Advantages: Great value, loads of features, high quality prints, fast Disadvantages: Price of ink - but that's nothing unusual
...blind I’d never buy another Epson printer, after the last one lasted just past it’s warranty, and to be honest became a real pain in the lower regions long before that. Still, the temptation was too much, the price and features pulled me in once again to an Epson – the R300.
Unpacking
As with all new products these days, there seems to be a tendency to stuff the box full of all sorts of bits and pieces, so when you first take a look inside it can ... ...in. I’d like to see Epson include more sample paper types, a couple of A4 sheets would be nice. No USB cable is supplied.
Looks
The Epson R300 is a familiar silver and black design. The top right has a LCD display. Below this panel is a group of indicators and buttons. The front has a USB 1.1 port enabling you to directly connect for example your Digital camera, or perhaps an external disk drive. None of our cameras support direct printing, although ...
Kingseany 25.03.2004
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Advantages: A quiet, easy to use, very good quality photo printer. Disadvantages: Has now been super-seeded.
The Epson photo R300 printer has been made redundant by Epson so I am writing this review as a mark of respect to a once great machine but also to let anyone looking for a good photo printer know that there are still some of these going around at now great prices.
The Epson R300 was one of the first of its kind, a photo printer that could print straight from the memory card so no need for a PC or laptop, simply slip your memory card into the appropriate ... ...software that comes with the Epson R300 and take your printing to another level. What most people were asking was "could this printer really print lab quality photos"? Well the answer to that is no it cannot but it can come very close if you use good enough glossy paper and the genuine Epson ink cartridges.
As a pro photographer I would never have considered offering my customers prints that I had done on this printer but it did come in very useful ...
thebigc1690 21.11.2008
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Advantages: Fast, quiet, does exactly what is says on the tin Disadvantages: Lots of cartridges which are not cheap
...From the true experts at EPSON this printer has a LOAD of features and extras. The technical bumf is at the bottom of the review so you can skip over it completely. But at the end of the day, do we need to know how many sizes of paper the average printer takes as most of us I’m sure still bung in nothing more than A4 97% of the time and very occasionally might have an adventure with a piece of glossy photo paper – having spent at least ten minutes ... ...next day, my trusty old EPSON 740 spat out its very last piece of half printed-paper and gave up the ghost completely. At only 2 years old I thought this was fairly miserable of it to pack in completely – well out of warranty and without prior warning. But perhaps that is the expected shelf life of the average printer these days, but it still didn’t seem to be a very long life. Perhaps I had pushed through too many pages. Anyway – it blew up and ...
jellibaby 31.08.2004 (01.09.2004)
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Advantages: Quiet, Range of compatability, Fairly cheap price, Very high quality output Disadvantages: Expensive for what it is if you don't use it much
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Description::: Epson Stylus Photo R300 - Printer - colour - ink-jet - Legal, Panoramic A2 - 5760 dpi x 1440 dpi - up to 15 ppm (mono) / up to 15 ppm (colour)
Printer Type::: Personal printer - ink-jet - colour
Max Media Size (Standard) Legal, Panoramic A2 Max Media Size (Custom) 216 mm (Legal) x 1117.6 mm
Media Type:::: Envelopes, transparencies, greeting cards, plain paper, photo paper, photo stickers, matte paper, glossy photo paper, ... ...go far wrong than the Epson Stylus Photo R300.
This printer, not only saves money on getting the film from a normal camera developed, but also provides friends and family with high quality pictures they would normally not have had access to if are complete technophobes like mine. Not previously a fan of Epson, I have encountered many noisy and exasperating models that my parents have repeatedly insisting on buying, despite my freely offered knowledge ...
srtom 18.07.2004
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Advantages: great photos Disadvantages: cartridges a bit pricy at the mo
...I am a fan of Epson printers. I already have an Epson C60, but the hubby wanted a really good one for all his bits and bobs.
A neighbour bought an Epson Stylus Photo 300, and he is not what you can call technologically proficient, so I thought if he can use it, it cant be too difficult for us.
I didnt just dive in and buy one, I scanned the internet, browsing and comparing, and checking on paper sizes, prices dots per whatsits, until i went dizzy!!
... ...£11.99 each but work out cheaper if you buy packs.
