Reviews for Epson Stylus R260 Photo Printer

very pleased with high quality prints

Strengths: highest quality photo prints, very good contrast

Weakness: bad ink economy

Like many people shopping for a printer this holiday season, I was also

curious about the Epson r260 printer, but was somewhat dismayed by the many

negative posts I've seen around the web. What I did notice, however, is that

most of the comments were related to cost, and what I am looking for is

highest quality, regardless of cost. So, I went out and purchased both a Canon

Pixma ip6700D and a Epson r280. I also bought a whole extra set of ink

cartridges for each printer, and bought the highest quality premium photo

paper for both Epson and Canon. Here are my results:

After playing with both printers for the last 4 days, I have to say the Epson

is noticeably a better quality photo printer. Now, this is with both printers

set to the 'highest quality' print using the printer settings, and using all

rcommended highest grade paper. I was actually slightly disappointed that the

Canon Pixma ip6700D, with it's claimed 9600x4800 dpi, did not show a

signficant difference in print to my other $50 Canon Pixma ip1600, using

again, all highest quality components. The Canon, however, has a much better

ink economy.. just last night, I printed 80 4x6 prints for Christmas to send

Japan, and my cartridges were still not 100% empty. That bit, I was impressed.

The Epson does use much more ink, and if ink cartridge costs are a major

concern for you, then you may want to consider the Canon ip6700D instead. With

the Epson though, the images are noticeably higher contrast, and I can see

minute fine details where I would not on the Canon. Now, having said all this,

all three printers I mention here are more than good enough for the average

family. In fact, the prints I get off the $50 Canon ip1600 are so high in

quality, that I wonder if it's worth getting the $200 Canon ip6700D. I have

not printed any 8x10s, nor used the printers to test for text only, or

business documents. This review is based solely on photo printing on 4x6

prints.

If you are a quality seeker, and cost is not an issue, I recommend the Epson

R260.

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Beautiful Pictures

Strengths: 1) Great looking pictures. 2) Prints on paper and CDs. 3) Cost of printer.

Weakness: 1) Cost of ink. 2) Ink not water resistant.

Great product for the price except that the ink is not water resistant. Any moisture on your hands will smuge the picture. I'm surprised how easily the ink will smear.

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Professional looking CDs

Strengths: Even though it is sold as a photo printer, it does print directly on CDs, and they look sharp and professional. A must have for any musician interested in promoting his music.

Weakness: It takes time, but it does its job very well.

The reason I bought this unit was because I got tired of trying to paste CD labels on my CDs..
This unit solved the problem for me, and it did so eloquently. I have yet to use it for photos, but I'm sure they will be sharp.

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Not a Good Printer

Strengths: Good print quality

Weakness: Ink runs out after 50 DVDs (25% coverage) for a cost of $1.50+ per DVD for ink.

If you are planning on printing DVDs or CDs, best look elsewhere. I am not happy to have to trash 2 of these because of high ink costs. No indication when purchasing that the ink supply is so small.

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Epson has upped your costs.

Strengths: Few, compared to previous models

Weakness: Frequent cleaning required, Ink costs doubled at least, colors are way off.

This is my third Epson Photo Printer (hate their designed obsolescence, but I need to print on CD/DVDs). This is the worst one of them all. Ink cartridges cost twice as much and last half as long. Head Cleaning is required frequently to use up your ink even faster. Stick with the older versions of this printer... the R200 or R220.

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Worst Epson printer ever

Strengths: Hardly any

Weakness: Clogged heads, uses ink rapidly, when runs out of ink it stops in mid-page

I have purchased a ton of Epson printers and this is the absolute worst one ever. It runs through expensive ink faster than any model I have ever owned. It gives no warning when ink is low and then when ink is out it stops in mid-page wasting ink and paper. The heads constantly need cleaning (with Epson ink) and each time you add a new cartridge it may require head cleaning to get the colors right. Often heads clog in mid-job and you start getting wierd colors and if you don't constantly watch printouts you waste even more paper and ink. Epson must be getting massive complaints on this one.

