Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Epson C86 Printer Review & InkJet Cartridges
| Epson Stylus C86 Printer & Epson C86 Ink Cartridges
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Epson C86 Printer Key Features:
- USB and parallel interfaces, PC and Mac compatible
- Optimized resolution up to 5,760 dpi
- Prints up to 22 ppm monochrome, 12 ppm color
- Individually replaceable ink cartridges
- EPSON PhotoQuicker 3.5 software
- Scroll Down the page for Full Detailed Technical Specifications
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Important Printer Buying Tip: ALWAYS check for the ink cartridge prices before you purchase a printer. Why? Sometimes cheaper printers end up costing more because its ink cartridges may be way expensive. You should calculate the "cost of ownership" per month. The math is simple: (number of prints per month) times (cost of the cartridge) divided by (the yield of the cartridge). Yield is the number of pages that can be printed with one particular cartridge. For example, assume that average home user prints 150 black pages per month using a black cartridge that yields 200 pages and costs $28. The monthly "cost of ownership" is (150 pages) x ($28) = $21 200 pages Also look at the printer ink alternatives; besides the original manufacturer's cartridges (OEMs), you may have the selection of remanufactured cartridges, compatible ink cartridges, and ink refill kits. |
Below is the list of Epson C86 compatible printer 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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Detailed Specs (Epson Stylus C86):
Product Description for Epson C86 (From the Manufacturer, Epson)
The Epson Stylus C86 Photo is the ideal multi-purpose printer for the home and home office. It features Epson's advanced technologies for perfect black-and-white, color, and photo printing, and includes separate inks for optimum quality and cost-efficiency.
Built to combine quality with efficiency, the Epson Stylus C86 Photo is the only printer in its class to use separate ink cartridges. It also uses EPSON DURABrite inks, to create superb quality text, graphics, and photos up to a class-leading 5,760 optimized dpi.
Features:
- Individual ink cartridges for cost effective printing
- EPSON DURABrite inks for superb, long-lasting results
- Smudge-proof output straight from the printer
- Class-leading resolution up to 5,760 optimized dpi
- Enhanced quality with EPSON Variable Sized Droplet Technology
- 4 picoliter EPSON Micro Dot Technology
- High speed printing up to 22 ppm
- Simple to set up and use
- Easy USB connection to your PC or Mac (parallel for Windows only)
- EPSON PhotoQuicker for simple, fun photo printing
- EPSON Web-to-page software for web printing
- Stylish silver design
What's in the Box
C86 printer, one black ink cartridge, one cyan ink cartridge, one magenta ink cartridge, one yellow ink cartridge, CD-ROM with drivers and utilities, EPSON PhotoQuicker 3.5 software, user's guide, warranty information; printer cable not included
MSRP for Epson C86: $99.99
Street Price: $62.00 - $192.00
PC MAGAZINE.com Editors' review:
Big brother to the Epson Stylus C66, the Epson Stylus C86 ($100 street) offers the same level of output quality, which is among the best for any ink jet at any price. In addition, it throws in reasonable speed and relatively low running costs.
Like the C66, the C86 uses Epson's DuraBrite inks, with a separate cartridge for each color. Epson likes to stress that these inks are water-, smudge-, and light-resistant. We found the water and smudge resistance less robust immediately after printing than after several days of drying. Epson also boasts that many users print their photos on plain paper with the DuraBrite inks. This may be so, but the photos aren't noticeably better than plain-paper output from most other ink jets. And they certainly don't look as good as those printed on Epson's own photo paper.
Output quality overall is surprisingly good. The C86 earns an excellent rating for text. Most of our test fonts are easily readable at 4 points, and none—including highly stylized, difficult-to-print fonts—need larger than 8 points. Photos fall just short of excellent, and graphics are just under very good. The key issues for graphics are visible banding in default mode and a tendency for paper with a lot of ink to curl: In some cases, a piece of paper left sitting on a desk curled all the way up into a scroll.
Performance is best described as well into the tolerable range, but not anywhere near the top tier. The total time on our business applications suite was 23 minutes 10 seconds. That's a lot faster than the C66's 54:24, but nowhere near the 15:48 for the $100 Canon Pixma iP3000.Photos took a similarly acceptable but lackluster average of 2:52 for 4-by-6s and 6:25 for 8-by-10s.
Cost per page is a bright spot. Unlike the C66, the C86 can use high-capacity cartridges for more pages per cartridge and a lower cost per page. On our tests, the C86 proved to be one of the less expensive ink jets to run, at 4.2 cents per monochrome page and 11 cents per color page.
This combination of great-looking output, a relatively low cost per page, and acceptable speeds makes the C86 an attractive choice.
Related links for Epson C86:
Epson C86 ink cartridges at PrintCountry.com
Buy this printer at Amazon.com
Epson's Related Page
Remanufactured ink cartridges
Epson Stylus C86 Driver
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