Epson Stylus Photo 900 Printer (Epson-C11C501061)

Epson Stylus Photo 900

Stylus Photo 900 Printer (Epson-C11C501061) Review, by Dan Littman August 1, 2003

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• Reviewed by: tott888

  Strengths: Very good color, Prints Printable CD & DVD's, Ink Water resistant

  Weaknesses: Ink somewhat expensive

  Overall: This printer is VERY good, it prints pictures well and has good coverage, and good color matching. It prints on roll paper with included adapter, and does border free picture printing as well. The biggest plus of this print is that it prints directly onto inkjet printable CDs and DVDs with EXCELLENT results. It includes the adapter and software to just send the disc through the printer. Outstanding!

• Reviewed by: dgriding

  Strengths: Ability to print on ink-jet printable CDR's and DVD's

  Weaknesses: Separate print tray design

  Overall: Had this printer for over 6 mos, with no problems and is a good photo printer, and even better printer for printing directly on ink-jet printable media of which I use it 99.5% of time. Only real complaint is the tray that holds disks for printing. This is separate piece of plastic(don't lose this or have your 2 year old step on and break!), and tray only has capability of printing one disk at a time where they had room to put two.You also need to feed this tray from the back, so plan on having it down low and a minimum of 9" clearance in back of unit for proper access if you plan to print disks.You also need to work a manual lever to adjust from standard paper printing to disk printing when you go from one to the other. Print cartridges can be refilled but not for faint of heart... and if you decide to refill-you will also need an electronic ink cartridge "resetter"(~$20 online) for printer to work with and acurately read ink levels when you fill them.

• Reviewed by: fastphoto

  Strengths: Exceptional color printing on both Printable DVDs and CDs. Main reason for purchasing.

  Weaknesses: DVD printing method inserts from the rear of the printer.

  Overall: The unit prints well and has great color. I have put quality high glossy DVD labels on DVDs and printed on them. None of the labels have come loose but then I do not leave a cd/dvd in the a drive or player and forget (yet) about them. I would buy it again for it fits my needs.

• Reviewed by: tonyk23

  Strengths: DVD/CD Printing, Photo Printing, Ink Usage

  Weaknesses: None

  Overall: This is by far the best printer I have ever owned. I have been working with computers for over 20 years and have owned a lot of printers. For the last 4 or 5 years I have had a couple of HP and Xerox models. The last Epson I owned was a dot matrix and while it worked well I had not been impressed with the InkJets they came out with over the years. Back to this printer it works great. Seems fast to me compared to the $100 HP it replaced. Okay, now on to DVD/CD printing. This is the reason I bought this printer after all. Works great. The default DVD/CD printing software settings print a bit light and the software has a few other quirks that take some getting used to. All in all it makes excellent printed DVD's and CD's. Your results will vary depending on the media you use. Each new brand of Inkjet Printable's I get require slighly different settings. Also if you want to get very high quality prints on some media you may have to wait a while for the disk to dry. I have begun spraying my disk with a clear Krylon spray to give them a smoother surface and make them somewhat waterproof. Next Photo printing is very good. My wife likes the prints better than we can get from Walmart and the others. All in all a great purchace.

• Reviewed by: tubeamp

  Strengths: Can print on cd-r's and DVD's. Quality photo prints

  Weaknesses: cost of ink cartriges

  Overall: I decided to purchase this after doing some research on the multitude of printers available. I liked the fact that you could print directly on cdr's. I have tried labels that you stick on to discs, and they suck bad! They wrinkle up and can cause problems with cd players when ejecting the disc. You do have to buy printable cdr's for this feature, but they cost about the same as any other QUALITY cdr. This printer also does a good job with photo quality prints. It does take some time to print larger photos, but any quality print takes time. Also, this pritner has the acapibility to make borderless pictures. The software included gives you many different printing options. The only real downside to this printer is the cost of ink. A five-color cartrige costs about $35.00 for a genuine epson. Generic cartigres go for about $20.00. If you are in the market for a photo printer, and you also burn cdr's or dvd's, I would recommend this printer! Don't listen to the guy who wrote the last review, anyone I know who has this printer has been very satisfied!