Monday, December 13, 2004
Epson Stylus C84 Printer Review
| Epson C84 - All-Purpose Inkjet Printer with Borderless Photo printing
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Epson C84 produces borderless photos for 4x6-inch and letter-size images. It also provides Software Film Factory program which helps you print photos in various formats and makes organizing and printing digital photos easy. You can even make borderless prints with Epson Stylus C84.
Epson Stylus C84 gives advanced users some tricks: three tabs handle basics and maintenance tasks.
Epson C84 provides piezo-electric print heads, which last for the lifetime of the inkjet printer. The head carrier takes four, clip-in ink cartridges. So, you can replace them separately.
Epson C84 handles anything from plain photocopier paper through to glossy photo paper and can print borderless images up to full A4.
The Photo Edition program of the Epson C84 comes with a six-way memory card reader.
Detailed Specs:
- Print speed: Black: up to 22 pages per minute; color: up to 12 ppm; 4 x 6-inch photo: 1 min 7 sec; 8 x 10-inch photo: 2 min 18 sec (pages per minute based on text memo in Economy mode on plain paper; color photo is in Photo Mode on Epson DURABrite Ink Glossy Photo Paper; additional processing time may vary based on system configuration, software application and page complexity)
- Print resolution: Up to 5,760 x 1,440 optimized dpi using RPM on various media
- Printing technology: CMYK drop-on-demand Micro Piezo inkjet technology, optimized for plain-paper printing
- Print method: Inkjet
- Input capacity: Input paper tray 120 sheets, 20 lb/15 envelopes
- Ink cartridges: Individual ink cartridges (Black ink cartridge, Cyan ink cartridge, Magenta ink cartridge, Yellow ink cartridge)
- Paper sizes: Letter, legal, half-letter, executive, user definable 3.5" x 3.5" up to 8.5" x 44"
- Borderless photo sizes: 4" x 6" and letter size Borderless Photo Printing on Epson Glossy Photo Paper and DURABrite Ink Glossy Photo Paper
- Paper types: Plain, bond, Epson DURABrite Ink Glossy Photo Paper, Epson Premium Bright White Paper, Epson Matte Paper Heavyweight, Epson Double-sided Matte Paper, Epson Glossy Photo Paper, Epson Semigloss Photo Paper, Epson Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper, Epson Photo Quality Ink Jet Cards, Epson Ink Jet Transparencies
- Ink type: DURABrite inks
- Nozzle configuration: Monochrome head 180 nozzles, Color head 59 nozzles x 3 (CMY)
- Interface: USB, Parallel (IEEE 1284)
- System requirements: Windows USB - Windows 98, Me, 2000 or XP; Windows Parallel - Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, NT 4.0 or XP; Macintosh USB - Macintosh System 8.6 - 9.x, OS X 10.1 or later
- Software included: EPSON Software Film Factory 2.5 (Exif Compatible)
- Width: 18.1 inches, height: 12.1 inches, depth: 23.3 inches
- Weight: 9.3 pounds (without ink cartridges)
MSRP for Epson C84: $99.00
Epson C84 uses the below ink cartridges:
) OEM #: T043120 Color: Black Yield: 950 pages |
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) OEM #: T044120 Color: Black Yield: 400 pages |
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) OEM #: T044220 Color: Cyan Yield: 400 pages |
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) OEM #: T044320 Color: Magenta Yield: 400 pages |
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) OEM #: T044420 Color: Yellow Yield: 400 pages |
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) OEM #: C64/84 Color: Set |
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) OEM #: T043120 Color: Black Yield: 950 pages |
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) OEM #: T044120 Color: Black Yield: 400 pages |
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) OEM #: T044220 Color: Cyan Yield: 400 pages |
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) OEM #: T044320 Color: Magenta Yield: 400 pages |
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) OEM #: T044420 Color: Yellow Yield: 400 pages |
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Reviews Summary:
The summary is based on testimonials of the Epson Stylus C84 users and editors in various sources such as PC Magazine, Cnet, PCWorld etc.
Epson C84 is an all-purpose colour inkjet printer. It can handle most print jobs with little fuss and is particularly strong on text and mixed text and graphics prints. The print quality of Epson Stylus C84 is also excellent.
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Related links for Epson C84:
Epson C84 ink cartridges at PrintCountry.com
Buy this printer at Amazon.com
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Remanufactured ink cartridges
Epson Stylus C84 Driver
