Epson Stylus Photo RX500 Printer Ink Cartridges and Details
Features
Digital-camera memory card slots for PC-free printing and scan-to-card
Up to 5,760 x 1,440 optimized dpi printing
Up to 17 ppm draft print speed; 10 cpm copy speed
Up to 2,400 dpi optical scanning, 9,600 dpi interpolated
Built-in transparency unit for 35mm negative and slides
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Price Range:
Superwarehouse: $229.99
Amazon: $130.85
Review 1
Header: Excellent photos, great machine so far
Reviewed By: "jtg3i"
Date Reviewed: December 29, 2003
I bought the printer at CompUSA at a good price[]. I wanted a photo quality printer with decent speed, and the multi functions of copying and scanning on a flat bed. We needed the latter functions around the house for work and personal paperwork, kids' homework, etc.
I narrowed my selection down the Epson CX6400 or the RX500. Both met my needs and got excellent reviews from consumers and experts, except that some consumers felt the 6400 gave sub-standard, non-glossy photo output on prem glossy paper. I researched this best i could and found that Epson seemed to address this with a new Durabrite-specific prem glossy paper, however i couldn't find anyone saying that this delivered as good prints as the RX500 or the R300 Epson. I liked the durability of the Durabrite inks of the 6400, but in the end went for the certainty of highest quality prints using the RX500 (which uses traditional dye based inks). My logic was that while the dye-based prints of the RX500 would be susceptible to light and water damage over time, they were no worse than any other photo printer using dye-based inks (95% of those which i researched and which received 5-star consumer reviews).
Am i sure i made the right decision?? Well part of me still thinks the durability of the 6400 prints might be nice to have. but the output and performance of the RX500 has been excellent, meeting all of my expectations. Easy to learn to use and setup. I was able to use it for printing photos at a family Christmas party, from multiple cameras using different memory card types (SD and XD), and was able to select specific photos for printing, from a range or single photos.
Supplies:
Compatible Epson T048120 Premium Ink Cartridge (Black)
Compatible Epson T048220 Premium Ink Cartridge (Cyan)
Compatible Epson T048320 Premium Ink Cartridge (Magenta)
Compatible Epson T048420 Premium Ink Cartridge (Yellow)
Chip Resetter for Epson Compatible G&G Cartridges
Compatible Epson T048120 Premium Ink Cartridge (Black)
Compatible Epson T048220 Premium Ink Cartridge (Cyan)
Compatible Epson T048320 Premium Ink Cartridge (Magenta)
Compatible Epson T048420 Premium Ink Cartridge (Yellow)
Compatible Epson T048520 Premium Ink Cartridge (Light Cyan)
Compatible Epson T048620 Premium Ink Cartridge (Light Magenta)
VALUE PACK for Compatible Epson T048 Ink Cartridge Series
Original New OEM Epson T048120 Premium Ink Cartridge (Black)
Original New OEM Epson T048220 Premium Ink Cartridge (Cyan)
Original New OEM Epson T048320 Premium Ink Cartridge (Magenta)
Original New OEM Epson T048420 Premium Ink Cartridge (Yellow)
Original New OEM Epson T048520 Premium Ink Cartridge (Light Cyan)
Original New OEM Epson T048620 Premium Ink Cartridge (Light Magenta)
Epson Stylus Photo RX500 All in One Printer
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Review 2
Header: Great color, Great scanner, really just great.
Reviewed By: J. Brinkerhoff"
Date Reviewed: February 4, 2004
I researched heavily. I needed a GOOD scanner that would also do film scanning. I have a large collection of negatives - 35mm and even super8 movie film. I have been most impressed with the quality of the scans, everything from old photos to negatives to slides comes out very well. This unit is advertised at an OPTICAL resolution of 2400x4800, and I believe it. I am able to scan a single frame of super8 movie film (which is about 1/4" square, if that) at 2400dpi and see film grain. Scanning higher res reaches the limits of the film before the scanner.
The printer: Awesome. That's all I have to say. The first test print on 4x6 epson photo paper blew me away. It looks BETTER than any photolab I have ever seen. This using only a 2.1MP Canon S330 digital camera as source. Simply amazing. Pretty quick too, about 30-45 seconds for a 4x6 in photo mode. Speed when printing "Regular" documents is VERY impressive. Draft is downright scary fast.
Software: Here's where Epson fell down for me. The CD that came with the printer would not install all the applications correctly. It would fail saying "unable to find file setup.exe" After beginning the install. I uninstalled everything and began anew, to no avail. Wound up digging into the CD with explorer and running all the installs by hand, except the scanning software which still gave the message.
Downloaded an older version from Epsons site, and it works adaquately. However, I cannot scan in "simple" or "home" mode, it fails after doing the preview scan with a memory error. Professional mode (manual control) works fine, and that's all I personally care about. I am awaiting a newer version of everything from epson.
The photo management/printing/project software (arcsoft photoimpression) is quite good. I've evaluated a lot of photo management/printing packages, and this one is a really easy to use and reasonably powerful package. I especially like the easy to use cropping to format tools (a digital format image almost never fits a 4x6, 5x7, 8x10 exactly), easy printing, and templates/projects. Free trial version can be had at arcsoft website for the curious.
Copying features are good, I haven't used it as a copier much, but it works well. Copying photos works very well, even enlarging or changing them. I prefer to scan/photoshop/print on most things, but for a quick copy it works very well.
Bonus for me is the USB card reader built in. You can use it independant of the printer as a regular card reader (Drive E: in my case). Nice thing is it's usb2.0, and VERY fast compared to my old one (You need USB 2.0 on your PC to get the most from this printer. Get a USB 2.0 card, they are about $10 or less)
All in all, 5+ start, minus a star for the failed software install (That would definitely ruin a lot of people's day).
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