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Nice printer

Strengths: High resolution, print fast

Weakness: ink was used out too fast.

I used this printer to print the pictures for my family. The printed pictures are nice and have high quality. But the ink was consumed too fast. Anyway, for the price, you can not expect too much. I am satisfied with this printer with its low price. Hope the ink catridge is not so expensive.

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Epson R260

Strengths: Direct CD printing, High picture quality, speed is acceptable

Weakness: ink too expensive, bulb volume

I am just thinking to buy this printer as a backup for my photo printer. It is in promotion so the price is very cheap. It really give me a surprice on the picture quality. If you don't care about the ink price and you want to print color douument and picture as well, this would be a good choice for you.

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terrific photo printer

Strengths: very stylish. compact

Weakness: inks are so expensive

I have been using it for months and I really like it. It fits perfectly on my desktop. It normally took a while before it printing the first page. but I think it is normal. It print cd cover nicely and I like it.

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Epson Stylus Photo R260 Photo Printer

Strengths: Great photo quality, and even printing on CDs

Weakness: The Ink cost is high

This is a professional photo printer. I can print my photo without connecting to a PC, and it is a fast photo printer ever. It prints directly on CDs/DVDs. Moreover, it can correct the color and lighting in photos automatically. It is very cool! I like it a lot!

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Epson Stylus R260 Photo Printer

Strengths: Easy to print onto printable DVDs & CDs

Weakness: I've had some problems with it not connecting to my compter correctly.

Good printer with a couple of quirks. Since I bought this one for my personal use, I have since bought 2 more for business use.

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Good printer

Strengths: Quality prints

Weakness: Ink cost

A good printer with quality prints however like others have mentioned the ink costs are really high. If you don't mind that it prints professional looking prints and is relatively fast to. I would recommend.

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epson r260

Strengths: Good Picture quality, prints to cd's and dvd's. Great price

Weakness: high cost of ink cartridges

Pictures printed with this printer are of high quality. It also prints on cd's and dvd's and the printing is good on the media as well. Got this printer for low price from Ritz camera. If you are looking for a printer with low price and high quality I highly recommend this printer.

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Epson Stylus Photo R260 Inkjet Printer

Strengths: Very good printing quality, can print on CDs

Weakness: none so far

This photo printer is definitely a worth buy: very good printing quality (it uses 6 inks for fine printing quality). Also it can print on Cds. I am happy with it and no complain so far at all.

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A good quality photo printer

Strengths: Hi definition, high quality printed photo. Easy to print cover for CD/DVD. (Much easier comparing to print a DVD label and attach the label to your DVD)

Weakness: Seems like drink a lot of ink A little bit bulky

I used this printer to print out our summer vacation digital photos @ Hawaii. The color is very vivid, and the photo's quality is excellent. Very like it.
There is a tray for DVD or CD cover printing. You just have to put your DVD or CD in the tray, and prepare for the cover in your computer file, and then print. Much easier comparing to print a DVD label and attach the label to your DVD.
Conclusion, For the price I paid, it is a good product.

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QUALITY DOES NOT COME CHEAP

Strengths: EXCELLENT PRINT,GOOD COLORS

Weakness: None,I wonder why there is no USB cords with printers now a days it does not cost much when compared to the whole cost of the printer,feels odd.

I bought this printer and have printed more than 30-40 prints, the colors are excellent if you compare to @19c per print(in shops) this is much better and for some time I felt as a professional photographer with this printer.

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Great CD Inkjet Printer

Strengths: WOW! It does a beautiful job everytime. Easy formatting for CD's. Even though this printer does much more but I purchased it to print directly onto my CD's. Print is very smooth.

Weakness: Ink is expensive, but you only replace an individual color as needed. So it's not that bad.

Thanks Epson! Very professional printing; hi-definition says it all. The only hassle has been getting best price for each component. The printer, inkjet CD's, and ink were each ordered from different distributers. It pays to shop around.

