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A review by derek-j-a on Epson Stylus Color 880 May 9th, 2005
Author's product rating:
Picture quality
Excellent
Printing speed
Fast
Colour sensitivity
Excellent
Ease of use
Easy
Value For Money
Good
Advantages:
Quiet, high quality printing . Robust and long lasting .
Disadvantages:
none
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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The Epson Stylus Colour 880 printer, has given me trouble-free printing since I bought it back in 2000 when it first came out. Previously I had owned the Espon 740 model that was similar in design, but tended to be somewhat noisy.
The set up was fairly straightforward, I was running Windows Me operating system at the time. I just put in the CD and it loaded the driver no problem. Like the 740, it has a monitor window the pops up when you print showing you what is ink remains in the cartridges. There are two of these, black and colour, the latter of which is of the three colour variety - cyan, yellow and magenta. If like me, you don't mind messing about with inks, they are easy to fill with refill kits I buy from Tesco. The Epson cartridges tend to be fairly expensive, but this model is un-chipped and that means you can buy cloned cartridges on line for less than half the manufacturer's price on some websites.
The machine connects to the computer by both the USB and parallel ports. I opted for the USB. I had a little trouble with this at first because the software kept defaulting to the parallel drive. I fixed this by uninstalling the driver again, connecting the printer to the USB port and then re-installing - it then defaulted to the USB port. A bonus disk comes with the printer of high quality images, but I have not bothered to load these, so cannot comment on them.
For a home printer that is designed for both text and photo printing, the 880 produces surprisingly outstanding quality when printing photographs. To the eye of a photographer, they may not be absolutely flawless, but I am quite happy to print out photographs for our family album and my friends don't seem to notice they have been printed on an inkjet either. I have even framed photographs up to A4 size, but I put them through my laminator. All in all, I am more than satisfied with the photo printing performance. I use Epson Premium Gloss Photo paper that produces outstanding results.
For the technically minded, the 880 has a resolution of 2880 x 720 dpi. and according to Epson prints 12 pages per minute in text mode, and 9 in colour text, but it gets slower printing in photo mode, but I found it quite acceptable as it runs quietly away in the background if you happen to be doing something else on your computer. In fact, it is the quietest inkjet printer I've owned, having had a Canon before the Epson 740 both of which were quite noisy.
With text, the 880 is just as excellent and I have not once had to align the print heads, like I was so often doing with the 740 because of crooked lettering. Because I use ink refills, I do clean the jets often. Going into the start menu, control panel, printers, easily does this. Right click on the Epson icon, and select preferences. From there click on the utility tab, and select head cleaning.
Although the 880 was manufactured some time ago, I feel it still has stylish looks and looks nice on my desk. It is robust and hard wearing, easy to install and use and I would recommend it to anyone. I have upgraded to Windows XP since purchasing the 880 and the printer continues to work happily away on this system too.
The price I paid was £130, give or take a few pence, but I believe the price is well below that now.
Advantages: Superb quality, very reasonably priced, faster than a speeding bullet Disadvantages: None, not yet anyway
...printer manufactured by the renown Epson compamy. Photo capabilities printing up to 2880 dpi(Dots per inch) Three colour cartridge and separate black. Connects to USB or Parallel port. High speed and effective. Costs £129 and available in Curry’s, PC world, and other outlets. Required computer specifications for Windows 95/98, CD Rom drive Pentium processor 32MB ram 50mb hard drive space Parallel port For Windows2000 CD Rom drive Pentium 133 ... ...port Our elderly Epson 850 colour stylus inkjet printer had reproduced its last photograph several months ago, and we were actively seeking a replacement. Having researched what we could, we were torn between the LexmarkZ52 and another Epson. The criteria were that it was of photographic standard, it was 3 colour, and that it was affordable. Having paid over £300 for our last printer we expected to pay at least that for such a model. To my surprise ...
