Pros
- Superior photo prints on glossy paper
- Film scanning; includes light in lid
Cons
- Plain-paper text output is mediocre
At A Glance
The RX700 earns top marks for scan and photo print quality, but plain-paper text output is weak.
Manufacturer’s Description
Explore your creativity using your favorite photos, slides and negatives. It's easy with the powerful Epson Stylus Photo RX700. This top of the line performer makes the most of your digital and traditional photography, from restoring the color to faded photos to printing stunning color or black-and-white reprints and enlargements. It even prints directly on CD/DVDs.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | C11C583001 |
| Inventory Number | 24671 |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 0.0 MB |
| Memory max | 0.0 GB |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System Compatibility |
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| Display | |
| Display type | Color |
| Ports and Connections | |
| USB 1.1 | Yes |
| USB 2.0 | Yes |
| PictBridge | Yes |
| Parallel Port | 0 |
| Serial Port | No |
| Power | |
| Maximum Power Draw (watts) | 25 watts |
| Standby Power Draw (watts) | 25 watts |
| Faxing | |
| Fax page memory capacity | 0.0 |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 16.4 inches |
| Depth | 17.7 inches |
| Height | 9.3 inches |
| Weight | 28.4 pounds |
| Media Handling | |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 2 |
| Standard Input Sheet Capacity | 100 |
| Manual Feed Slot | 1 |
| Automatic Duplexer | Not Available |
| Max Input Trays | 2 |
| Maximum Paper Height | 14.0 |
| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | CompactFlash |
| Micro SD | xD-Picture Card |
| SD card | SD Card |
| Memory stick | Memory Stick |
| Smart media | SmartMedia |
| Compact flash | No |
| Resolutions | |
| Monochrome horizontal optical resolution | 5760 x 1440 dpi |
| Color horizontal optical resolution | 5760 x 1440 dpi |
| Scanning | |
| Scanner Type | Flatbed |
| Maximum External Bit Depth |
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| Maximum Scan Resolution | 3200 x 6400 |
| Optical Scanning Resolution | 3200-by-6400 |
Performance
| PCWorld Test Center (Quality) | |
|---|---|
| Print quality: Text | Poor |
| Print quality: Color photo | Superior |
| Copy quality | Very good |
| PCWorld Test Center (Speed) | |
|---|---|
| Print speed: Text | 3.7 ppm |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Color Output Quality | Fair |
| Preview Scan, 2-by-2-Inch Document, Maximum Resolution (formerly pf-MFPs-pv2x2maxmax-Average) | 5.69 |
| Final Scan Time, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi | 7.42 |
| Line Art Output Quality | Poor |
| Total Scan Time, Line Art, Maximum Resolution (formerly pf-MFPs-LAmax1-Average) | 444.59 |
| Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs) | 67.03 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 161.69 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 1.3 |
| Preview Scan, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi | 5.47 |
| Preview Scan, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi | 5.24 |
| Preview Scan, Line Art, Maximum Resolution (formerly pf-MFPs-pvLAmax1-Average) | 5.29 |
| Final Scan Time, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi | 12.23 |
| One-Page Copy (secs) | 29.25 |
| Final Scan Time, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi | 3.62 |
| Preview Scan, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi | 5.6 |
| Color Photo (secs) | 22.41 |
| Output Score, Color Photo, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Best) | Superior |
| 5 x 7 Photo (secs) | 47.71 |
| One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs) | 23.15 |
| Total Scan Time, 2-by-2-Inch Document, Maximum Resolution (formerly pf-MFPs-2x2maxmax-Average) | 196.43 |
| Color Photo, Normal Settings | 22.41 |
| Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default) | Poor |
| Color Photo, Best Quality Settings | 47.71 |
| Tested Photo Speed (formerly pf-PCWPhotoSpeed) | 1.3 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 42.15 |
| Output Score, Color Graphics, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Default) | Fair |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 2.7 |
| Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default) | Poor |
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