This
is the first printer that claims to give 2880 dpi on premium glossy
matt paper. This is one printer that comes with the ability to print
on posters as well as on continuous sheets by adjusting some settings
in the printer driver. You cannot directly select the resolution you
want to print at but you can change the quality of printouts based on
the paper selection and printing modes. The printer comes with one black
cartridge and another colour cartridge that contains three colours.
It came with parallel as well as USB interfaces, though the cables were
missing. It was one of the most silent printers that we tested, and
the ink also dries itself quite fast.
In the benchmarks, the test document took 28 seconds in draft mode and
around a minute in quality mode. In the latter mode, we got near laser
quality, and the printer even reproduced 2-point size text on a black
background in a readable mode. It took around 4 minutes to print the
A4 size photograph and, barring some white areas, was of photo quality.
Specifications:
Print resolution: 2880 dpi
Interface: USB/Parallel
Print buffer: 256 KB
Benchmarks
Printing A4 size photograph: 4 minutes
Printing text document (draft mode): 28 seconds
Printing text document (quality mode): 1 minute
+ Noiseless
+ Good quality
- Bit expensive
Contact: Epson
India
Phone: 022-8257286
Fax: 022-8267287
E-mail: minu@epsonindia.com
Price: Rs 21,800
Cartridge price: Black Rs 1,150, Colour Rs 1,160
Verdict Box
Build quality: 4
Performance: 4
Features: 4
Value for money: 3.5
Overall: 3.5
Verdict: A-
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