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~PERFORMANCE~
The performance of this printer is what has come to be expected of Epson. It prints out graphs and pictures on normal paper at a very high quality and on photo paper it really excells itself, creating literally photo quality prints.
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Advantages: picture wuality when used with photo paper Disadvantages: text print quality isn't up to scratch
...you when to put the epson provided Cd into the drive. Nice and easy. If it doesnt come up staright away don't fear, just put the Cd in the drive and it will either start on its own or you will have to click "run" on the start up menu.
The bit i most like about the installation, thught this is on offer with many modern printers, is that if you have a recent version of windows you don't require the Cd to instal it. This means ... ...
~FREEBIES~
The Epson Stylus 890 comes with a basic software bundle consisting of Arcsoft’s PhotoImpression and PhotoStudio 2000, Qbeo Photogenetics, and EPSON’s Software Film Factory TE. Full drivers for MS Win9X, WinME, Win2K, WinNT 4.0, and Mac are included. (That info was taken straight out of my handbook so if you didnt get it contact Epson).
In conclusion the 890 is a standard above the rest with its photo printing. ... more
This printer was the model released to try and compete with the Canon S800. It does that and more...
~QUICK OUTLINE~ The photo 890 is designed for printing excellent quality photos up to an A4 size. It uses Micro Piezo ink jet with 48 nozzles for monochrome printing and 240 nozzles for colour printing. If that was as much use as blah blah blah to you then in simple terms it does some very fine detailed pictures up to a resolution of 2880x720. Another great thing for this printer is it can do a borderless picture, this just means it will print right up to the edge of the paper, creating a real proffesional quality look perfect for framing and an easy photo substitue.
~INSTALLATION~ The insallation is almost a beauty in itself, im not trying to sell it to you but, one of the Photo 890's most ergonomic features is its ease of installation. It requires two ink cartridges. Both are an easy click fit into place. The best part of this is its a straight forward colour cartridge and black cartridge, here as some printers, which share the complexity of colour as this one, have all the coloured inks in different cartridges. The disadvantage of this however is the need to replace the whole colour cartridge if only one colour dries up!
Then it comes to connecting the printer. It really couldnt be easier. It can be connected via USB (the easiest, i hope all printers end up being able to connect like this) or via the normal screw in at the back method. When you turn on the computer it should, if you have a recent windows, recognise new hardware and start instal procedure. This is straight forward and it even tells you when to put the epson provided Cd into the drive. Nice and easy. If it doesnt come up staright away don't fear, just put the Cd in the drive and it will either start on its own or you will have to click "run" on the start up menu.
The bit i most like about the installation, thught this is on offer with many modern printers, is that if you have a recent version of windows you don't require the Cd to instal it. This means if you are lending it to someone or taking it to a different office its no hassel to get it up and running.
~PERFORMANCE~ The performance of this printer is what has come to be expected of Epson. It prints out graphs and pictures on normal paper at a very high quality and on photo paper it really excells itself, creating literally photo quality prints.
The print quality of pictures and photos is what sets the printer aside, if you want a printer to do that then this is perfect. It has an even distribution of colour and is very clean with its black lining.
Text printing is the weakness of this printer, anything below 8pt isn't really recomended. I would suggest that people who buy this printer have the purpose of either general use or photoprinting. J.K.Rowling i would invest in a printer that was more adept to text printing, however for everyday joe's like me this printer is fine. On a normal 12pt or higher it must be noted there is little or no trouble with text printing.
Speed is very much in your hands, on photo quality print leaning on quality over speed its quite slow however if you need to quickly run something off then its more than capable of that too.
The Photo 890 is also very quiet for an injet printer, it creates almost no disturbance at all.
~FREEBIES~ The Epson Stylus 890 comes with a basic software bundle consisting of Arcsoft’s PhotoImpression and PhotoStudio 2000, Qbeo Photogenetics, and EPSON’s Software Film Factory TE. Full drivers for MS Win9X, WinME, Win2K, WinNT 4.0, and Mac are included. (That info was taken straight out of my handbook so if you didnt get it contact Epson).
In conclusion the 890 is a standard above the rest with its photo printing. Its text print is of an acceptable standard and to me it seems you get alot of printer for you money.
With the printer comes an extensive booklet on use but if thats not enough then it also provides you with relevent phone numbers and web sites.
Advantages: Good quality prints Disadvantages: Can use a lot of ink
The Epson Stylus Photo 890 is a versatile printer; it can print onto a wide range of printing media to a very high quality. It is reliable and has good colour definition.
THE BASICS
The printer is 500x250mm approximately in size. The colour is the normal beige with grey sides on the front and sides. The front right hand side has (3) buttons. On/Off, Paper feed/reload and Load/eject roll paper.
