Epson Stylus R320 Photo Inkjet Printer

by Epson

Product Details

• Item Weight: 14.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 18 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002SRLNE
• Item model number: C11C582001
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 6, 2007

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Print great photos and CDs--no PC required! A fast, full-featured performer, the Epson Stylus Photo R320 makes printing brilliant, long-lasting photos a snap! Plus, it prints directly on inkjet-printable CD-Rs and DVD-Rs, so it's easy to customize each disk with a cool, finished look.

This versatile printer includes a color monitor to view, select, and crop photos. Print from popular memory cards or PictBridge-enabled digital cameras. For beautiful frame-ready photos, take advantage of BorderFree printing. This inkjet even connects directly to an external CD-R or Zip drive to save and print colorful moments with ease. It's all within reach with the Epson Stylus Photo R320.

With up to 5,760 x 1,440 optimized dpi and superior 6-color Photo Inks, this printer offers precision color and detail, whatever the task at hand. And, whether printing stacks of photos or an important presentation, the Epson Stylus Photo R320 speeds through every project. With versatile, PC-free printing, brilliant image quality, and powerful performance, this inkjet offers a remarkable choice in the world of digital imaging. And, consider its convenient individual ink cartridges. When paired with Epson's high-quality, value-priced papers, it delivers a remarkably affordable, home photo printing solution.

What's in the Box
Epson Stylus Photo R320 inkjet printer, cyan ink cartridge (T048220), light cyan ink cartridge (T048520), magenta ink cartridge (T048320), light magenta ink cartridge (T048620), yellow ink cartridge (T048420), black ink cartridge (T048120), CD print tray and software, printer documentation, CD-ROM containing printer drivers and software (Windows and Macintosh); printer cable not included

Product Description

CL) EPSON STYLUS R320 Printer

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

115 of 116 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An unexpected surprize!, November 25, 2004

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David Swanson (Providence, RI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Epson Stylus R320 Photo Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

I bought this printer based on reviews and some blind faith.

My wife wanted a printer to print occasional text and some photos. I was under the assumtion that you either want to print photos period or text period and if you want to print text then you're better off with a laser printer and if you want to print photos then get a good dedicated photo printer.

My wifes camera is a small digital. She's been printing pictures from her mothers printer which are painfully pixelated. I didn't want to get something that poor, I insisted on something somewhat better. I thought I'd have to spend $500+ which you can, but she insisted she didn't want something that expensive for scrapbooking. I saw this for $200 and bit my lip. The printers I use at work cost thousands. I thought this would be painfully slow, cheap, marginal quality.

This printer prints amazingly well. It's considered on the high end for a photo printing ink jet. The 8 colors would be better but I've found the quality is as good as a 1-hour lab. That's a lot or a little depending on your expectations. But for $200 I think it's a very good deal.

If you want to print simple text, for reference and not graphics it prints pretty well and faster than I thought.
It seems substantial and well constructed. It has features I didn't realize they put into $200 printers.

This model, the 320 has a little flip up screen for viewing your images if you want to print directly from a memor card. the 300 doesn't and this was $20 more. My wife likes that option. I prefer retouching and printing from the computer.

I knew that I wanted separate ink cartridges for each color. This printer uses 6 colors and 6 separate ink cartridges. Some printer using 6 colors use only 2 cartidges with 3 colors each. The trouble with that is if you run out of 1 color and the others are half full, you'd be wasting money having to replace 3 colors when there's still ink left in the others.

You can even print wireless if your printer supports Bluetooth technology. $69 will get you the adapter for the printer.

If you're planning to print postscript files from a postscript drawing program then you need a postscript compatible laser printer or perhaps you could use this type of printer with a postscript emulation software. I haven't looked into that yet. Don't even ask anyone at Circuit City or similar retail outlets since they don't know what "postscript" means.

Overall I am very very happy with this printer.

72 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great affordable, versitile inkjet photo printer, October 12, 2004

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Justin Opinion (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Epson Stylus R320 Photo Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

I was initially going to give four stars because I hate to give five - but I honestly can't find anything wrong with this printer. It does just what it claims to do, and does it well. Being able to print directly to printable CD-R or DVD-R media is a novel plus, and fun to do. The quality is great on photo papers (Epson paper is best), CDs, and plain paper. The printer operates very quietly. It's a great printer for the price. The six color ink system and Epson's inks yeild very high quality photo prints. Highly recommended.

UPDATE 12/14/2009: I still have this printer after five years, and it is still my primary. It continues to work marvelously and prints photos with lab-like results. It is likely that this specific model is no longer available, probably superceded by a new one - but if you are shopping for a printer, and considering an Epson... they are top quality!

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Photo focused printer, January 28, 2005

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Daniel Winegarden (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Epson Stylus R320 Photo Inkjet Printer (Office Product)

I've owned a long line of HP DeskJet (ink jet) printers. The R320 is my first EPSON, so what induced me to switch?

1. Direct printing of labels onto CD/DVDs -- only EPSON (of the mainline brands) offers this feature. The disks have to be special printable disks (appear to be readily available) with a matt white finish on the top surface. When archiving photos onto a CD, I use one of the pictures to remind users of the included content in addition to the printed description. My Dad really likes this because he can tell at a glance what's on the CD. My daughter uses it to include cover art on music compilation CDs. EPSON's CD/DVD label printing system combines an easy label maker software program on your computer and an included carrying tray that lets the printer handle the printable disk like an envelope tray on many other printers. Very slick and useful addition.

2. Durabrite ink -- EPSON's ink system resists water spotting and looks more like a photograph from traditional film processing.

3. Borderless 4"x6" photo printing -- using EPSON's photo paper, the resulting snapshot photos are indistinguishable from traditionally processing film. (I've also tried KODAK paper with equally good results.)

4. Individual ink cartridges -- when one color runs out, you don't have to replace a cartridge still half full of other colors. In practice you do need to keep a full set of spares on hand (six different cartridges), but the cost of ink seems reasonable compared to my experience with HP.

5. The R320 allows printing directly from a camera, external hard drive or various memory cards through the included card slots and viewer window. I have not fully used this feature, but it could be handy at a party or function where you want to provide instant gratification. My routine is to archive and sort on my computer, but the option is nice. The card slots are great since most computers (like my laptop) do not yet have card readers.

All in all the EPSON R320 is a great match for digital photography and CD/DVD production of any kind. I also looked at multifunction printer/scanner units but decided that best of breed of individual printers and scanners was still worth the extra space requirements. Even EPSON's multifunctions didn't offer the CD/DVD label printing option directly on the disk, and this was the key feature that decided in favor of the EPSON R320. It was the right choice. It is a very good printer with excellent print quality. (I would expect the same to apply to whatever printer follows the R320 in the EPSON line.)