This is not a very technical review so if you want all the techy stuff go to the epson website for all those doohicky facts and figures. Also www.simply.co.uk has good prices and are quite informative. ...
weirdstop 08.10.2004
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Advantages: easy to use ,great print results,cheap compatible cartrideges Disadvantages: cd feed tray
...around and decided on the Epson photo stylus R300.
The R300-
What you have with the epson r300 is a photo printer that you can both use as a printer hooked up to your PC or as a standalone printer that you can use with your digital camera or memory card.
The Specs-
Print quality at up to 5760 optimised dpi 6 colour inks for exceptional photo results Intellidge ink cartridges for control and economy printing up to A4 size for photos Print directly ... ...Epson Print Image Matching II supported for photo reproduction Epson PhotoQuicker 3.5 software to enhance and personalise photos The build quality-9/10
As you would expect the built quality is good with nice curves and a sturdy outer case and it also looks good Installation-9/10
As with most USB devices you can simply plug in the connector and windows will automatically detect the device and install the correct drivers(true plug and play which ...
phensh 09.05.2006
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Advantages: Useful to print out text documents Disadvantages: Expensive and wasteful
...with ink. The Epson Stylus Photo R300 is one of the most wasteful and ecologically unfriendly devices I’ve ever used. In the two years that I had it I printed out less than a dozen small photographs before all my colour cartridges ran out. This is because every time you switch the printer on it carries out a little clean up exercise and then makes a calculation so as to determine how much ink has been wasted in this process. This in effect means ... ...of ink replacement. Initially the Epson colour cartridges were £14 each (I have since found a much cheaper alternative). Manufacturers will go on about the high quality of the ink and the production process but this is just an excuse for them to sell their cartridges at inflated prices. It’s quite possible to manufacture cartridges that last longer and don’t run out after five minutes but in order to maximize profits manufacturers refrain from doing ...
Zmugzy 22.05.2009
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Advantages: Quality / Speed / Quiet / Value for Money Disadvantages: None so far
I bought my new Epson R300 to go with my new digital camera (see my other review!) as normally I would send my digital photos to an online company to be printed. Having seen a demonstration in John Lewis and reading the impressive spec on Epson’s website I decided that I would order one.
Anyway, on to the printer….
FEATURES
- Print up to 5760 dpi - Borderless printing so that you can print right up to the edge of the paper meaning that you don’t ... ...Photo Quality, Borderless, 4x6 inch Epson Glossy Photo paper and then select print. There seems to be about a 5 second delay before the printer and computer actually reacts to me clicking ok and I do think sometimes that it’s not going to do anything but I think it’s because I am using the printer on a USB1 connection which is slower than the USB2 that the printer is also compatible with. Once the printer does start however, it takes about 1 minute ...
Paulbmth 26.01.2004 (13.02.2004)
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Advantages: Very stylish, excellent print speed, fantastic quality. Disadvantages: Software could be better.
...World and bought the amazing Epson R300, and what a good purchase it was!
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The printer at first catches your eye, it’s stylish and modern with sleek colours and nice shapes, the printer could fit in anywhere. The size is arguable but is excellent for what its specifications are.
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The R300 is a 6 cartridge printer which produces fantastic results at cheap cartridge costs. Images are printed perfectly with excellent detail ... ...a minute!
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Epson have combined a load of fantastic features into just one machine. They include a tray for printing CD's and DVD's which slides in the front of the printer, Direct Printing from camera memory cards which is very handy - you don’t even need a computer connected. Just insert one of the following cards: Compact Flash® Type I and II, Secure Digital, Multimedia Card, IBM Micro drive™, xD-Picture Card, Smart Media, Sony Memory ...
j.venning 31.03.2005
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Advantages: Price, Quality, Looks, Disadvantages: CD/DVD Tray can be problematic.
...a better printer than an Epson (for the money anyway). For years I have always used various Epson Stylus's in my home and office, and also recommended and sold them to many happy customers. In 5 years I have only ever had one bad report from a customer about an Epson printer. In the I.T. Industry that's pretty good.
The R300 is no exception. With it's sleek design and industry standard silver and black colours it matches my Samsung SyncMaster 710v ... ...with no desk climbing.
Epson are well known for having excellent customer support. If you're thinking about buying one and are worried about the support side all you need to do is have a quick look on the Epson website and you will see that they have many service centers in each main town in the UK. This means you won't have to worry about packing your printer off to the factory and waiting 4 weeks to be told that they have fitted a new hamster ...
thepcclinic 30.12.2005
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Advantages: Lots of options, print photos, make cards, play play play!!! Disadvantages: Ink cartridge quality can be very bad! The size (its big).