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Nice photo printer

Strengths: Nice printing pictures, fast printing speed

Weakness: Epson ink is too expensive.

This printer is easy to set up and use. The printing quality is quite good, especially for photos. Furthermore, it can be used to print on CD or DVD, which is quite a bonus for me. However, the ink cost is too high, and I can only give 4 stars for it. Well, if you don't care about the ink cost, this may be the right photo printer for personal use.

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Epson R260 Printer Review

Strengths: Using Epson R260 to print on CD or DVD media is very easy. It comes with Epson's Claria six-color, dye-based ink system and the photos printed on photo paper looked very good.

Weakness: The ink cartridges are expensive and difficult to refill.

If you are looking for a small and inexpensive printer, the Epson R260 would be one of your best choices because it gives you superior photo quality, versatility and performance right at home.

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OK product

Strengths: Great for printing CD printable label.

Weakness: Trouble with B&W photo printing. As a photo printer, its size is big.

Great for printing CD printable label. It is large and does use six different colors of ink, but provides easy and beautiful labels for my CDs and DVDs. Trouble with B&W photo printing. As a photo printer, its size is big.

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Great CD printer!

Strengths: 1. reasonable price, 2. cheap ink cartridge, 3. print on CDs

Weakness: Ink is not water proof

I got it for free with camera purchase after rebates. So I'm satisfied with the price. I do not know why some reviews are complaining about cartridge, it is very cheap on ebay! At least, far cheaper than HP! I do like the feature to print on CDs, it makes the CD so professional! Photo quality is also good.

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Good buy

Strengths: High printing quality printing, print on CDs and DVDs, good price.

Weakness: Ink cost.

Very rofessional printer. It is a good buy for the quality and money. The use of individual cartridge is also a plus. Ebay may be a way to get relatively cheap ink.

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Epson Stylus Photo R260 a good replacement for the...

Strengths: Awesome print quality, even better than the R200 and R300 series, prints on ink-jet printable cds and dvds

Weakness: Uses ink fast, no off-brand ink yet available

I bought this to replace my R220 since Epson claims it offers higher resolution printing than its predecessor. I think that's true and the discs I've printed are evidence of that. Unfortunately it also sucks ink like a parched elephant sucks water, and with there being no off-brand replacement ink yet available (should be by Jan. '07) it's expensive to operate. I say by it on sale and then use it sparingly until you can get good generic ink for it down the road.

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EPSON R260

Strengths: Very good print quality; Reliable Epson Brand; direct printing on DVD/CDs

Weakness: Expensive Ink

I bought this Epson printer from Ritzcamera; It prints Ultra Hi-Definition photos and documents. Provides automatic photo correction. It supports both PC and MAC platforms. You can also print without PC.

Because it is a new ink type they are expensive right now. I would not recommend this printer for general use but as a DVD printer can not be beat for speed and quality.

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Nice Printer for the price

Strengths: Good printer, impressive better looking Professional prints. Better than cannon pixama. Quality buy.

Weakness: Different ink types, Costly. Not a general purpose printer.

If you are looking for quality stuff and do not mind spending some extra bucks for the ink (anyways that is the way for them to make money, right"); this is for you. Yields better results than other so called high resolution printers. Definitely worth trying it out ...

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Nice !!

Strengths: Very nice printer...Reproduction is very perfect ! Price paid was great at Ritzcamera.

Weakness: Bulky..Heavy to lift. Should come with USB cable.

I received my new printer today. Its awsome. The color contrast was the best. I would have preferred it to be little istead of being a little bulky. I would highly recommend this printer to anyone.

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Epson Stylus Photo R260 Inkjet Printer

Strengths: Perfect quality, fast

Weakness: heavy and expensive cartridge

Just received the package. It is a little heavy and bigger than my old epson stylus c60. Print quality is so good and fast. I most like the thing is it use individual cartridge.Overall it is very nice printer.Recommend it.

