Photo Review: Epson PhotoR200

[DenDen]

I'm reposting this review from a few months back because it was lost in the server transition, and it was kinda discussed in another thread.

 

Epson Stylus Photo R200 printer is a really cool, inexpensive printer ($80) that does some pretty cool things. I'll explain some features, then give you the action shots...

 

Photo Printing: This puppy does full edge-to-edge printing on photo paper. This is the 1st printer I've had that does this quite well. And the print manager makes it very easy to use.

 

Ink Tanks: This puppy uses 6 ink tanks for more realistic output. Of course you have cyan, yellow, magenta, and black, but there is also half-tone magenta and cyan. It really makes a huge difference in printing in high quality.

 

Image Reading: You can hook up a camera via the USB port, or just print via the computer. But the biggest part of photo printing on this baby is that it reads the image tag data that cameras and graphics software store in image files, to print the most accurate reproduction.

 

CD printing: This is why I bought this puppy. With "inkjet printable CDs/DVDs", that are only a couple pennies more than regular disks, you can print directly on the disk in full photo color. It even takes the mini-discs. Printable disks come in white-top, gold-top, or silver-top. Printing on white disks produces the best output, and the gold and silver ones look like true silk-screened gems with the right artwork.

 

Here's a test print...

It's a boy!

The disk start to come out.... PUUUUUSH.....

It swallows the tray, does those aligning motions, and starts printing.

You insert a disk via a special tray included with the printer.

[ShoubraStreet74]

That thing looks awesome. (Looking at marker labeled CDs and shaking head...)

 

It's about time for me to get a new printer and I will definitely take review into consideration if I decide to buy one. Congratulations on what looks like a very good purchase.

[Angry_Gumball]

That's sweet. I was just using CD printers the other day too at work. I've never seen a CD/Normal printer combo before. My only complaint is that if you forgot to print something on the disc, there's no line-up tabs to line the disc up with.

If you look closely on the tray, there's 2 white tabs. Depending on the template you use, it prints 2 light grey small marks on the edge of the disc so you can print something not as crooked as it would if you guessed (we commonly have to line a pre-labeled disc up so we can print the rest of the label such as title and ID#.)

[tngdiablo]

Maybe this printer will work better than the printer included with the Rimage 2000i DVD Duplicator we bought last year for my school... Nothing like having three discs in the printer at one time. Woohoo. I should look into buying this, maybe there are some Black Friday deals, should check it out. Thanks.