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Epson Stylus Photo R260

79

Good
  • Pros
  • Prints on CD/DVD media
  • Nice photo quality on glossy paper
  • Cons
  • Slow at printing text
  • Disappointing plain-paper print quality
  • Pricing: Very Inexpensive: $90 (9/13/2007)
  • Performance: Good: 72
  • Features: Fair: 61
  • Design: Very Good: 81
Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Very Inexpensive: $90

Performance

Good: 72
Text Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Text Speed (ppm) 3.9 
Three-Page Word Document (secs) 52.77 
Ten-Page Word Document (secs) 201.02 
Text Output Quality Fair 
Color Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Color Speed (ppm) 2.9 
Two-Page Excel Document (secs) 43.86 
One-Page Webpage (secs) 24.29 
4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) 14.39 
Color Output Quality Fair 
Color Photo Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) 1.4 
Sports Action Shot (secs) 44.17 
Color Photo Quality Very Good 
Grayscale Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm) 3.9 
4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) 15.34 
Grayscale Output Quality Fair 
Lineart Printing (Plain Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Lineart Speed (ppm) 2.9 
300dpi Line Art Image (secs) 20.47 
Line Art Output Quality Poor 

Features

Fair: 61
Dimensions
Dimensions 17.7-by-16.3-by-8.3 
Weight (pounds) 14.3 
Vendor Rated Speeds
B&W Pages per Min. B&W PPM:30 
Color Pages per Min. Color PPM:30 
Resolutions
Max. B&W dpi 5760-by-1440 
Max. Color dpi 5760-by-1440 
Language & Emulation
Printer Emulation Type ESC/P Raster 
Interfaces
Parallel Port No 
Serial Port No 
USB 1.1 Yes 
USB 2.0 Yes 
Ethernet No 
PictBridge Yes 
Drivers
Macintosh Yes 
Windows 98 Yes 
Windows NT No 
Windows 2000 Yes 
Windows XP Yes 
Linux No 
Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts) 12 
Standby Power Draw (watts) 1.1 
Multifunction Printer Specs
Fax Memory (pages) 0 
Paper Handling
Number of Input Trays, Standard 1 
Number of Input Trays, Maximum 1 
Tray Capacity, pages 120 
Maximum Sheets With Optional Paper Trays 120 
Manual Feed Slot Yes 
Maximum Paper Size Legal 
Output Tray Capacity 0 
Auto Duplexer No 
Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years) One 
Parts Warranty (years) One 
Weekday Support Hours 12 
Saturday Support Hours 0 
Sunday Support Hours 0 
Toll-Free Support No 
Vendor-Supplied Data (in Pages)
Monthly Duty Cycle 0 
Bundled Items
Included Hardware CD/DVD print tray 
Included Software ArcSoft PhotoImpression 5, Epson Web to Page 
Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category Epson didn't make a great showing overall. Readers weren’t pleased with the reliability of Epson’s printers, and the vendor’s support received average to low marks. One bright spot: the company's printers have relatively fewer out-of-box problems. 
Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products arriving with problems Better than Average 
Reports of products with any significant problems Average 
Reports of problems that render a product unusable Average 
Buyers' rating of products ease-of-use Average 
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category Worse than Average 
Service & Support Quality
Time spent holding for phone support Average 
Overall quality of vendor's phone support Average 
Reports of problems unresolved after contacting service Worse than Average 
Overall quality of service Worse than Average 

Design

Very Good: 81
About the Test Center

Epson Stylus Photo R260 Review

by Melissa Riofrio

- Except for its ability to print on CD and DVD media, Epson's Stylus Photo R260 might melt into a crowd of generic photo printers. For some users, however, this bonus will outweigh the unit's speed and print-quality shortcomings.

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User Reviews for Epson Stylus Photo R260

  • Reviewed by: westslw

    Duration of ownership: 2 Months

    Strengths: N/A

    Weaknesses: ALWAYS had to restet the printer after printing onto dvd. lights would always flash. DVD tray would always get stuck or get kicked out. if one ink cartridge was empty, printing was restricted. continued to get error message that ink was empty when new cartridge was installed

    Overall Evaluation: RUN AWAY FROM THIS PRINTER! i have sinced returned it and purchased another.

  • Reviewed by: kidpower

    Duration of ownership: 2 Months

    Strengths: Image Quality is outstanding.

    Weaknesses: None really. Have printed a couple hundred 8 by 10's. Ink costs run a little more than my R200.

    Overall Evaluation: I have the R200 and R260 setup side by side. My old R200 is excellent, but the prints from the R260 are outstanding. As far as operation goes, it functions pretty much exactly like the R200. I use it strictly as a photo printer. Once you have the right parameters and profiles, coupled with the highest quality paper, the prints are stunning.

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