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** One-year limited warranty to all purchasers; toll-free support and second-year warranty require registration within 60 days of purchase. With registration, Epson provides phone support without charge for the life of the product. Telephone toll charges may apply. ***Double-sided printing available on the Macintosh only with the optional duplexer. **** Based on accelerated testing of prints displayed under glass in indoor display conditions. Actual print stability will vary according to media, printed image, display conditions, light intensity, temperature, humidity and atmospheric conditions. Epson does not guarantee the longevity of prints. For maximum print life, display all prints under glass or UV filter or properly store them. See www.wilhelm-research.com for the latest information. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What's in the Box Artisan 800 photo all-in-one, setup and instruction manuals, CD-ROM with drivers and creativity software, power cord, Ethernet cable (CAT-5), telephone cord, Epson Preferred invitation and free 4x6 photo paper plus coupons with special offers (Offer valid only in the United States), 6 Claria Hi-Definition Ink Cartridges, One 98 High-Capacity Black ink cartridge, Five 99 Standard-capacity color ink cartridges: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Light Cyan, Light Magenta. USB cable not included. Also works with 98 High-capacity color ink cartridges. Product Description Unleash your creativity with the new Artisan 800. This sophisticated, yet simple all-in-one masterfully combines the world of style and technology. This premier product will empower you to make your personal and business projects rise above the rest. The master among ink jet all-in-ones, the Artisan 800 offers power and performance that's matched only by its sleek and chic appearance. Not only does it fax stacks of documents and produce stunning, Hi-Definition prints at ultra fast speeds, this innovative all-in-one allows you to add a personal touch to your creative projects. And, with wireless networking, you can print from anywhere in your home or office. Bring your imagination to life with a full cast of innovative features ? print professional quality CDs, create personalized note paper and get photos that look their very best, automatically. With two paper trays, an intuitive touch panel and built-in Auto Document Feeder, you no longer need eight hands and eighty hours to do all you want to do. The Artisan 800 is like a magic wand for the multitasker. And, it prints black and color text up to 38 pages per minute and photos in as fast as 10 seconds1. This powerful performer will copy, scan and fax in the blink of an eye, leaving you time to finish that office presentation, create party invitations and more. For those who want it all, the Artisan 800 fits your lifestyle and your decor. Built-in two-sided printing Easily restore the color to faded photos Professional looking CDs/DVDs ? print right onto ink jet printable CDs/DVDs One-of-a-kind projects ? easily create personal note paper, invitations, greeting cards and coloring books using your own photos Perfect photos made easy ? Auto Photo Correction with on-screen preview and red-eye removal Quality color or black and white copies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Customer Reviews: Read 60 more reviews... Great AIO Printer With Some Gotchas September 28, 2008PRG (USA) 84 out of 86 found this review helpful I purchased this printer on 9/25/08. All in all, a really excellent AIO printer. I've been waiting for Epson to put out a printer like this with all the options I wanted in one compact package. There are some gotchas that you won't know until you set it up. I was on the phone with Epson support for over an hour before even they realized these features weren't available. 1. The Front Panel Scan To features only works if the printer is connected via USB. It does not work at all if the printer is connected to your network either hard-wired or wireless. 2. You can only use the memory card reader on the printer if it is connected via USB. Again, this feature does not work if the printer is connected to your network. 3. Per Epson support, you cannot use both the USB and Ethernet connections together. It's one or the other. I'm going to try it anyway since it took Epson support an hour to tell me that the Scan To and Memory Card Readers only work using a USB connection. 4. On a Mac (I don't know about Windows yet), you should uninstall any Epson Scan software for any other Epson AIO's that were connected to your computer before installing the Artisan 800 software. Also, be sure to run the Epson Scanner Utility and select the appropriate connection type. It defaults to LOCAL even if you set it up as a Network printer. That was a pain in the butt since nowhere in the documentation does it tell you about this. 5. For a $300.00 printer, it should have included the Duplexer, which is a $29.00 option direct from Epson. Epson is showing no stock for the Duplexer as of 9/26/08. Also, don't be fooled into buying extra print cartridges when you buy the printer because the sales person tells you that the cartridges are only half full . Epson actually included full print cartridges with this printer. If you can live without the Scan To PC, PDF and Email features, as well as the Memory Card Reader working using a networked connection, than I highly recommend this printer. With these shortcomings, it is an excellent printer.  