Epson Stylus Photo R260 Inkjet Printer (30 PPM, 5760x1440 DPI, Color, PC/Mac)

Epson Stylus Photo R260

Stylus Photo R260 Inkjet Printer (30 PPM, 5760x1440 DPI, Color, PC/Mac) Review, by Melissa Riofrio January 22, 2007

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• Latest User Reviews 3 reviews
• 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: 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: 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.

• Reviewed by: cablesurfr

  Duration of ownership: 2 Months

  Strengths: n/a

  Weaknesses: n/a

  Overall: Ritz Camera Sucks I ordered a Lenovo ThinkVision L191 LCD Monitor and it is now 28 days of waiting and a lot of lies for an "In stock" item. I finally got someone to cancel the order...I think, although the CSR would not commit to any kind of confirmation # or a time frame to receive refund. Please steer clear of their online store at the very least they have a distribution network that fills all online orders and have no control over these companies. Worst experience in 12 years of online buying.

• Reviewed by: photoruff_pwhs

  Strengths: Great Prints,Professional looking when printed on High Luster Paper

  Weaknesses: It has trouble reconizing Epson Cartridges, Uses way too much Ink at a very high Cost.

  Overall: With all the weakness I would still use this printer but the Printer Stopped working for no reason, tells me all my ink cartridges are empty. After calling Epson, and doing all they said to do, I was told to take it to repair shop. I figure the repair might cost near what a newer Printer would cost. This is one of two R260 Printer I own, Plus I own a RX580 and a RX680 all which use the same kind of inks. So I think you can understand my disappointment in the R260, because I use it a lot.

• Reviewed by: denbink

  Strengths: Very Good photo quality, Software installs easy with XP and Visa, Never has conflict with generic ink, Prints at a good rate of speed

  Weaknesses: Ink heads get dry sometimes but easy to do a head clean a couple of times.

  Overall: People have been complaining about the ink being used up quick, but all Epson printers use up ink quick. One printer may use up more than the other, but they all use up ink quick and it also depends on the quality of the print job. If you use plain paper with a normal mode all the time, you won't use up all that much ink. I print a lot of high quality photos so I buy generic ink and it works just fine. Other older Epson printers had a problem with generic ink, but not the 260. If you come across a problem with the print pattern, just have the printer clean it's ink heads one or two times and it takes that problem away. I do like this printer out of all the other ones that I've owned.

• Reviewed by: vwmike

  Strengths: Excellent quality printing for cds and dvds

  Weaknesses: recharges cartridges every time you turn it off and back on, this uses a lot of toner.

  Overall: I have been very happy with this printer. Shop around, there are many deals right now where if you buy a digital camera and epson printer on the same receipt you can get the printer for free after rebate. Wish I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'d seen that a week earlier.

• Reviewed by: willowbrown

  Strengths: Best Color printing for the price.

  Weaknesses: Kind of slow.

  Overall: I only use this printer for printing CDs and DVDs which is what I purchased it for. I like it a lot and would recommend it to anyone who wanted to print prefessional looking CDs.

• Reviewed by: kurtla22

  Strengths: quality of prints

  Weaknesses: ink level

  Overall: great for printing on CD's.speed is descent. ink seems to go pretty quick,Im getting low level message already.for the price it's a great buy.well worth it.