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Summary: Who says you can't print like the pros
Review: I own a Kodak PPM200 which I use to get 4X6 prints and the quality of the prints is OK. The quality of this printer is excellent and no one can tell this is an output of a home printer,though I have to admit for best quality prints you need to use the bit expensive Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper but I have no problem in this as amazon offers the 50 pack ... for the qality you get you'll never regret it. One last think I have to say that I'm getting all of this with my 2.0 Mega S200 Canon camera. Imagine where I'll be with an EOS 10D or a Nikon D100. Just Imagine. Thank you Epson for this wonderful product.
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Summary: Worthy replacement of venerable 890
Review: I purchased this as a replacement of my very well used Photo 890 printer. Mainly, I wanted the ability to print on CD/DVD's and to have seperate ink cartridges. This printer exceeded my expectations. On some dark images, using PhotoEnhance 4 actually printed a much clearer picture than was showing on my screen. Very nice! The printer is quiet and fast too. Although it is physically larger than my 890.
Amazon's price is also the best by far, especially with free shipping. I received my printer in one week.
Get one, and you won't be disappointed!
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Summary: Epson 960, excellent
Review: I received my Epson 960 a couple of weeks ago. I tested a number of other printers and was not satisfied. I did a lot of research and discoverd that the 960 was the first printer to have a 2 picoliter printhead. I am a portrait photographer and print my own brochures, this printer does an excellent job of showing small detail. My brochures have both text and pictures in them. This printer has 2 black ink cartridges for text. I also just read a GREAT review written in the magazine Shutterbug, Feb 2003 issue. To get a complete review from someone who knows what to look for I would recommend reading that article.
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Summary: DVD/CD Printing is great!
Review: I recently bought the EPSON Stylus Photo 960 right here from Amazon specifically for printing on discs. I am a Mac OS X Panther user. And, although there are many warnings about this or that not for Mac OS X, I was up and printing perfectly aligned discs within 10 minutes of opening the box !!If you want to create professional looking CDs or DVDs, buy this printer NOW ! I've done the sticker thing and there is no comparison. Aloha
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Summary: All I can say is...WOW!
Review: I replaced my Epson 785 DCS with this printer and all I can say is...WOW. Right out of the box with no color tweaking/color matching/ICC profiles, etc. it is printing almost exactly what I see on the screen. Once I get a chance to fine tune the colors it should be excellent. I recently had two digital prints done at my local pro photo finishing lab and side-by-side I can't tell the difference between them...in fact I think I like the ones I printed a tad better. The only thing I don't like about it is that it can't print wider than 8.5 inches because it certainly has the quality to do so. I wish I could afford the 2200 which can print wider...but this is great for "normal" size prints.
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Summary: Great printer but problems with printing on CD's
Review: I replaced my Epson 800 with the 960 in July 2003 because of it's ability to print on inkjet printable CD's. Now that the blanks with white printable tops are more readily available I finally got around to trying this feature last night and ended up over an hour on the phone with Epson Tech Support after reading everything on their web site. First off when looking at their contact list, every printer EXCEPT the 960 is listed so I called the number for the 860 model. The directions in the manual and in the print kit and online are less than clear and the tech agreed with me on this point. We found my screen and his for PROPERTIES didn't match so first thing we had to do was update to the latest driver rather than the one that came with the printer. We finally got it to work and it centered the image on the disc perfectly. However the colors did not match. We tried a few settings and never got a match from what was on screen from a scanned picture. Now I'm hoping the new driver didn't mess up the color when printing on glossy paper, etc. because before updating the driver it was perfect and beautiful. I love this printer. It's fast & quiet and produces (or did) geat pictures. I'm less than satisfied with the CD printing. If anyone has good tips on this, email me at larrytuc@hotmail.com
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Summary: Blows away the competition
Review: I researched photo printers extensively before choosing the Epson 960, specifically comparing this printer with the Canon S900 and the HP 7*50 series. In my opinion, the Epson 960 blows away the competition. Yes, it's slower than the Canon, but the colors are truer, and there's more detail. Also, definitely better image quality than the HP. I'm very happy with my choice.