Lots of WOW, no Manual Feed, Very high Cost-Per-Page October 4, 2008Ruach Echad (Buffalo, NY) 31 out of 35 found this review helpful I purchased the printer two days ago when my Epson Stylus Photo R320 started having what appears to be unfixable problems (printing three of the colors). Some things I've noted (sadly, one of which may have me returning it to the store) follow... a "+" is a good thing, a "-" is not so good... Overall, it seems like a great multi-function device, with high print quality, intuitive interface, and fast. Cost per page and inability to feed single sheets may be show-stoppers IMO. And when there are $100 options from the same manufacturer that don't have these problems, it leaves me scratching my head wondering why anyone would pay $300 (oops.. I mean $299.99)?! + Very very cool looking + Very easy to use menu.. I think even my wife can use it! + When using a memory card, very easy to review contents and print + Size is OK considering all that it does + Network setup went very smoothly (wired.. haven't tried wireless yet) + DVD/CD printing (which is what I use it most for) seems to be an improvement over older models that had detachable trays.. it loads and prints a high-quality DVD (I use Taiyo Yuden Watershield media) in about a minute each (including swaps)... on my R320 it took about 2 minutes each (loading the tray on the R320 was very very slow).. yay! Now some minuses: - NO MANUAL FEED. This is a big BIG minus to me.. want to just print one envelope to accompany your letter? You need to pull out the entire paper tray, take *out* your regular paper, put in your envelope, print it, open it up again, put in your regular paper, shut the tray. UGH! Although the device may appear to have a smaller footprint, needing to keep the entire area in front of the device clear for frequent paper-changes makes the footprint IMO much larger. - Noisy startups... - Advanced communications features (e.g. scan-to-e-mail, or scan-to-PC) only become active if directly connected to the USB on the computer (not over network). Epson should have built in SMTP support so it could directly send documents via e-mail - Availability of Ink -- great that I bought this at Office Max... but they didn't have any of the new '98' or '99' inks! If other inks are compatible, they should document this.. as for now, I'm stuck with a new printer that is pretty much dead until my new ink arrives in the mail. - Poor ink capacity I only printed 16 DVDs, and 16 case-wraps (on heavyweight matte finish paper), and it's already out of magenta (and low in others!). 32 prints and I need new ink?! Supposedly the printer shipped with new ink.. if that's the case and I can only expect 32 prints before changing carts, this puppy is going back.. the cost per page becomes WAY too rich for me. New ink: $17 per cart x 6 carts = $104 for all 6 Presuming black last longer... $17 x 5 = $85 Presuming not all the ink is used equally.. I'll estimate down... $17 x 4 colors = $68 32 prints for $68 = $2.13 PER PRINT Even if only 2 ink carts were expended in the process.. it'd be $1.06 per print. Not impressive... hopefully the "high capacity ink carts" have much much MUCH more ink in them for $17... or else it is totally not worth owning IMO. Not until 3rd party inks come out at least.  Epson Artisan 800 October 13, 2008Michael L. Landon (Poulsbo, Wa) 31 out of 32 found this review helpful Install was a breeze and the network capabilities are a plus. It has fax and copying capabilities and can also duplex print with the optional adapter. I haven't tried the CD printing yet but that is a nice plus also. It has a nice 7.5" front panel with a 3.5" viewing screen which works wonderfully. The multiple memory card slots are also excellent. I have to say I was initially very disappointed with this printer though due to the quality of prints. I went through 3/4 of the color cartridges trying to get an acceptable photo quality print. I tried multiple combinations of settings but nothing worked. I tried one last thing prior to returning the printer. I purchased the Epson 5 star Ultra Premium Photo Paper. WOW what a difference this paper makes. I went from lousy spotchy dotted prints on Kodak Premium Paper to photo lab quality in an instant. I was using my previous Kodak Premium photo paper but just could not get good results. I tried straight from the camera, from the printer and from the computer trying different combinations of settings nothing worked. I was down to about a 1/4 of the original cartridges when I finally switched paper. Do not use the Kodak paper in these you will be disappointed. Kodak papers are optimized to work with Kodak inks which are not the same as Epsons. I am not sure what other papers people are using but the Epson 5 star works beautifully. I was on the edge of returning this up to that point. I am not sure how the other Epson papers work yet I am a little hesitant to try at this point. I think the manufacturers of these printers need to work together and make their papers and inks a little more interchangeable. But that is wishful thinking. Especially Kodak who are supposed to be the photo paper gods. Epson inks are definately made to utilize the Epson papers. If you want to waste a lot of ink trying to get a good print use other manufacturers papers which are optimized for their inks, or just throw out your old paper and purchase some Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper. Supercool. September 26, 2008M. Cheung (Alabama, USA) 20 out of 22 found this review helpful I have muddled my way through crappy printers for many years. Usually, they've been part of a promotion of some sort with the purchase of a new computer. They've served their purpose - printing some photos and documents - but never with great skill or results. I hooked the Epson Artisan 800 up last night and from the second I turned it on, I was wowed. My son said "Whoa, that's cool." For someone used to having a lit up color display screen I'm sure this would be no big deal but for us, it got quite a reaction. The screen is large and actually displays the photos you're about to print. So in order to play with it ASAP we decided to just plug in the SD card from my camera and start printing using the photo paper samples that came in the box. (It will also print on printable CDs and DVDs and there is a sample CD included, too.) So we put in the SD card, started navigating using the touch screen and within one minute had selected the photo, cropped it, loaded the photo paper, and printed it all without opening the manual. It's pretty darned intuitive. Now, I did load the photo paper upside down the first time so the ink/toner was just sitting atop the paper and never dried. I tried again with the paper correctly placed, and the photo was INCREDIBLE. We were wowed. Next, we tried the scanner. We opened up a magazine, set it on the scanner