Epson Stylus CX4800 All-in-One Printer, Copier, Scanner

by Epson

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 17 x 14 x 7 inches ; 18 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 19 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: B000ALCJUI
• Item model number: C11C610001
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 6, 2005

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Epson Stylus CX4800 is the solution for all your everyday projects, with full featured scanning, PC-free copying and printing. It delivers amazing quality and durability whatever the task at hand.

Scan in those photos from the game, along with team statistics. Create your own newsletter, then print out brilliant color reprints for the whole team to enjoy! You can even make color copies of that flyer the coach handed out announcing the championship game. Share them right away with family and friends. With quick-drying, smudge proof inks, you don't have to worry about handling your projects and photos.

Maybe you'd like to display those special snapshots at home or the team headquarters. Just print out borderless photos in popular frame-ready sizes. You don't even need a computer. Print directly from your memory card or PictBridge-enabled camera. There's also a proof sheet function so you can easily select and print your favorites.

But what about those old family photos that have begun to fade away. Just scan them in and use Epson Easy Photo Fix color restoration to make them look as good as new. Then, with DURABrite Ultra ink, you can print out beautiful fade-resistant reprints and enlargements that even stand up to water and smudging! You couldn't ask for more! Whether you're scanning in graphics for homework assignments or creating personalized greeting cards, the Epson Stylus CX4800 offers the versatility you need for all your everyday projects.

Print directly from memory cards or digital cameras

• Makes it easy to print images right from popular memory cards or PictBridge-enabled cameras
• Photo proof sheet to view and select images before printing - PC-free!

Achieve amazing quality and durability Prints smudge-resistant documents and photos that look great on both plain and photo paper using DURABrite Ultra pigment ink. DURABrite Ultra ink is a revolutionary pigment-based ink technology that not only gives you the superior image quality you need, but provides the water, smudge, and light resistance you want.

Get beautiful results

• Prints at up to 5,760 x 1,440 optimized dpi
• Scans at 48-bit, 1,200 x 2,400 dpi

Speed through everyday printing Prints black text at up to 20 ppm and color at up to 19 ppm.

Enjoy hassle-free copying Make quick copies in black-and-white or color with great results -- all without a PC!

Take control of ink usage Includes convenient individual ink cartridges, so you can replace only the ink that runs out.

Restore old faded color photos Restores faded color photos with just one click using Epson Easy Photo Fix scanning technology.

Get brilliant frame-ready photos Provides BorderFree printing in popular sizes (4-by-6, 5-by-7, 8-by-10, and 8.5-by-11-inches).

Do more with your photos Includes easy-to-use photo editing software to create calendars, photo books and more.

What's in the Box: Epson Stylus CX4800 All-In-One, one black ink cartridge (T060120), one cyan ink cartridge (T060220), one magenta ink cartridge (T060320), one yellow ink cartridge (T060420), All in one documentation, CD-ROM containing printer software (Windows and Macintosh), cable not included.

Product Description

Stylus CX4800 All In One

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

130 of 136 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pleasantly surprised, a very good value, November 18, 2005

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S. Simon (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Epson Stylus CX4800 All-in-One Printer, Copier, Scanner (Office Product)

I am very pleased with this printer and I think it offers tremendous value.

One of the first things I liked about this printer is that it prints at a normal speed with decent quality, which is sometimes hard to get when you are buying an entry level printer. The printer offers 5 levels of quality, although the draft mode is useless because the printouts are too light and dotty.

The next level of printout (2nd out of 5 levels) is an enormous improvement from the draft mode and is actually quite good. In fact, I will probably use this mode exclusively other than when making photos. To print a full color web page on this mode takes less than 25 seconds, which is not bad.

The highest quality mode on matte photo paper still prints at a decent speed with very good, bright, brilliant quality. I showed some people at work some tulip photos I took and they were really impressed with the quality and could not believe an entry level printer could do that.

The manufacturer claims their ink is smudge resistant and resists water. Based on some crude tests I did, I would say that they have accomplished that goal in spades. I ran some color printouts under running water and the paper gave way without the ink running. This is important for those of you who want to make mailing labels and are concerned about exposure to the weather and also about the durability of the photos you print.

