Epson Stylus Photo 875DC InkJet Photo Printer
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(4 out of 5)A great contender in the photographic inkjet world
The Epson Photo 875DC produces some of the sharpest photos I have seen. For use at home or a small office, the speed is very good, noise level is minimal, and print quality excellent.
I have printed on special papers from the glossy to the matt finish and have been very satisfied with the quality of each. I have even put through heavy card stock paper, such as for greeting cards, and it works like a champ.
The ability to plug in your digital camera memory pcmcia or flash memory cards is a great feature and well worth the money. Even though you require a PC to actually print, that is usually a non-issue since most people will want to do some manipulation of the photo before printing. Cropping and brightness/contrast at a minimum should be done before printing.
Enjoy your new printer.
(4 out of 5)EXCELLENT Quality and Speed, but Epson support is terrible.
I've owned Epsons all my life, and if there's one thing they've always kept focus on is the quality of their prints. They were the first printer company to really target "photo-realistic" printers to the mainstream market, and I think their R&D team has done a fabulous job at improving their technology over the years. The prints are absolutely fabulous, and I haven't noticed any of the fading that some of the older models had a problem with... and I treat my photos like crap, too. :)
The roll feature is also very nice, because you can print banners... reminds me of back in the day when Print Shop was the coolest program on the market and my dot-matrix printer could print banners. Nostalgia aside, these banners are a different breed- you can do ANYTHING with this printer. I love it, in terms of quality.
The PCMCIA slot is also a very nice touch, especially if you have a digital camera. The DC model has the Compact Flash adapter included, but you can buy a PCMCIA card that takes smartmedia or Sony Memory Sticks (if you want the epson with the Sony Memory Stick adapter instead of the Compact Flash adapter, go and get the 875DCS model).
But here's the downside to this printer. Sure, it's got USB and everything, but the USB support for win2k is horrendous. I've tried working with Epson on numerous occasions, but I've come to realize that they had no clue what the problems were either, and that they were taking stabs in the dark with what to do with my system. With most other printers, you could actually just hook up the parallel port, but beware, THIS PRINTER HAS NO PARALLEL PORT. IT ONLY SUPPORTS USB.
The problem I had was this: It would print about half a page, stop, then print out garbage. Or, it would print out half a page, eject the piece of paper, and the print the other half on a different piece of paper. it was insane. Or- it would print half a page, and then kill my USB ports. Plus, now my USB Root Hub is completely messed up, because not even my intellimouse works on it anymore.
I still don't know why this printer doesn't work with one of my computers & win2k (my pro-intel friend John is CONVINCED that it's because it's an AMD Anthlon), but I DID get it to work on my other machine that also runs win2k (yeah yeah.. it's a celeron. Leave me alone). So right now, I just have my AMD networked to my Celeron... so yes, this printer does just fine with Win2k Networking. :)
So, if you can get this printer to work, it's absolutely incredible. It has my highest endorsements. But getting it to work is easier said than done if you're running win2k.
(5 out of 5)Don't hesitate! You'll love this printer!
Wow! Can't tell 875DC prints on glossy paper from local photo processing...amazing color and quality! Plus it's very fast and so quiet. The built-in card reader for digital cameras makes images available almost instantly. (Includes adapter for CompactFlash cards, 9 paper samples, and paper roll/adapter for glossy 4x6 prints.)
All this and it's no bigger than my old Epson Stylus 800! I'm using the 875DC with a Mac G4 but it's for PCs, too. Can't say enough about this great product!
(5 out of 5)Excellent printer!!!!
I purchased this printer recently and I am so suprised at how well the photos turn out. I printed out some professional photos and they looked almost identical to the originals. Anything you print out only takes a few seconds to print & the quality is excellent. I also like how you can attach a small roll of photo paper to print smaller photos. There is also a helpful feature that lets you see how much ink you have left. Cards also look great when printed out. Highly recommended!!
(3 out of 5)Difficult to Install
I am not sure of the quality, since I just received this printer yesterday. However, I can tell you that it took me four to five hours to install. It kept freezing my system when it was configuring the printer port. Finally, I went to the Epson site to look around. I came upon a new driver in the downloads area. I downloaded this driver and after several attempts, It installed properly. I am disappointed that there were no warnings that the driver that shipped with the product may not work. I thought that USB was supposed to be easy? Anyway, I am looking forward to printing some pictures and seeing if this thing can print as well as others say.