Monday, August 20, 2007
PC World: Epson Unveils 'Ultra High-Def' Inkjet Printers
Posted by Jason Dunn in "HARDWARE" @ 09:00 PM
"Epson America on Monday rolled out new Stylus Photo inkjet printers it bills as "ultra high-definition." The new R280, RX595 and RX680 models will ship in September for $99.99, $149.99 and $199.99 respectively. All three models feature six-color inks, borderless printing, print speeds of up to 40 pages per minute, and the ability to print on CDs and DVDs. They support print resolutions up to 5,760-by-1,440 optimized dots per inch. They connect to a Mac or PC using USB (an optional Bluetooth wireless adapter is available as well). The R280 is a slim-design single-function photo printer, while the RX595 adds a 2.5-inch LCD display, PictBridge and USB flash drive support, 48-bit 1,200-by-2,400 dot per inch scanner and built-in photo restoration capabilities."
Owning the R1800, I'm a big fan of Epson printers and these new printers look quite impressive - I'm less impressed that they're calling them "high definition printers", because that's a useless marketing buzzword that means nothing...yet I'm sure we'll see Canon and HP follow suit quickly enough. On a more positive note, it's impressive to see Epson implementing in-printer photo correction for proper white balance, including face-detection technology. I wonder how well it works? More details are available at the Epson site.
Owning the R1800, I'm a big fan of Epson printers and these new printers look quite impressive - I'm less impressed that they're calling them "high definition printers", because that's a useless marketing buzzword that means nothing...yet I'm sure we'll see Canon and HP follow suit quickly enough. On a more positive note, it's impressive to see Epson implementing in-printer photo correction for proper white balance, including face-detection technology. I wonder how well it works? More details are available at the Epson site.