...you my spiel on the Epson R300 printer.
Why? This device is invaluable to me. Because? I'm a student (oh no - not one of those!) but also I'm using the R300 in my work place. Why did I choose this printer? Sorry about my automatic assumptions about your next question!!!
So the printer… well as noted above I needed a good printer due to the huge amount of work I have to print out. A friend mentioned that she had purchased this product and how chuffed ... ...is not a mistake, the Epson R300 takes six cartridges (Black, cyan, magenta, yellow, light cyan, light magenta).
Make the most of your printer
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With up to 5760 x 1440 dpi and the choice to do borderless printing up to A4 size; below is a list of ideas, how you can use your printer to its full potential.
>Make cards<
Christmas, Birthday, Easter, Get well - well why not? There are easy software packages to help you along ...
floatingclouds 22.01.2006
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Advantages: Quick, Excellent Quality, Prints On Cd's Etc.... Disadvantages: Quite Large....
Ive had my Epson R300 now for about 10 months and its one of the best things i have brought for my PC.
It cost me £99.99 and its well worth the money. It has excellent picture quality, you dont even have to have a computer to print photographs, as this printer has a little screen on the top which you can view the photos on.
This printer also prints directly onto CD's/DVD's, as long as they are printable disc's (obviously) :)
All you do is use ... ...if you buy the original epson cartridges then they are expensive, but i by mine from a computer shop near where i live and they are only £10 for 7 cartridges as they include 2 black ones, i cant tell the difference between these ones and the epson ones to be honest appart from the price difference.
The printer even allows you to edit your pictures without using your PC, you can edit, crop, resize, save and print from using just your printer.
This ...
emwright 25.09.2005
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Advantages: Nice quality Prints Disadvantages: Doens't cost you an arm and a leg
...telling me that my old Epson C42 printer was dead I decided to trade up to a printer which could produce nice quality photographs as well as churn out the mass of college work I do on a weekly basis. I've had my Epson Stylus photo R300 for around 6 months, having bought it from comet at a lovely low price of around £90.
Being a student the nice price tag was what initially attracted me to this printer with a 8.3 million dpi resolution. (Not that ... ...cartridge prices. I found the Epson cartridges were around £11 each. Ouch. To be expected really but I was introduced to a useful alternative of compatibles which I tend to use as a cheap alternative. It has to be said they seem to work fine but as with anything Original Epson cartridges are the best idea.
I have used my printer for college requireing colour texts and images which come out a professional quality. The photographs I have printed have ...
jade_in_nexus 22.08.2005
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Advantages: Esy to use and install Disadvantages: Couldbe smaller...
...to be hidden away!!!
EPSON have given this printer a LOAD of features and extras.Which makes it a great all round printer - even if you dont use half of the functions available! I hasve put all the technical info at the bottom of my review for you. It takes many sizes if paper. Although I normally use it for A4 paper and with photo glossy paper.
I purchased this printer as I knew two other people that had it and it was recommended. It cost me £90 ... ...Id also had my previous EPSON printer for years so was happy with the make.
My only concern was the cost of the replacement ink cartridges, the set of 6 would cost me approx £60.
But, although EPSON may not recmmend this I have found a few ink supply companies which make compatible ink at a fractionof the cost and - touch wood - my printer has always worked 100% with these. To save ink you could always use a photo site and get your prints this ...
Onslowette 06.06.2007
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Advantages: Very Silent, quick and excellent resolution dpi Disadvantages: I've not found one yet..heh !!
...there everyone, I've bought the Epson Stylus Photo R300 about a week ago and I must say it's ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!! I used to have an Epson stylus photo 800 and I must say YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE DIFFERENCE!!! The resolution is great (with up to 5760 dpi !!! ) The ink cartridges are separate so you can change only one if you run out of ink!! There is also a mini Lcd screen on the right side that allows you to print your photos directly from your ... ...the only ones from the Epson range that allows you to print directly on the surface of your CDs!! I’ve tried it and it really works!!
In about a week I’ve printed more that 50 photographs and 4 cd covers ….My only comment is FANTASTIC!!! The resolution and the texture of the photos is as good as the one of a professional Photoshop…and also…you know what? …The ink doesn’t run out as quickly as in the older Epson printers, in fact in my opinion it ...
moonlightsilvia 17.01.2004
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