Epson Stylus Photo R220 Ink Jet Printer (C11C626011)

by Epson

Product Details

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• Product Dimensions: 21 x 11 x 13 inches ; 15 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 16 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• 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: B000AYA588
• Item model number: C11C626011
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 18, 2005

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Get creative with your photos and CDs! It's easy with the Epson Stylus Photo R220, an impressive 6-color printer that brings quality and convenience home at a truly remarkable value. The perfect solution for all your photo projects, it quickly delivers brilliant scrapbook pages, homework assignments and more. And, it prints directly on ink jet printable CDs and DVDs. It's the ideal solution -- whatever the task at hand. Use it to personalize a CD or DVD with your own text, graphics and photos. It's a great idea for party favors or personalized gifts. The included software lets anyone create eye-catching CDs and DVDs using their favorite photos. You're sure to get great results every time with up to 5760 x 1440 optimized dpi and ultra fine 3-picoliter ink droplets. This, combined with innovative Micro Piezo ink jet technology, ensures photo lab quality color and detail for vivid, long lasting results. And, with convenient individual ink cartridges, you take control of the ink usage, replacing only the color that runs out. With fast print speeds, exceptional paper handling capabilities and convenient connectivity, the Epson Stylus Photo R220 offers the power and versatility you need to create high quality home printing projects. Print directly on ink jet printable CDs/DVDs
Provides a fast, easy way to create professional quality 12- and 8-centimeter disc surfaces through a convenient front-loading tray. Achieve precision color and detail

• Includes Epson 6-color photo inks for vivid, long lasting results
• Prints at up to 5,760 x 1,440 optimized dpi using ultra fine ink droplets (as small as 3 picoliters)

Print borderless photos fast

• Offers BorderFree printing in popular, frame-ready sizes (4-by-6, 5-by-7, 8-by-10, and 8.5-by-11-inches)
• Prints a 4-by-6-inches borderless photo in as fast as 57 seconds

Create projects that truly stand out
Comes with photo editing software that makes it easy to create calendars, photos, scrapbooking pages and more. Take control of ink usage
Includes convenient individual ink cartridges, so you can replace only the color that runs out. Enjoy fast, easy setup
Connects to a PC via the front or rear USB port. What's in the Box:
Epson Stylus Photo R220 ink jet printer, one cyan ink cartridge (T048220), one light cyan ink cartridge (T048520), one magenta ink cartridge (T048320), one light magenta ink cartridge (T048620), one yellow ink cartridge (T048420), one black ink cartridge (T048120), CD print tray and software, printer documentation, CD-ROM containing printer drivers and software (Windows and Macintosh), cable not included.

Product Description

Epson Stylus Photo R220 Ink Jet Printer

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What they don't tell you about the Epson R220, March 29, 2006

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Nellie from Folsom - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epson Stylus Photo R220 Ink Jet Printer (C11C626011) (Office Product)

I think this printer is pretty good and I gave it four stars because I am slightly disappointed with a few of the features, but I am overlooking some of these because the printer is under 100 bucks, so I guess you get what you pay for! Just in case it helps you make your decision, here are some of the idiosyncrasies

1. Your cd or dvd will need to dry for at least 24 hours after being printed before you are recommended to use it in a cd/dvd drive.

2. You need to manually align the cd tray to these little arrows right before it prints. Why couldn't they just design it to let the user push the tray all the way in? The arrows aren't that easy to see.... and I just hate relying on my manual alignment skills :-(

3. Turning the printer off will waste a lot of ink when you need to re-start it. The printer will "load" the print cartridges, which I think is Epson's term for "we want to get you to buy more ink so we can make a profit on this $99 printer."

4. Photos aren't as true to photo quality as I get with my Canon MP730 - but this is ok for me since I bought the printer solely for its cd/dvd printing ability.

Overall, this is a pretty good printer, but I would give it 5 stars if I wasn't annoyed by the above "features"

Happy Shopping!

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK Photo printer but be warned of ink cartridge costs., September 6, 2006

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Jimmy "T" (Bellmore, New York, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epson Stylus Photo R220 Ink Jet Printer (C11C626011) (Office Product)

This inexpensive printer does a nice job of printing photos and on CDs. My complaint with Epson printers is with their "intelligent" chip embedded ink cartridges that monitor ink usage based on page yeilds rather than true ink volume. In short, this means the cartridge will show the same usage of ink whether you are printing pages and photos in draft mode or in high quality mode. The printer software stops the printer from printing if one of the six color cartridges is percieved as "close to empty". Epson engineered it this way to ensure that the ink doesn't run out and causes a clogged printerhead. The problem is that I'm constantly replacing ink cartridges that still have about 25 percent ink remaining. I know because I have opened the spent cartridges and have measured the remaining ink. Also, you cannot refill the cartridges with after-market ink because the chip in each catridge renders it "empty" even if you refill it. This ink cartridge design has caused a class action suit to be brought against Epson. Do a Google search and you'll find the website. In fairness to Epson I must state this printer does a nice job printing photos and onto CDs which is a nice feature. If ink costs aren't a problem (about $60 for a complete 6 color set) than get this printer. In the meantime, I'm steering clear of future Epson printers until they re-engineer the ink cartridges to reflect the true ink volume usage.

45 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bang for the buck, February 13, 2006

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S. Kamran "SAK767" (CT,USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Epson Stylus Photo R220 Ink Jet Printer (C11C626011) (Office Product)

I might give it a 5 stars for the cost vs utility but this printer is a total waste of ink; if you have a habit of turning off the printer after printing (like myself), every time you turn this printer (or any photo printer from EPSON) on it will recharge the ink or in more understandable term it will perform a small version of head cleaning, with or without the real need :(

What does this recharging cost?? Approximately anywhere between 5% to 10% of the ink every time, in other words you need to buy ink cartridges little faster then actually required but again this is where printer manufactures make most of the money now a days and EPSON is no different then others.

On the flip side this is Energy Star compliant printer and use only 3W if you leave it on standby mode thus save you from recharging the ink all the time.

About quality of the prints and DVD/CD printing option; this printer will meet or exceed any standards of any comparable product in the market. Period.

6 color printing is bringing real detail with true colors and having 6 different cartridges is a plus for buying ink.

With my experience I found that printing speed; mentioned in description; is nothing but a load of BULL, or may be they are talking about draft printing speed and very conveniently forgot to mention the word "Draft" while writing the specification about printing speed. :)

If you are one of those "hotwire guys" who "refill" their ink and print like news paper press, you might need to buy a set of clear view cartridges so you can see how much ink you are putting in along with a EPOSN cartridge chip reset gadget to reset the counter or be ready to say bye bye to low cost ink and start buying ink cartridges. "Continues Ink Systems" or CIS are also available in the market for this printer. I myself use one of those and life is good