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Epson Stylus R220 Photo Printer | 
| Brand: Epson
Buy New: $229.00
New (3) Used (2) from $174.95
Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 12541
Color: silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Modem: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 18
Dimensions (in): 21 x 11 x 13
MPN: C11C626011
Model: C11C626011
UPC: 010343855663
EAN: 0010343855663
ASIN: B000AYA588
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 5,760 x 1,440 dpi maximum resolution, 3-picoliter drop size | | • | Up to 15 ppm color, 15 ppm black | | • | Prints a 4-by-6-inches borderless photo in as fast as 57 seconds | | • | Complete, easy to use CD and DVD face printing solution | | • | USB interface, PC and Mac compatible, 1-year warranty |
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Product Description
A compact and stylish premium quality photo printer, the Epson Stylus Photo R220 provides home users with a cost-effective solution that will print photographs up to A4 and also personalize printable CDs and DVDs.The Epson Stylus Photo R220 is designed to meet the needs of those who want to obtain premium quality photos, up to A4, from the comfort of their own home. Using six separate ink cartridges, it is a cost effective photo printing solution, you only need to replace the ink that you have used. Additional features include a direct CD and DVD printing function and easy-to use photo software.To personalize a CD or DVD, the Stylus Photo R220 comes complete with simple-to-use Epson Print CD software. You can print your own designs directly onto compatible printable CD and DVD media, ensuring you can manage and identify your photo-CDs, home music and movie collections.Also included with the Stylus Photo R220 is Epson Creativity Suite, a software package that allows you to easily manage and manipulate all of your digital images. Using Epson Easy Photo Print you can select and edit your images to then print in your preferred format, for example, A4, 10x15cm or 2 photos per A4 page.At the heart of the Stylus Photo R220 is Epson's MicroPiezo technology delivering a resolution of up to 5760x1440 dpi, which, when coupled with Variable Size Droplet technology, produces photos that are brighter, sharper and more vivid than those from the photo lab.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 52 more reviews...
 Bang for the buck February 13, 2006
S. Kamran (CT,USA)
42 out of 45 found this review helpful
I might give it a 5 stars for the cost vs utility but this printer is a total waste of ink; if you have a habit of turning off the printer after printing (like myself), every time you turn this printer (or any photo printer from EPSON) on it will recharge the ink or in more understandable term it will perform a small version of head cleaning, with or without the real need :(
What does this recharging cost?? Approximately anywhere between 5% to 10% of the ink every time, in other words you need to buy ink cartridges little faster then actually required but again this is where printer manufactures make most of the money now a days and EPSON is no different then others.
On the flip side this is Energy Star compliant printer and use only 3W if you leave it on standby mode thus save you from recharging the ink all the time.
About quality of the prints and DVD/CD printing option; this printer will meet or exceed any standards of any comparable product in the market. Period.
6 color printing is bringing real detail with true colors and having 6 different cartridges is a plus for buying ink.
With my experience I found that printing speed; mentioned in description; is nothing but a load of BULL, or may be they are talking about draft printing speed and very conveniently forgot to mention the word "Draft" while writing the specification about printing speed. :)
If you are one of those "hotwire guys" who "refill" their ink and print like news paper press, you might need to buy a set of clear view cartridges so you can see how much ink you are putting in along with a EPOSN cartridge chip reset gadget to reset the counter or be ready to say bye bye to low cost ink and start buying ink cartridges. "Continues Ink Systems" or CIS are also available in the market for this printer. I myself use one of those and life is good
What they don't tell you about the Epson R220 March 30, 2006
Nellie from Folsom
29 out of 30 found this review helpful
I think this printer is pretty good and I gave it four stars because I am slightly disappointed with a few of the features, but I am overlooking some of these because the printer is under 100 bucks, so I guess you get what you pay for! Just in case it helps you make your decision, here are some of the idiosyncrasies
1. Your cd or dvd will need to dry for at least 24 hours after being printed before you are recommended to use it in a cd/dvd drive.