Would not use it for text, but that's not what a photo printer is for, is it?
Update: since I wrote this review, I have found that the printer has a problem where the print head contacts the paper near the end of the print, only when printing at 2880 dpi, and 8x10, causing a slight scratching and smudging. After extensive discussion with epson tech support and customer support, it became apparent that this was a known issue, and the paper must be absolutely, perfectly flat for printing at this resolution. Somewhat annoying, because sometimes the curve in the paper is imperceptible. But in general, the quality of the output is top-notch.
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Summary: simply the best
Review: I tried the canon i950,i tried the olympus p400 dye sub printer
and i have come to one conclusion.This printer is wonderful the speed is not the greatest but compared to the canon i950 the color variance is substancial.The epson 960 hands down has a broader spectrum of color without any post manipulation.Yes the i950 is faster but the end result is what counts.The olympus
is also a very good printer,and it has its advantages because
of dye sub technology.But once again the print image matching
technology that epson uses brings out all the true colors that the p400 cannot.This printer is simply the best.
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Summary: Epson 960 Review
Review: I use a Brother HL-1240 laser printer for its speed and economy (two and a half years without having to change toner), plus I use an Olympus P-400 for printing superb photographs and graphics. When the need arrived to print on CDs and DVDs, it did not take long to find that we have limited choices; to pay a thousand bucks or more for a decent CD printer, or try to save a little money and buy a lower quality printer with dubious dependability. Neither choice was appealing. The arrival of Epson's 900 and 960 printers were an instant success for my needs. A quality brand with factory backing, plus pricing that is reasonable. Although the 900 is about a hundred dollars less expensive, I chose the 960 for its better features of having separate ink cartridges (we all know how expensive ink cartridges can be), plus the 960 has a much higher photo quality rating. I estimate that with as much ink as I will be using, the 960's long-term cost will be about equal to that of the 900's. In actual use, the 960 is less than half as fast as an inexpensive laser printer, but the graphic quality is noticably better. While the laser printer's graphics are 300 dpi and look good, the Epson's output is smoother and better detailed even when on the minimal quality setting. If you are not concerned about speed and do not need more than a few copies of any one page, the Epson will do a fine job. For those of us with laser printers without an envelope tray, the Epson's tray is very much appreciated and allows for printing large quantities of envelopes in a much shorter time. For photographs, nothing I have found even comes close to the Olympus P-400, but the Epson 960 still produces very nice quality prints with excellent color tones. As with all bubble jets, lines will be noticeable which lessen the photo's quality, so be aware that even though your prints will be very nice looking, they will not have a photo-quality finish. Now that the price of the Olympus P-400 has dropped and is not much more expensive than the Epson 960, if your main goal is printing serious photographs, go with the Olympus. Now, for the main reason I bought the 960, for printing on CDs, it's great! Beautiful! Yes, for everyone who wants to make CDs and DVDs with a professional finish, the 960 is *the* way to go. Two thumbs up for CD printing! All in all, just like all printers, each will have its own advantages and disadvantages. The 960 is not real fast, but it's good, better than most bubble jets, and while photo printing isn't the best, it's much better than almost all others I have seen. The 960's strength is in its versitility of being able to do many different types of printing, and do them all very well. Just as with all products, no printer is perfect, there will always be little things to annoy different people, but overall the 960 is pretty decent. After shopping numerous different retailers, I ordered mine from Amazon simply because all of my past experiences with Amazon have always been trouble-free. If I had to settle for just one printer, I would keep the 960.
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Summary: WOW!
Review: I use this printer with my Mac running OS X and have been very impressed with the output. I have updated the printer driver thru Epson's website and now can print borderless... Results are great as well!
I've compared the same 8 x 10 photo that was ordered thru Apple and the one printed from the 960. The 960 print was more true to the monitor. Other than that difference, I would think that the printed photo was developed in a lab.
I don't think I will be ordering prints online anymore :-)
Bottom line - Love it!
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