I also like the fact that this printer comes with 4 separate ink cartridges (the full version) and that I can replace the colors as they run out. The HP inkjet I had before this used an all in one color cartridge and I always felt that I was wasting money because I am sure that 2 of the 3 colors still had life in them. With this printer, that is not an issue.

This printer comes with software that has some excellent features. I've always had a problem in printing web pages because the right side always gets cut off, and I end up using landscape. This printer comes with the Epson Web-to-Page toolbar that will compress the image so that the web page fits in the portrait format. I have noticed that at times that a character might get cut off from the right, but overall this tool is very handy.

The printer also allows you to make copies (color or black & white) without requiring you to turn on the computer.

The printer comes with two memory card slots that can accommodate most types of camera memory cards. I was somewhat disappointed with this feature because you can not import the information on the card into your computer. In fact, the memory card feature is a stand alone device that doesn't use your computer. I was hoping to be able to import the images into my computer from the printer, but that is not possible.

The way the card slot works is that it will print an index of all the images on that card, 30 thumbnails to a page. Below each thumbnail is a scantron type bubble form with (1)(2)(3) as your choices. You fill in each bubble that you want images of by choosing whether you want 1 to 3 copies of that image (hence the (1)(2)(3) choice). If you don't want a thumbnail, you don't feel in any bubbles. You then scan in the form, put some photo paper into the machine, and it will print the images you want.

I personally feel this violates the whole reason why I use digital photos, I want to edit them first on the computer before printing them, so I probably will not use the card feature. For this reason, I lowered my rating on the printer to 4 stars instead of 5.

Another thing I did not like is the photo software that came with the printer. It was stripped down and of little use (better off using whatever software that came with your digital camera of some other device).

I have a basic gripe with all manufacturers who label their machines all in ones when they do not have a fax function. I agree with other people in that there needs to be an industry standard definition for an all in one device. The problem is that a fax machine requires a document feeder, which most machines do not have. On the downside, without a document feeder, you will be limited to letter sized scans (A4 is the largest). This printer will not scan legal size documents. I did not lower my rating for this because it is an entry level machine.

Just so that you know, this printer replaced my high end HP D-135 all-in-one. I decided in the future to purchase entry level machines because you will end up with print heads needing replacement that are so costly that it's worth buying a new machine. With an entry level printer, I am not too worried if I have to replace it every 18 months to 2 years. I also use an HP LaserJet 4si for major print jobs too keep costs down (inkjets in general are expensive).

31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent Printer, October 31, 2005

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M. Fischer (Lexington, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Epson Stylus CX4800 All-in-One Printer, Copier, Scanner (Office Product)

I purchased this printer to replace an aging printer and seperate (equally aging) scanner. I am impressed up to this point, setup was extremely simple and the basic printing functions produce good-quality documents with no detectable problems.

My only real frustration so far is the lack of documentation on setup and orientation for glossy 4X6 printing, I had to waste about 4 sheets in order to get the settings correct.

The "Arcsoft Photoimpression 5" software is next to useless, it made horrible prints. Stick with whatever picture software you normally use, I printed directly from Windows XP and it looked fantastic in comparison.

I have scanned some papers as well, and I like the software-based auto-detection, it saves me quite a bit of time when I an scanning multiple pages.

All in all I would say getting a decent quality printer with card readers (SD/XD/SM,CF) and pictbridge support for this kind of price really is a good deal. We generally are light users and don't require a great deal of "finesse" from our printer, so I would say if you are a light-duty user and looking for a decent budget multifunction unit, this could be a good fit.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid this Printer, April 23, 2006

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Ballou (Boston) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epson Stylus CX4800 All-in-One Printer, Copier, Scanner (Office Product)

There are two problems with this printer and the other Epson CX models. First, the printer will not operate if any ink cartridge is empty. If the black cartridge is full, and any other cartridge is empty it will not operate even if you want to print in black only.

Second, these models have a tendency to clog from ink residue if you don't run cleaning cycles after each use, which exhaust your ink supply. This is a complete waste of ink and an expensive maintenance issue.