The maximum paper size is A4. The media types which ... ...Ink jet paper
Photo quality inkjet paper (various surface finishes and sizes)
Iron on transfer paper (For T-shirts etc)
Sticky label sheets
Envelopes
Inkjet Transparencies (for overhead projectors)
Printing media and cartridges come with the printer so you can start using it straight away.
The tray for loading the paper is the near vertical type on the back of the printer. You can load about 100 standard weight A4 sheets into this.
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WarpFactor9 23.10.2002
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...going. One feature of the Epson drivers is that when the printer is printing, a window pops up in the corner of your screen, showing time-left, printer status, and remaining ink in each cartridge - This serves as a handy reminder of the need to buy more ink.
Also with this printer comes a sampler CD with high-res images to test your printer on, and a copy of Adobe Photo Deluxe v3. I haven't played with them yet though.
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one47 21.01.2002
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Advantages: Excellant quality for photos and graphics. Very easy to set up and use Disadvantages: Ink goes down quite quickly.
The Epson Stylus Photo 890 is an excellent printer for those who are looking for quality printouts for photo’s and presentations.
For photo’s from Digital Cameras, scanned pics or even photo’s taken from webcams, the quality of the print is outstanding!
Just as if they had been professionally printed in a lab.
Graphics are very sharp and clear and on one printout of graphics I’ve done on this printer, it came out looking ... ...is, being used to an Epson 440, this printer wouldn’t wake a baby if laying next to it! It’s that quiet.
There is one disadvantage and that the inks do go down quite quickly which is why I mentioned above it’s not really suitable for mass printing. However I have managed to print out some booklets that were 65 pages long. 6 in total and half the ink was used. But the quality more than makes up for the rapidly diminishing ink, if ...
Evep 24.07.2001 (31.07.2001)
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Advantages: Running cost, Print Quality Disadvantages: Built in print head
...ive found one with the Epson Photo 890.
Features
Unlike "normal" inkjet printers , this photo printer uses a 5 colour cartridge and a black one, whereas most printers use a 3 colour cartridge and a black one. This does'nt sound like a lot, but it actually gives you much better colour definition, especially on skin tones, and areas where you find lots of very similar colours.
It has two different connections, both parallel (for the older computers) ... ...would be more expensive. Again, Epson have surprised us all with the very good cartridge prices. The colour one costs about £14, and the black £12. These are high street prices for original epson cartridges, and will gove around 400 standard prints (standard assumes 5% black text i.e. a page of text, and a picture or 2). If however you start printing full A4 pages of photos, then the cartridge life is going to drop dramatically to more like 50 or ...
jamiem 26.04.2002
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Advantages: High Quality, USB Interface, Good drivers Disadvantages: Print heads are non replaceable, Slow at printing photos
...looks similar to the first Epson Stylus Photo printers, but bulkier and has rounded corners. The design is very good, It does however have quite a large footprint compared to some other printers in its class.
The printheads are not replaceable (unless you take it to a 'service centre') and so basically if these get clogged you either have to pay someone to replace or buy a new printer... Saying that I have had no problems with genuine Epson ink, ... ...is a wide range of epson media available such as:
-A4 photoquality inkjet paper - £9.79 for 100 sheets
-Premium Inkjet plain paper - £3.43 for 250 sheets
-A4 Colour life paper - 15.44
-Photo paper in various sizes
-and many more
Epson also offer 'special' media:
-Premium glossy photo paper - £24.31 for 50 sheets
-Transparancy media - £38.90
-Doublesided matt paper - £13.72
-and many more
have a look at the epson website for details!
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andy.taylor 07.05.2003 (21.05.2003)
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The Epson Stylus Photo 890 offers photo-lab prints and enlargements straight from your desk. And now even faster to keep up with your imagination! The Stylus Photo 890 utilizes the latest Epson photo printing technology to print with higher quality and convenience than ever before. Using the latest Photo Reproduction Quality technology incorporating the Epson Perfect Picture Imaging System, true photo-quality performance comes as standard without the need for additional upgrades, while printing on plain paper has been improved even further. The Stylus Photo 890 offers breakthrough 2880-dpi resolution for pinsharp text, graphics and photo images, combined with Epson's 4 picoliter Ultra Micro Dot and Variable Sized Droplet Technology for finer detail and gradations. Improved edge-to-edge printing now means that photos can be printed with no surrounding white space on standard 4"x6" and A4 paper, meaning that special oversized paper and cropping are unnecessary. For panoramic prints, a roll holder is also supplied that can take 100mm and 210mm wide roll media.
