Epson Stylus C64 Inkjet Photo Printer Technical Guide
Features
Up to 17 ppm black text and 9 ppm color, under 5 minutes for a color photo
Up to 5,760 optimized dpi resolution
Water-resistant, smudge-resistant, light-resistant DURABrite inks
Cost-saving individual ink cartridges
USB interface, PC and Macintosh compatible
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Price Range:
Superwarehouse: $57.99
Amazon: $269.85
Review 1
Header: Excellent photo quality, text so-so,
Reviewed By: Carl Feather
Date Reviewed: December 23, 2003
This is a versatile little printer for the home. It produces excellent photo quality (you don't have to use "best" setting to get it , either). The Durabright inks are indeed water resistant, but very expensive. On the plus side, the cartridges seem to last a long time. But it is expensive to fill this thing with ink, almost as much as what the thing costs. I'm not impressed with the text quality. It looks very jagged. I bought it primarily for text, so it is a disapointment. At this price, the machine has to be considered as disposable as the ink cartridges. Buy it, use it until it dies, buy another, fill up the landfills. Epson seems to come out with a new model (and new ways to sell more expensive cartridges) every month.
I had an Epson 880 before this unit, and it produced equal results on photos, better results on text, with ink costs much lower. Epson is clearly interested in making its money on the ink. The 880 died after two years (started producing blurry text on certain WP programs), and so it's been retired to the Internet computer, where it still does a superior job to this guy.
Overall the C64 is a cheap, decent printer that will cost you its weight in ink.
Supplies:
Compatible Epson T044120 Premium Ink Cartridge (Black)
Compatible Epson T044220 Premium Ink Cartridge (Cyan)
Compatible Epson T044320 Premium Ink Cartridge (Magenta)
Compatible Epson T044420 Premium Ink Cartridge (Yellow)
Chip Resetter for Epson Compatible G&G Cartridges
Compatible Epson T044120 Premium Ink Cartridge (Black)
Compatible Epson T044220 Premium Ink Cartridge (Cyan)
Compatible Epson T044320 Premium Ink Cartridge (Magenta)
Compatible Epson T044420 Premium Ink Cartridge (Yellow)
VALUE PACK For C64/84 Epson Stylus
Original New OEM Epson T044120 Premium Ink Cartridge (Black)
Original New OEM Epson T044220 Premium Ink Cartridge (Cyan)
Original New OEM Epson T044320 Premium Ink Cartridge (Magenta)
Original New OEM Epson T044420 Premium Ink Cartridge (Yellow)
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Review 2
Header: Decent color printer
Reviewed By: Erika Mitchell
Date Reviewed: February 6, 2004
I purchased this printer specifically for color printing, since I have a trusty 11-year-old Panasonic KX-P4110 laser printer for my regular printing. I use my Epson printer just for making fancy cards, colored labels, business cards, and color letterhead stationery. I've found that the quality of printing is leagues ahead of my old color printer, a 6-year-old Bubblejet. The cards that I've made with the Epson have a very sharp appearance, and they are much less susceptible to water and moisture damage than the prints from the Bubblejet.
On the other hand, the ink cartridges seem to last even less time than the Bubblejet cartridges, and they are quite expensive to replace. I would never even consider printing a simple black-and-white job on the Epson- -I route all black-and-white jobs to the laser printer for fast and cheap copies. And when I design my cards, I find myself thinking about ink usage as a primary factor in the design, which limits my creativity somewhat, but helps my budget. After lofty plans for cards with retouched photos and fancy borders, I usually end up going with simple line-drawings and no borders. And the text for the cards has to be in color because the black ink seems to disappear so quickly. When I write a letter on my company letterhead, I first print the letter text on my laser printer without the letterhead logo. Then I put the already completed letter into the Epson to add the colored logo. Using the two printers in tandem for a single document is time consuming, but the ink savings make it worthwhile and necessary. In short, this printer will most likely satisfy your occasional color printing needs, but when you use it, you will constantly be thinking of your ink.
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