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02.04.2001
Epson 880 Review ofEpson Stylus Color 880by
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...bottom of the print cartridges. Epson on the other hand do not, they use a permanent print head. This is because the technology Epson use on the 480, 680 and 880 print heads does not heat the ink at the print head to project the ink onto the page. This means the print heads last a hell of a lot longer and print quality does not decline as quickly over time. I could explain this in more detail, but it would bore you to death. Epson print cartridges ... ...as I think the black Epson cartridge has a smaller ink yield. I do recommend using Epson inks, well colour anyhow. Reasons being that you get very clear and vivid colours with Epson’s own cartridges, and I have noticed slight dullness when using compatibles. The second is something I learned from my sales background, when the inks are made the like of Epson will prepare the inks in clean environments. I now that other inks are not, if you could ...
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Advantages: Stunning print quality and library friendly silence! Disadvantages: Doubt I could find one!
The Epson 880 replaced a sadly ageing and expensive to run lexmark 3200 in our house. A local and very trusted retailler showed us the printer and sung it's praise like nothing I'd ever heard, he guaranteed we would be delighted with it or he'd give us a refund, with that kind of enthusiasm from a guy selling a huge range of printers, I was sold! Ker-ching!
We got the printer home and set it up, it was a little more complicated to set-up than our ... ...grainy and mis-coloured, whereas the epson is crystal clear, sharp and has no visible pixellation.
Of course, running costs are the big issue for any former lexmark owner, well, the retailler I bought the Epson from sells compatible cartriges at £10 for the black and £11 for the colour. I also spotted a stall at a computer fair selling cart's at £10 for the pair! ...
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Advantages: Clear printing, even on photos Disadvantages: sloe to 'warm up'
Epson are a well experienced company, dealing with all aspects of visual technology. The Epson 680 is part of the new stylus 80 range, all claiming to give great quality printing at a low price. It claims to be quick, easy to use, with great prints. I have this printer and it does just that. It is under £100, which is very cheap for an Epson. It isd very fast, printing around 5 word-processed documents a minute. It even prints very good photos, without ... ...looking at the picture, you can tell that the printer is attractive. It looks perfect on your desktop! The software included is very easy to use, and gets the job done. The program intergrates well into all other programs, and offers great printing off of the internet. You also get a photo CD with it, giving you over 100 photos for use with your printer. The ink is quite cheap, and easy to install. It prints quickly and the quality is excellent. ...
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The Epson Stylus Color 880 is the big brother to Epson's other similar offering - the Stylus COlor 680. For the few extra dollars (around £40 more) you get a more conventional looking, faster, more economical printer with increased ink capacity in the black cartridge - well worth it in my opinion, especially in the long run when this printer will worth out cheaper than the 680. The printer is the conventional rectangular, cream coloured machine with ... ...of the proceedings. Twin print heads present themselves for inspection upon lifting of this lid - one for colour cartridge and one for the black cartridge which holds 50% more ink than the Color 680 and yet strangely costs the same(ish) price. Paper is loaded in through the top-loading paper tray which holds upto 100 sheets and exits to a telescopic outray at te front which can be folded away when not in use to save space and prevent damage. Unlike ...
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Power Device: Power supply - integrated, Power supply - internal
Power Consumption Operational: 18 Watt, 15 Watt
Compliant Standards: EPA Energy Star
Voltage Required: AC 110/220 V ± 10%, AC 220 V ± 10%
Frequency Required: 50/60 Hz
Power Consumption Stand by / Sleep: 18 Watt
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature: 10 °C
Max Operating Temperature: 35 °C
Humidity Range Operating: 20 - 80%
Sound Emission: 42 dBA
Manufacturer's product description
Epson is a global technology company that manufactures an extensive array of award-winning printers, computers, liquid crystal displays, integrated circuits, electronic and crystal devices and optical products. Stylus Color 880 inkjet printer is a creative and versatile printer that features super fast print speeds. Quiet print engine will not distract or bother you. With St
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