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Quality beyond compare
The Artisan 50 delivers vibrant color photos and crisp, clear text. Working in tandem with Claria® Hi–Definition Ink, the “smart nozzles” in Epson’s exclusive MicroPiezo® print head deliver up to five droplet sizes, some as small as 1.5 picoliters, to produce exceptionally smooth gradations, amazingly accurate skin tones and sharp, grain–free photos.
| Professional looking CDs/DVDs Now there’s no need to use messy labels or markers in order to personalize CDs and DVDs. With this innovative feature from Epson, you can make professional looking discs that are easy to identify by printing your images and text right onto ink jet printable CDs/DVDs. (Software included) |  |
Perfect photos, every time
Now you don’t have to discard poorly exposed photos. Thanks to smart photo enhancement features from Epson, you can make your pictures look the way you intended them to look. Built–in Auto Photo Correction automatically evaluates and corrects digital images — better than the competition. It even includes advanced face detection, which distinguishes people from scenery, correcting the color accordingly to ensure beautiful, natural skin tones. With the Artisan 50, you can also remove red eye. It’s like having your own photo lab right at home.
Versatile paper handling
It’s never been easier to get what you want, when you want it. With the Artisan 50’s adjustable paper tray, you can print a variety of things, from 4x6 photos to legal–size documents. And, it’s just as easy to print on both sides of the paper. With manual, two–sided printing1, you’ll save money and paper. 1
Worry–free handling of photos
With the Artisan 50, you get professional quality photos that are smudge, scratch, water and fade resistant, so you can handle them right after printing. Place them in an album or share them with family and friends, worry–free.
Prints that outlast photo lab prints
Six–color Claria Hi–Definition Ink, together with Epson premium photo papers, offers the ultimate combination of photo quality and longevity. Prints made with Claria ink last up to four times longer than those from a traditional photo lab2. Photos last up to 98 years on display under glass and over 200 years in an album. Photos from the leading competitor last only 65 years on display under glass. With Epson, you can feel confident in sharing your prints for generations to come.
Fast print speeds
This speedy printer keeps up with your busy life. Print brilliant 4x6 photos in as fast as 11 seconds. The Artisan 50 is just as impressive when it comes to everyday documents like e-mails, driving directions, term papers and more, delivering maximum print speeds up to 38 pages per minute color/37 pages per minute black.
Sleek, compact design
Enjoy the best of both worlds: compact design and powerful performance. With Artisan, you get quality and speed, without sacrificing space or a stylish design. Sleek and chic, Artisan fits your lifestyle and your décor.
Individual ink cartridges – replace only the color you need
Six individual ink cartridges give you control over ink usage. Replace only the cartridge you need! Claria ink is also available in high-capacity cartridges to accommodate higher volume print needs, giving you about 60% more prints than with the standard cartridge.
Product protection you can count on
The Artisan 50 comes with a 1–year limited warranty, which includes a quick product exchange benefit. So, you can rest easy, knowing you have dependable service and support.
Be more informed
The new international ISO print speed standardPrint speed is critically important when buying a printer or all-in-one. But how do you compare print speeds when different manufacturers measure in different ways? Now you can. Much like the "MPG" ratings on new cars, there's now a new industry standard for measuring print speed, which allows for an "apples-to-apples" comparison between different printer models and brands. The International Organization for Standardization (widely known as ISO) developed this industry approved and internationally accepted standard, specifically for ink jet printers and all-in-ones. It measures "out of the box" (default) print speeds using "real world" printing scenarios, so you can be sure you're getting a product that performs at the speed you need.
Features/Benefits
- Ultra Hi-Definition prints — Claria 6–color ink for images with richness, depth and clarity; great for photos and everyday printing
- Professional looking CDs/DVDs — print right onto ink jet printable CDs/DVDs (software included)
- Perfect photos made easy — Auto Photo Correction and red-eye removal
- Save paper — two–sided printing1
- Better than lab quality photos — photos are smudge, scratch, water and fade resistant
- Fast print speeds — maximum speed up to 38 ppm color, laser quality speeds of 5 ppm color; photos in as fast as 11 sec
- Individual ink cartridges — replace only the color you need
- Weight and Dimensions (WxDxH) — Weight: 12.1 lb, Storage: 17.7" x 11.1" x 7.4", Printing: 17.7" x 22.5" x 11.3"
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What’s in the Box
Artisan 50 color ink jet printer, instruction manuals, CD-ROM with drivers, Epson Print CD software, photo software, CD/DVD print tray, power cord, 6 Claria Hi–Definition standard–capacity ink cartridges: one 78 Black ink cartridge, five 78 color ink cartridges: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Light Cyan, Light Magenta
Did you know?
