Epson Stylus Color 740i Inkjet Printer (PC/Mac)

by Epson

Product Details

Product Manual [1.60mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 19.9 x 12.9 x 11.2 inches ; 15.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 16 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00000JHX3
• Item model number: 740i
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Epson Stylus Color 740i ink-jet printer will look perfect next to your Apple iMac or Power Macintosh G3. It comes standard with fresh iMac blueberry, or you can outfit it with an optional cover in lime, tangerine, grape, or strawberry.

The Epson Stylus Color 740i is more than just a fun choice. At six pages per minute for black and five pages per minute for color, it's a speedy choice, too--one that delivers the Epson Perfect Picture Imaging System featuring award-winning advanced Micro Piezo ink-jet technology, smooth AcuPhoto Halftoning, and convenient quick drying inks that won't bleed or smudge.

After a quick setup, you'll be printing out an awesome 1440 x 720 dots per inch of amazing color and laser-sharp black text on whatever paper you choose. Plus, because the Epson Stylus Color 740i uses ultra-small, 6-picoliter ink droplets, you'll be getting richer, far more detailed color images. Just imagine what that will mean when you're printing your color photos, graphics, greeting cards, banners or maybe your very first screenplay!

The Epson Stylus Color 740i is the ideal match for your home or office iMac or PowerMac G3. It offers easy USB and serial port connections and, when you team it up with an Epson PhotoPC 750Z color digital camera, you get camera-to-printer printing.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great printer.. buy one!, November 28, 1999

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TL (Grand Rapids, Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epson Stylus Color 740i Inkjet Printer (PC/Mac) (Office Product)

I use this printer for everything: word processing, web page prints, and fax printing. But you won't believe the print quality of photos from a good digital camera! It has never dissapointed me. Its faster than the Canon BJC 4550 I have in the other room and uses FAR less ink than either the Canon or the HP Deskwriter I used to have. Epson's print driver software for the Mac is excellent, and there are some good photo touch-up applications on the disk too. My experience is with the Blue & White G3 and iMac with USB ports. Get one.. you will love it.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Impressed!, April 16, 2000

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Chris McKinstry (South America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epson Stylus Color 740i Inkjet Printer (PC/Mac) (Office Product)

Wow, am I impressed with this printer. It's fast, quiet, has amazing print quality (It is as they say, all in the paper. When printing on film, the output is completely indistinguishable from a 35mm photograph. I defy anyone to tell the difference), it quite economic with ink (better than any Cannon or HP) AND it looks much COOLER than the pc it's connected by USB to. You shouldn't have to spend more money than this on an inkjet printer unless you want to handle unusally large paper.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality + Value!, July 13, 2000

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Wayne Chung "c4victor" (PGH, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Epson Stylus Color 740i Inkjet Printer (PC/Mac) (Office Product)

I'm a repeat Epson 600series customer and the 740i is definitely not a duplication. The speed is noticeably faster - regardless of the connection. In addition, the motor and print heads are significantly quietier than initial Epson products. Lastly, and most importantly, the quality is dead-on printing. Even on plain white paper at 360dpi, it is impressive. I use Photoshop, Quark, and Freehand - and the color matching is excellent on a > ¼ charged cartridge. If you are particular about your printing though - the software is bundled into your print dialog command - allowing you quite of tweaking freedom.

The best thing for me though is the options of connectivity. Like the previous Epson - I need connectivity. USB, Serial, AND parallel - this product is a must for cross-platform users. I run MacG3 PB, Windows98, and windows NT - believe it or not I can actually print from all of these without having to plug/unplug cords or have a print server!

I'm worried about the Epson 740 comments about short-term (1year) life expectancy. But my older 600 series model is still kicking - so I'm hoping that Epson hasn't suckered us.

Lastly, put your 740i in front of a window - you'll really start to appreciate the happy color and consistency of translucent injection molding:)