STYLUS PHOTO 820 BLACK OEM INK CARTRIDGE

Epson Stylus Photo 820 Review

Overview:

The Epson Stylus Photo 820 comes in as an upgrade over earlier Stylus Photo color ink jet printers with its ability to produce frame-ready photos with topnotch quality in color, tone levels and image detail. The Epson Stylus Photo 820 also boasts affordability in delivering photo print outs and efficiency in its performance, qualities that should allow users to maximize color photo document production, for both professional and home users alike.

Pros:

The Epson Stylus Photo 820 features a superior 6-color photo ink configuration that can produce up to 2,880 x 720 dots per inch resolution. This color ink jet printer also allows "dotless" photos, making images and graphics appear much more realistic in terms of image color grade and tone detail. This is because the Epson Stylus Photo 820 uses 4 picoliters of ink droplets, which also gives sharper and more accurate skin tones and more vivid contrasts in printed images.

As an Epson Photo Stylus model that is an upgrade over previous releases, the Epson Stylus Photo 820 features improved printing speeds with up to 12 pages per minute on black text print outs. For color image print results, the Epson Stylus Photo 820 has a speed of up to 48 seconds for a photo paper measuring 4 x 6 inches. For an 8 x 10 inch photo, speed is up to 1 minute and 42 seconds. As with other Epson Stylus Photo printers, the Epson Stylus Photo 820 supports True BorderFree printing, making printed photos appear more professional looking and without any awkward perforations. True BorderFree printing also allows faster print outs that are ready to be put in a frame or in photo albums without color fading and blemishes. True BorderFree printing supports paper sizes of 4 x 6, 5 x 7 and 8 x 10 inches.

Another great feature with the Epson Stylus Photo 820 is its PRINT Image Matching (PIM) technology, which allows it to support PIM-enabled digital cameras for faster and optimized printed images. Supported printer language include Epson Raster and Epson Remote, while supported software drivers include Windows USB, parallel and Macintosh USB. Included software for the Epson Stylus Photo 820 are Epson Film Factory, Arcsoft PhotoImpression and QBeo PhotoGenics.

Connectivity features for the Epson Stylus Photo 820 include a high speed USB port and a parallel IEEE 1284 port, which is beneficial for office work groups. For its paper capacity, the Epson Stylus Photo 820 provides an input paper tray with a capacity to hold up to 100 sheets, which can be translated to 10 envelopes or 1 transparency. For its output paper tray, the Epson Stylus Photo 820 carries up to 30 sheets.

The Epson Stylus Photo 820 has dimensions measuring 18.3 x 16.6 x 10.5 inches, with a registered weight of 7.7 lbs. Its physical characteristics make the Epson Stylus Photo 820 one of the most light weight color ink jet printers in the market, definitely a quality most users would like their printers to have. This makes the Epson Stylus Photo 820 very mobile even in a compact working environment.
 

Cons:

The Epson Stylus Photo 820 doesn't have an optional viewing monitor for preparing images to be printed, with only a control panel with LED lights to signify users the status of the printer. Most users would like to be able to have a preview of images to be printed, so in this regard the Epson Stylus Photo 820 is quite lacking. Also, its resolution is not exactly an improvement over other Epson Stylus Photo printers, which are more affordable compared to the Epson Stylus Photo 820.