All Epson ink jets offer eco–friendly features for safety and efficiency,
- Designed to be recyclable
- Designed for reduced energy consumption
- Free of ozone–depleting substances
And, they include packaging that contains no harmful substances, so it’s safe for you and the environment
The Artisan 50
- Print multiple pages on one sheet
- Offers two–sided printing, which saves paper1
- ENERGY STAR® qualified
- Some applications and/or functions, like two–sided printing, may not be supported by Mac®.
- Based on accelerated testing of prints displayed under glass in indoor display conditions. Actual print stability will vary according to media, printed image, display conditions, light intensity, temperature, humidity and atmospheric conditions. Epson does not guarantee the longevity of prints. For maximum print life, display all prints under glass or UV filter or properly store them. See www.wilhelm-research.com for the latest information.
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Customer Reviews
and they are pretty good - until you run out of ink.
The Ink can print you about 2-3 months worth if used every
other day or so. But our customers, including ourselves,
have had nothing but head aches when it comes to changing
Ink Cartridges. 47 Customers have complained it will NOT
ACCEPT 'GENUINE' Epson Cartridges. We owned 4 of them and
all 4 are currently wrapped up in their boxes ready to throw
out or send to a recycling center. All 4 printers
printed through 1 ink cycle - then they started rejecting all
ink replacements. We bought ink here at Amazon - rejected.
We tried the tech trick of pulling out the electrical cord,
and the USB cord, and it did accept 2 or 3 cartridges,
but eventually it started to reject all of them in time.
Keep in mind this printer has gotten fairy good reviews
the past year - some individuals are being successful
with the printer but we suspect many reviews were
written before their 1st ink cycle went dry.
We noticed that (after installing the printers) The Epson
software started accessing the internet (or at least trying
to). This was to block any 3rd party Ink cartridges - because
on one of the printers that WAS NOT on the internet - it actually
acceptable 1 black ink 3rd party cartridge. The rest were
rejected - even the "Genuine" Epson Cartridges.
Its difficult enough to have to purchase expensive
"Genuine" ink for these printers - but to have them
rejected by your fairly new printer is appalling. We
have over 46 "genuine" ink cartridges that have been
returned to us (we no longer sell the ink). We used
some of the "rejected" ink on our Epson R260 models
and R280 model (those printers accepted the ink)
simply because the R260, R280 and this model -
"artisan" 50 use the same ink cartridge.
Customers have explained to us this printer model
has difficulty on accepting new cartridges - no matter
where you purchased them. We have contacted
Epson by email, phone - even writing them a letter,
but they yet to even try to return our messages.
Customers who have purchase this model, and have
not been subjected by the cartridge problem are very
fortunate and we are happy for them.
Overall, Epson has made this printer so INK
CARTRIDGE RESTRICTIVE that it has made us
impossible to recommend to anyone or even
give out for free.
While printing through its first ink cycle, it did
produce fine photos and fairly good text docs,
but after the ink was done - it seems so was
the printer.
Update: We installed a CISS system on one
of the printers on Feb 1 2011: rejected.
On January 20th, the same model rejected
"Genuine ink" from a major store front. We
were fortunate to receive a refund on both
occasions. We aren't trying anymore. Epson
keeps ignoring our calls.
Daniel J. Tyler (WJGroup)
This is the 6th Epson printer we've used. When printing out from Adobe Illustrator on all previous models, the size of the printout exactly matches the design.
When trying to print CD inserts on our new Artisan 50, booklets that are designed to be 119.5mm, end up being almost 125mm. May not sound like much, but once they're cut, they don't fit in the CD box. It's very slow and tedious to modify all our layouts that are on file.
Previous models capable of printing on CD's (such as the Stylus Photo R300) were dead on accurate.
