Epson Stylus 880

Quality with a fine print

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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