projectors and this is the worst I have ever used. No matter what I did this thing could not achieve sharp focus, and I was working from a simple black and white line drawing in a completely darkened room. When I returned it to the store they basically replied "Oh well its a cheap projector". So I guess its pretty much known as a sub-standard product.
Thought there is a significant price difference the artograph prism is so much better - ie. it actually works. My advice is to shell out the extra cash for a quality product. This thing is pretty much useless.