Epson Stylus C120 Color Printer

by Epson

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 17.1 x 6.3 inches ; 11 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 12 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: B000UHR2TK
• Item model number: Epson Stylus C120 Color Printer
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 30, 2007

Product Description

Now, you can own the world's fastest document ink jet -- the perfect choice for all your home and business projects. The Epson C120 delivers laser quality black text up to two times faster than competitive printers. Excellent for small offices or schools, where speed and volume printing are needed, the C120 even includes dual Black ink cartridges, so you can print twice as much, twice as fast. Best of all, you don't have to sacrifice quality. This revolutionary printer delivers truly amazing text and client-ready color brochures, whether you use plain or photo paper. And, every print is made to last, so you can preserve important documents. Plain paper documents resist fading up to six times longer than leading competitive prints.Plus, they'll even stand up to highlighters. The C120 is the perfect way to get durable documents and photos that are always sure to impress. Best of all, you can get critical prints quickly and easily -- without any delays. Speed through documents up to 37 ppm black, 20 ppm color.With the powerful Epson C120, the possibilities are endless

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Quality, Fast, Ink costs are about the same as Canons, December 11, 2007

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Bradley T. Riggleman (Charles Town, WV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Epson Stylus C120 Color Printer (Office Product)

It is FAST. When set to Fast Normal this printer flys and the text is laser like. It does dry fast. With the use of the Durabrite ultra inks I do see some bronzing in photos but only at an angle. The ink costs are $12.99 per color if purchased individually. Ink packs are at Staples and online for a little less than the individual price. For its price and size and the ability to replace just the color needed it's a bargain.
I have printed over two hundred pages so far of text (90%) and photos (10%)and the ink levels are just below half on the black and color cart (no paper jams by the way so far). Your usage will vary depending on what you are printing. Seems to be the same as my canon i9900 which I use for photo only work. Much better than my HP 7500 series (an ink hog if there ever was one, and it jams often). My Epson C120 does not shut down as another reviewer has indicated. It often sits overnight with the computer off and when I log on to my computer the next day it is ready. I do not remember seeing a setting in the driver for this but will investigate.

40 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good Quality, but not Economical, November 11, 2007

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P. Wilens "Peter" (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Epson Stylus C120 Color Printer (Office Product)

I purchased the epson c120 2 months ago, when my canon i560 broke down. Overall, while I've found the print quality of the c120 to be quite good, I've encountered three significant problems. For your information, I primarily use the unit to print a fair amount of text, not pictures. First problem, the unit consumes a great deal of ink even when set to print in standard text mode. I've found that it consumes roughly twice as much ink for the same output as my i560 with roughly the same quality output. Added to that, due to the unit being out only a short period of time, I can't find generic ink so must pay full retail prices for a full set of ink or about $75 per refill (very expensive). Second problem, relates to the small paper bin size. With the c120, I find that I can only load around 40 pages into the bin, whereas with the i560 I could load nearly 100 pages. Third problem, is that unit turns itself off after a short amount of time of non-use and then you must press a button on the unit for it to startup again, often taking anywhere from 30-45 seconds to power up again.

Given these problems, I'll more than likely toss the unit over the next few weeks. Haven't yet figured out the unit I'll purchase moving forward though.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Fast, but Very Expensive Ink, May 19, 2008

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Michael H. Mead (St Petersburg, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Epson Stylus C120 Color Printer (Office Product)

I bought this Epson C120 at Christmas 2007 whilst visiting Los Angeles. I had to remove the ink cartridges before flying home to Florida to avoid leakage problems, then continued using it at home in January. The black cartridges ran out at the end of January after I had printed only 80 pages of black only text. I asked Epson what was the capacity of the cartridges, but they refused to divulge that information. (My old HP 825c, which is slower but still working fine, has 20ml cartridges which last me about 6 months between refills. The C120 cartridges by comparison appear to hold only about 2 or 3 ml). Epson told me they rate the cartridges by page yield, and they claimed an average of 375 pages for each black cartridge (i.e. 750 pages for the two cartridges). This is absolute nonsense!

I continued to harangue Epson by e-mail, and they eventually gave up and shipped me two free high capacity black cartridges. Unfortunately, the print heads must have been clogged beyond possibility of cleaning, because after 4 cleaning cycles, the black print pattern still showed less than 50% of nozzles working. Also, the monitor was showing both black cartridges as about one-third empty! Not only that, but the three color cartridges, which had been about 50% full, were now empty! And I had printed NOTHING except the tiny print-head nozzle check pattern.

I then called Epson Customer Service, and explained what had happened. It seemed to me that this was a very frequent problem, to which there was no solution, because they told me to throw the printer away, and they would send me a new one! This they did, and I will use the new printer until the ink runs out, then throw it away!

It seems to me that Epson, in their quest to manufacture cartridges which can not be refilled, have gone too far. They have succeeded in thwarting the efforts of all the ink refillers (nobody has yet said they can refill these), but in so doing, they have created an insoluble problem of print-heads which can not be cleaned by the user.