bed, and again, using the VERY easy-to-use touch screen display, had the page scanned within a minute. It showed the scan right on the display screen. We chose to save the scan to the SD card already in the printer so then we printed the scan to plain paper and it also turned out nicely. The scan wasn't as good as I was hoping but after playing around a little bit more with the scan settings available on the screen, we ended up with a much better print out from the scan after a few more minutes. Once past the easy stuff, I opened the booklet that showed how to network the printed. I was hoping I could just turn it on, press some buttons, and it would find my wifi and that would be it. It was a little more complicated unfortunately. But not too complicated. It took about 20 minutes to get it up and running wirelessly and the connection through the wifi seemed pretty responsive and quick. There was a slight delay in printing compared to when I hardwired it to the computer but that does make sense and it wasn't so bad that it bugged me or disappointed me in any way. So end result is I have a very cool printer set up in a room untethered to any of my computers that anyone can print to from any room, any computer. Maybe my expectations are too low but I found it quite wonderful to be sitting in the living room, printing a spreadsheet, walking to the room with the printer, and the document already sitting there. No fuss. I've not faxed and probably won't but I can imagine how this will come in handy when say, a buddy from school calls and has forgotten his homework. We can fax it straight to their email address! Haven't tried the copy function yet either. I'll update when I do.  SOOOOO disappointing! October 13, 2008Happy Moe 20 out of 32 found this review helpful I was so excited about this machine. I am a research freak, so needless to say, I did my homework on multi function printers before finally getting my heart set on the Artisan 800. Wow... how disappointed am I. While the interface is great, and the idea of it's features are too, the reality of this machine is that it is overpriced and underwhelming. I will give it to you straight just like I wish someone would have done for me. Set up- pretty simple no bigee, I mean, you only do it once anyway, so really not a big deal to me. I care much more about how the machine operates once up and running. Document printing/copying- In store the black was charcoal and the colors dull (unlike the workforce 600 which were crisp and clear) I thought it must have been the set up that the store was using...WRONG, when I got this machine home I realized that the poor color quality the store had was the same on my machine. First big disappointment. Interface/LCD screen menu- great, loved using it and I found the menu so easy and actually fun to use. EXCEPT for the fact that Epson fails to tell you that if you use this machine wirelessly (one of it's big selling points) then you cannot scan from the LCD screen, but rather have to use your computer. Kind of a big deal if you have the machine in a different room. Photo printing- Oh my, how horrible can you get. If you have ever seen something that has been crackle painted...that is what my photo looked like. I thought OK something must be wrong here, let me amp up to the highest quality setting, that should surely fix this. Nope...it did look better, but still not photo quality by any means. I then went through the process recommended by the help manual of unclogging and cleaning the print heads. This did not help the quality and I decided to move on to scanning. Oh I will say though that being able to just insert my memory card and print photos was awesome. But hey, what good does that do when they look horrible once printed. Scanning- As mentioned above I was frustrated by the fact that I had to use my desktop to actually scan since I was running the machine wirelessly. Very, very annoying considering I paid for a wireless system and the LCD screen still comes up with the option to scan to pc...which I of course kept selecting to no avail, until I read up a bit more online and realized my dilemma (found this info not in my manual, but rather on another reviewers blog). Yet another disappointment. Anwho, back to scanning, once I scanned the item in (the front image of a childrens book about apples) I then printed a copy. The colors were very dull and not nearly as crisp as the original image. I then decided to make a photocopy of that using the auto feeder (just to try it out). I loved the auto feeder and it worked great. Unfortunatley the quality of the copy was poor, the colors were even duller than the photocopy of my scan. It was very obvious which one was the scanned original and which one had been copied. Yet another disappointment. Overall I would say that this machine was no more than one disappointment after another. I pride myself on being thourough and doing my research before making any purchases (my friends and family will buy just about anything on my word becasue they know I have beat that dead horse and any reserach they do would be useless), this time however I dare to say i jumped the gun by purchasing a new item (has only been out since I believe September but don't quote me on that). Basically I don't think enough people have purchased the item yet and therefore we are only seeing positive reviews. Very frustrating for a teacher and student who desperately needs a printer (am replacing my old HP as one of the mechanisms busted off, sending it to printer heaven). Arghhhhh the agony of going back to the drawing board. I really, really, really wanted this to be the one but alas I have returned it and am off to continue my printer research :) Good luck to you in your search for the printer that suits you ...but I doubt that the Artisan 800 will be it. Oh yeah one last con...when the machine is in the process of thinking or doing something like cleaning the heads or starting to copy, print or scan, there is no cancel button, you are at the mercy of the machine and just have to wait until it is done doing whatever...even if you only accidentally chose whatever option it is thinking about. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