The other annoying problem is that you can't print from Illustrator directly to CD any longer. That was a great feature of the R300. In the Artisan 50, you have to use their amateurish CD print utility.
I swear to gawd, you can't make this crap up. As is well known, it only requires one cartridge requiring replacement in an Artisan model to disable the entire machine. Meaning that if you have a black print job to do and the yellow or light magenta cartridge is below it's functional level (usually meaning 30-40% of the ink remains but can't be used due to the technology they installed to rip people off), you can't finish your black only print job. And NO...every one of the six colors is NOT required to print black like I have heard some wags out there stating falsely. Even if that were true, in an emergency where you needed to print a single black text page out, you couldn't even print it in lighter gray to get by. If you buy the non-OEM cartridges you might...just MAYBE get one or two of them to work for 2 or 3 off and on cycles of the printer, but eventually they will require replacement when the orange print light starts blinking and the "non-compatible" error appears on your screen. This is apparently due to the ability of the software to stealth "report" information on the replacement cartridges through Epson's online access portal and then order the printer to shut down if the information retrieved fails to jibe with an OEM chip code. Even if you buy the OEM cartridges (which I did) and get lucky through the first four or five recycles, once you hit the end cartridge (dark cyan) the party is over. I have yet to hear of an Epson Artisan 50 that made it through two OEM dark cyan replacements without a cartridge rejection. Mine never made it through one. And for the record...Epson claims the ink usage issue is due to their fear of your precious printer being "damaged" should the ink level fall too low. To which I and most others say "BULLS***". The technology doesn't even read the ink levels...it "estimates" them...all to the manufacturer's massively profitable cause of "erring on the side of caution". What a surprise.
The bottom line here is that the engineers at Epson set out to rip off every person that ever bought their printers by making them dysfunctional in the presence of all but OEM cartridges and then radically overpricing those OEM cartridges to wring massive profits out of hoodwinked consumers. And not only that, they installed this bug filled technology so that it goes haywire (an estimated) 33% of the time and rejects even their own overpriced replacements forcing the NEW AND UNUSED overpriced cartridge to be tossed and replaced with another NEW overpriced cartridge. The factual truth being that any buyer of these printers will likely have FAR more than the $120 cost of the printer invested in ink before the second cycle of cartridges is used up. Sort of like Exxon offering super cheap new cars to people that get 2 MPG and then raising the price of their gas to $500 a gallon knowing all along they engineered the super cheap new cars to self destruct if off brand gas is put in them. Doesn't take long to see that the price or handling/styling/quality characteristics of the car never figured into the equation to begin with.
Get the printer if you want....it actually does print pretty good and you might even pick one up for nothing from a current owner who hasn't yet dropped it out of a 12 story window or backed over it with a truck after the ink ran out. There is a wealth of technology out there you can buy to circumvent the corporate Epson thieves. Supposedly there is a $30 chip reset device that overrides the reject tech and Amazon sells CIS ink tank equipment ($35-$80) which, if carefully installed, provide an endless ink supply and eliminates the problem at the source. But my question is why support these corporate scumbags and use their stuff to begin with knowing that you actually will have to go out and spend another $100+/- to defeat their thieving chip reset tech? REQUEST: Any updates on NEW class action lawsuits against Epson would be helpful in this review section as well. Maybe the second or third class action lawsuit against these SOBs will be the charm.
UPDATE 2/19/2012: I contacted Epson to see what they would do about the failure for the Artisan 50 to recognize the infamous cyan (dark) cartridge. I spoke with a service rep. She ran me through everything I had already tried then promised to immediately send out another cyan cartridge to see if that would solve the problem. She was, of course, lying her ass off and I soon found out why. They had checked the warranty on my printer after I had given her the serial number, realized it was going to run out in 7 days, and never sent the cartridge. Once I tired of waiting for it and contacted them again with the reference number for the call, they told me..."Oh, we're so sorry...your warranty has run out and we can no longer help you". Epson aren't just low-life scumbags...they are criminals in my opinion. They have floated these absolutely worthless printers out there for the public to buy for the sole purpose of selling them enormously over-priced ink cartridges with technology designed to cause failure. Anyone who's had the misfortune to buy one of these printers should explore joining into a class action suit against the company.
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