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Summary: Not good for Mac OS 10.3
Review: I have been very disappointed with this printer. It simply does not work in Mac OS 10.3. I do have it up and running in 10.8.2 but am unhappy with the photo printing. I have not tried the Epson glossy paper but the high gloss paper I have used comes out mottled.
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Summary: Awesome Prints, Easy to use
Review: I have had the RX500 since Christmas and used it to death. It is great. No problems at all. I use a iMac running OS X. It works great printing pictures and text. Overall very pleased with everything.
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Summary: Great Printer
Review: I have had this printer for about a month. I have used it for copying, scanning and photo printing and have been very pleased with the results. Scanning is fast and simple and the prints are fabulous -- glossy and bright-- on Epson photo paper (I've used S041727). That paper is less than 15 cents for a 4x6, compared to the much more expensive Kodak and HP papers which were not nearly as professional looking. I like the fact that that the ink is sold in individual color cartridges. This printer is close to identical (except that the RX500 does not have a USB port) to the Epson RC 300, but costs very little more.
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Summary: BESSTTT !ALL IN ONE PRINTER!
Review: I love this printer, I have recently started digital and was going back and forth on printers for a few months and finally went with this printer. I couldnt have picked a better one. I was readin reviews saying the ink smears, well I dont know what ink they were using because the epson ink in the printer did not, put picture in running water and everything and the ink didnt smear. There is alot of settings on the printer but something easy enough to learn. The negative scanner works great! I printed a negative at best quality and compared it to a store print and mine was better! I guess stores are cutting down on ink. Overall the printer is great! If I had to say anything bad about the printer the only thing is it seems to use more black ink when printing a picture then the colors, but its still less expensive then printing a store or just as equal to.
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Summary: A+++++++++++++++
Review: I needed a new all in one (HP before, really great but inks too expensive & wanted seperate cartridge system)- The photos printed are amazing!!!!!! printed on epson glossy photo paper- looks better than getting your film developed!!! The colors are amazing! when printing several different photos on the same page the colors for each photo remain accurate, which was a problem before me, it seemed the whole page would get averaged. The scanner and copier are also incredible quality. I have not had to buy ink yet, but I've printed a lot of photos and ink levels still in good shape. Really awesome all in one!!!
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Summary: VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT PRINTER
Review: I purchased my printer in April 2004, so at the time of this review I've had my printer for about 7 months. It is a very good printer for what it does.
As the name indicates, it is a photo quality printer. If you're looking for an everyday all-in-one you may want to go with HP for it's cheaper inks, sheet loading scanners and built-in fax.
The only CONS I've found with this printer is that it refuses to print if you've run out of any one ink, which is a useful feature so that you don't waste other inks but is minutely irritating when it's your primary printer. When paper jams in this unit, it is very annoying to get out becuase where you usually have to clear a jam (by lifting the scanner unit) is the precise location of the ink bay and the ink bay tends to shift back in forth several times as you're trying to get the paper. Despite other reviews, I'VE NOT FOUND THAT THE RX500 JAMS MORE often than any other printer I've ever owned.
I'm a particular fan of the card reader because in addition to being able to print photos using just your memory card, when the printer is hooked to your computer it acts as a regular USB card reader (one card read at a time).
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Summary: What a fantastic product
Review: I purchased this all-in-one because I was upgrading from an old Epson photo 1200 and didn't have a decent scanner.
I have had it now for a week and couldn't be happier. I'm thinking of getting one for my in-laws as a Christmas present.
I was really attracted to this printer/scanner/memory card reader because it would work completely 'stand-alone'... no need to hook it up to a computer. The issue for me is, as a Linux user, I often have to struggle with drivers/installation, etc, and wanted something that I know would work regardless of the operating system of the computer I was going to attach it to. I have been so impressed with its stand-alone operation that I know that my (mostly computer illiterate) in-laws will be able to use it.
The print quality is absolutely amazing. I was impressed with my Photo 1200, which is now about 5 years old, but this printer makes the detailed photos of the kitting my wife does shimmer with life. Colors are realistic, and on the right paper, they are absolutely indistinguishable from photographs, whether I'm copying a photo off the scanner or printing one out from my Nikon D100.