2. You need to manually align the cd tray to these little arrows right before it prints. Why couldn't they just design it to let the user push the tray all the way in? The arrows aren't that easy to see.... and I just hate relying on my manual alignment skills :-(
3. Turning the printer off will waste a lot of ink when you need to re-start it. The printer will "load" the print cartridges, which I think is Epson's term for "we want to get you to buy more ink so we can make a profit on this $99 printer."
4. Photos aren't as true to photo quality as I get with my Canon MP730 - but this is ok for me since I bought the printer solely for its cd/dvd printing ability.
Overall, this is a pretty good printer, but I would give it 5 stars if I wasn't annoyed by the above "features"
Happy Shopping!
 Epson R220 as a DVD cover printer March 10, 2006
FloridaDan (Florida)
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
I have been using this printer for DVD covers now for 2 months and can advise every one looking to replace the paper covers with ink to get this printer without any worry. I have done a minimum of 150 covers with one set of ink..the yellow and the black will let go first. That comes out to .40 cents a dvd...so it cost less than the paper that cost.20 and the price of the ink The result are just great and the software is outstanding. The problem that was mentioned in several reviews about the plastic carrier has been replaced and it works real well and i can see that the desing is going to never break
 Ink issues - Paper issues - VERY LIMITED APPLICATION July 15, 2006
Dead Bee Can Sting You (Atlanta, GA USA)
16 out of 20 found this review helpful
This printer (and several others in the stylus photo series) uses a water soluble ink that Epson calls "Dye Based". It will run if it gets moist. It only prints permanent photos on Epson glossy photo paper, and they don't even last that many years. If you are using this printer for graphics as well as photos, please be warned that the ink is horribly water soluble on any paper.
Do not use this printer with the Epson Semigloss (the worst) photo paper or the image will be damaged by moisture. They specially coat the Premium Glossy Paper so that you will have a water fast image after it's dry. So if you want matte or semigloss or other paper - forget this printer.
Perhaps you noticed the CD/DVD printer tray. That is a very nice addition. But the aforementioned Dye Based Ink problem is evident on the printed disks also.
The R220 will print on printable CD media, and you can touch the image after it is dry. But it is extremely important that you never let the cd come in contact with moisture. The printed image will smear, run, etc and be ruined.
I talked to Epson Customer Service/Tech support a couple of times. The first time I had a very knowledgeable rep on the phone who suggested different Epson printers with a different kind of ink. The R800 and 1800 have an ink called "chrome" and also print CDs. The benefits of the R800 and 1800 is that they print with a permanent ink. Water will not affect it. The lifespan of the photos is over 100 years. And they print CDs. They cost more though.
Bottom line: Stay away from the Epson Dye Based Inks, and all the stylus photo series that use them.
OK Photo printer but be warned of ink cartridge costs. September 6, 2006
Jimmy "T" (Bellmore, New York, United States)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
This inexpensive printer does a nice job of printing photos and on CDs. My complaint with Epson printers is with their "intelligent" chip embedded ink cartridges that monitor ink usage based on page yeilds rather than true ink volume. In short, this means the cartridge will show the same usage of ink whether you are printing pages and photos in draft mode or in high quality mode. The printer software stops the printer from printing if one of the six color cartridges is percieved as "close to empty". Epson engineered it this way to ensure that the ink doesn't run out and causes a clogged printerhead. The problem is that I'm constantly replacing ink cartridges that still have about 25 percent ink remaining. I know because I have opened the spent cartridges and have measured the remaining ink. Also, you cannot refill the cartridges with after-market ink because the chip in each catridge renders it "empty" even if you refill it. This ink cartridge design has caused a class action suit to be brought against Epson. Do a Google search and you'll find the website. In fairness to Epson I must state this printer does a nice job printing photos and onto CDs which is a nice feature. If ink costs aren't a problem (about $60 for a complete 6 color set) than get this printer. In the meantime, I'm steering clear of future Epson printers until they re-engineer the ink cartridges to reflect the true ink volume usage.
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