Epson Stylus Color 1520 Inkjet Printer

by Epson

Product Details

Product Manual [180kb PDF]

• Item Weight: 25.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 34 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004Z9LO
• Item model number: C211001
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 23, 2001

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

With the Epson Stylus Color 1520, you can print four-color, 1,440 x 720 dpi quality shots--everything from portfolios and soft proofs to panoramics and exhibition prints--with its drop-on-demand Micro Piezo and halftoning technologies. Also, you can lay text over any image. Quick-drying inks protect your prints from smudging or bleeding. Instead of making endless trips to your neighborhood photo lab, let the Epson Stylus Color 1520 ink-jet printer become your own desktop photo lab. It delivers matte paper prints in under four minutes and semigloss prints in less than six minutes. The 64 KB input buffer swiftly handles large files.

The 1520 is both Macintosh and PC compatible. It is backed by a two-year limited warranty.

Product Description

EPSON C211001 STYLUS PHOTO 1520 INK JET PRINTER

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Printer now works in Panther!!!!!, April 20, 2005

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Cdubs "Illostraight" (Milford, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epson Stylus Color 1520 Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

It's a great printer and the cartridges are inexpensive.
I recently found you can get it to work in Panther if you
download a USB/parallel update at:

http://www.buymelunch.org/printing/usbtb/

Mac OSX usually comes with GimpPrint
on the Panther cd. But if you need a printer driver for it:

http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3

It works better than ever! The only problem is there is
no Epson monitor to force clean the heads. You have to
do it manually.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mr. Ticked Off, October 7, 2002

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"rhaps007" (California 95928) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epson Stylus Color 1520 Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

I'm tick'd becasue this is my review and not mr/mrs zippedicks. Every thing in the article is true the only problem is that I wrote the review you scanks. you want a ghost reviewer for your reviews let's work out a deal.. Mr. Ticked ff

I purchased mine used and had a heck of a time getting the shipping problems taken care of--- ah--- once that was over I was flying.

This machine is strong, dependable, and produces beautiful work on just about any stock you can think off (which means you can hunt down sales and turn a nice profit). However, there is a catch--- you must study the ins and outs of this printer. It is not like your low end printers where it is plug it in and forget about options. The 1520 is a professional, inexpensive compared to other low end professional equipment for sure, however still a professional printer. If you do not take the time to read how the printer responds to different papers, proper maintenance, and even the programs you are using and how they interface with the machine you are over you head and would be better off with a Epson C80 (great machine) or a low end HP that have forget me hookup and garbage prints, even on the best of papers (your buying a name here and little else--- unless you want a Laser Jet). In other words to get the best work you have to be willing to spend the time to know your papers, programs, and how to adjust the printer to same.

Just remember to keep up on drivers, sometimes you have to do some leg work, however they are out there. If your memory is like mine--- keep that manual near by. I have even gone so far as to enlarging some of the more useful graphs and have posted them over the printer.

So if you are willing to work hard you will get professional prints and every penny you put into this machine. To save ink, try cleaning only after every third or forth heavy job, leaving it on will not draw too much power, however it will save you ink as it tends to clean its self on start up. If you know you are going to not use it for a while, keep up a schedule for printer head cleaning to keep the heads from clogging up. I have friends that do it once a week to once a month. Personally I clean on a two week schedule. Never--- never leave the printer without a cartage in it for any length of time, that can run you as high as three to four hundred dollars to fix (unless you can fix them your self, which is what I am learning how to do now. Plus keep it clean, the manual will guide you, however take a clean dry linen cloth and wipe down the guide shaft as dirt and ink will tend to build up on the cartrage if you don't.

Want to be a baby, cry a lot, and need just a plug and go the 1520 is not for you. You want portraits on canvas or water color mats suitable for framing (big prints the kind they set over mantle) and making your customers or family very happy--- roll up you sleeves, read the manual several times and keep it close, and enjoy your 1520. Keep one thing in mind, if you do not make a mistake your not working. Test every piece of stock you receive and keep copious notes on how the machine reacts to them. Cloned inks are becoming more sophisticated and of a much higher quality. However, do the same with these (if you dare to travel in that direction) as with stock, test them with a close eye to every thing they do to your machine. They can cause some serious problems or save you a lot of money. However, as I said---- tread in that direction lightly as you can turn a brilliant printer into an expensive repair job.

One last thing, this printer is extremely versatile and will produce just about everything you want from small business cards, custom greeting cards, books (of almost any complexity), to large beautify banners or family portraits.

Want tiny photos for the web or sticking in Christmas Cards then get the Epson C80. On the other hand you looking to make money, or just great art--- forget the "lazy do it for me lot (you can find them on almost any complaint list)," the 1520 is a inexpensive printer that produces professional work.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid, but only MacOS9 compatible, August 7, 2002

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"princeorg" (Burlingame, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epson Stylus Color 1520 Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

Probably the best deal you can possibly get on a solid wide-format color inkjet, from anyone. However, word of warning: as of not (August 2002), there are NO drivers for this on Mac OS X... so it's completely useless with that. You'll have to use OS9, or a PC to print from.
I have the networking card from a different epson printer, that works with this as well, and it's pretty nice to be able to print to it from anywhere on the network, so realize that's an option as well.
It does suck down ink a bit, and the startup time is quite long (often 3 minutes from turn on to printing), but this is the case with all Epson printers of the era (this printer first came out in 1999 I believe.)
Overall, if you really need the wide-format printing, this is probably the printer to get for under [dollar amount]; it's definitely got some quirks, and until they release OS X drivers I'm bummin', but it is a nice printer for full-page bleed proofs, etc.