When I bought the RX500, I didn't realize that it would print from color film negatives. I was skeptical that this would work. Well, I have tried it from several negatives, and while you have to be careful to have the negative in the correct orientation, it works reasonably well. When printing a 4x6 photo from a negative they look really good. When 'blowing it up' to an 8x10, things look a little grainy... I don't think the scanner has enough resolution to take a small negative and blow it up to that size. The prints that size are usable, just not stunning. I wouldn't show them to people as an example of my work.
When I saw Amazon's price, I was stunned. I paid considerably more at a local camera shop. Still, it was worth it.
I have also been happy with the life of the original ink cartridges that came with it. I have printed about 40 8x10 images and about 30 4x6, and they are still going strong. In the past, I know printer manufacturers have supplied little ink in the initial cartridges so that you would immediately make a follow-up purchase. That doesn't seem to be the case with these cartridges.
If I have one complaint, it is that the user interface on the screen has some translation errors on it. Occasionally, the english prompts read more like bad translations... it says things like "Now printing pages 1..." "Now printing pages 2...". My initial impression was less-than-favorable based on this, thinking that the quality control was lacking.
If you need a color photo printer, get this. If you want a scanner, especially one that does slides and negatives, get this. If you need an all-in-one, you would be crazy NOT to get this.
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Summary: Overall, very pleased with my RX500 Printer.
Review: I purchased this printer last week, and I have tried out almost all of its features, and everything worked well as promised. The quality of pictures I printed on Epson photo paper are excellant. It does use a lot of ink, but all good photo printers use a lot of ink. The text quality is good (just as good as any other inkjet printer). My printer read my digital camera card perfectly. The scanner does a great job. The ability to print from old negatives and slides was an important feature for me, and RX500 does a great job recreating pictures from negatives without any developing chemicals. It's also a great copier, and there is no need for your computer to be on when you just need to create a copy of something. The print speed is a bit slow, but it's probably fine for most home use. The Epson Software is okay, but you may find other software products that offer more features and flexiblity.
I considered the Epson RX600 printer, but with all my (...), the Epson RX500 printer was half the cost of the RX600. The only difference between the RX600 and RX500 is that the RX600 offers the Small View Screen and the ablility to hook your digital camera directly into the printer, but I prefer to view my pictures on my computer monitor before I decide to print them, and I can just as easily hook my camera to my front USB port. Also, I read on another website that on rare occasions this Small View Screen burns-out which concerned me. Overall, I am pleased with the RX500 printer.
Note: Epson printers sometimes have problems with clogged print-heads after 1 to 2 years (I encountered one myself), and the Epson clean features may not resolve this problem. Therefore, I also considered a HP Printer (which I have owned before and have usually been happy with) as the HP is less likely to have these print-head problems, but the HP2510 or HP2610 multi-purpose-printer cost twice as much as the Epson RX500 after all the (...), and the HP does not recreate negatives or slides. Also, on the HP, you have to change the printer cartridge to print good photos. Both of these HP printers offer a Small View Screen and also Direct Faxing, but on the Epson RX500, you must use your computer fax software.
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Summary: Horrible Printer.....
Review: I repeat do not buy this printer. It takes six cartridges that cost around $15 a piece except for the black cartridge that will run you $18 and it's the same size as the rest. Second most, to conserve money i use black ink only to print, i've only used the color inks around 3 times. After having the unit for 8 months, the software is telling me i have to replace the color cartridges, even though i haven't used them. I pulled out the cartridges shook them and there's more than enough ink inside. I called epson customer service and they tell me everytime the unit starts it uses a little bit of color ink for warmimg up, but on what paper? Furthermore, they tell me the cartridges are pressurised so after 6 months are so, they don't work. What a bunch of crooks, they have designed a printer to make you waste over $100 a year in ink even if you don't use it. DO NOT BUY THIS PRINTER, WHAT A MISTAKE. I WILL GET MY WAY BY FILING A SUIT AGAINST THEM. THEY ARE THIEVES AT EPSON. THIS IS NOT DISCLOSED IN THE MANUAL.
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Summary: Great color, Great scanner, really just great.
Review: 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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