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Epson Stylus Photo R260 Printer

Strengths: Great Prints,Professional looking when printed on High Luster Paper

Weakness: It has trouble reconizing Epson Cartridges, Uses way too much Ink at a very high Cost.

With all the weakness I would still use this printer but the Printer Stopped working for no reason, tells me all my ink cartridges are empty. After calling Epson, and doing all they said to do, I was told to take it to repair shop. I figure the repair might cost near what a newer Printer would cost. This is one of two R260 Printer I own, Plus I own a RX580 and a RX680 all which use the same kind of inks. So I think you can understand my disappointment in the R260, because I use it a lot.

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I like this printer!

Strengths: Very Good photo quality, Software installs easy with XP and Visa, Never has conflict with generic ink, Prints at a good rate of speed

Weakness: Ink heads get dry sometimes but easy to do a head clean a couple of times.

People have been complaining about the ink being used up quick, but all Epson printers use up ink quick. One printer may use up more than the other, but they all use up ink quick and it also depends on the quality of the print job. If you use plain paper with a normal mode all the time, you won't use up all that much ink. I print a lot of high quality photos so I buy generic ink and it works just fine. Other older Epson printers had a problem with generic ink, but not the 260. If you come across a problem with the print pattern, just have the printer clean it's ink heads one or two times and it takes that problem away. I do like this printer out of all the other ones that I've owned.

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Great printer at a great price

Strengths: Excellent quality printing for cds and dvds

Weakness: recharges cartridges every time you turn it off and back on, this uses a lot of toner.

I have been very happy with this printer. Shop around, there are many deals right now where if you buy a digital camera and epson printer on the same receipt you can get the printer for free after rebate. Wish I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'d seen that a week earlier.

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Best CD/DVD Printer out there today. Can't Beat the...

Strengths: Best Color printing for the price.

Weakness: Kind of slow.

I only use this printer for printing CDs and DVDs which is what I purchased it for. I like it a lot and would recommend it to anyone who wanted to print prefessional looking CDs.

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printing

Strengths: quality of prints

Weakness: ink level

great for printing on CD's.speed is descent. ink seems to go pretty quick,Im getting low level message already.for the price it's a great buy.well worth it.

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Epson Stylus R260 Photo Printer

Strengths: CD printer

Weakness: Ink supply

after installing as per manufactures book, found that you need to leave printer on all the time or it will use all your ink up even if you dont print a documenton it, as it pumps ink from cartradges every time it is turned on.

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Epson Stylus R260 Photo Printer

Strengths: Great quality prints on any medium I have tried

Weakness: Naturally, the price of ink.

This is a fast photo printer. My first one. OEM ink prices are draw back but that is how they recoup their money in the long run. With a little searching you can keep your operating costs low, for home use. I got more prints from original cartridges then some of the detractors have stated. Sure beats my first color printer (HP) that I bought more than a decade ago & cost more than $500.

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ReviewGist for Epson Stylus Photo R260 InkJet Printer

Quality is Average according to 2 Printer experts. -- "Glossy photo prints and CD and DVD printing are great"-pcworld.com -- "Nice photo quality on glossy paper"-pcworld.com -- "Disappointing plain-paper print quality"-pcworld.com Read more to find expert opinions on more features like Speed, Refills, Interface, Usability, etc.

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Epson Stylus Photo R260

Testseek.com has collected 1 expert review for Epson Stylus Photo R260 and the rating is 80 of 100. Click below and use Testseek.com to find all ratings, product awards and conclusions.

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Epson Stylus R260

Epson Stylus R260 receives an overall TopTenREVIEWS score of 3.55 out of 4.00. It is ranked the #7 inkjet printer of all time. The overall rating represents an intelligent balance of features, value as a function of price to features, and a summary of reviews from a variety of sources. The TopTen REVIEWS' formula gives a picture of important consumer features, market value, and a product's...

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Epson Stylus Photo R260

Very good photo output and the ability to print on CDs and DVDs compensate for this model's lackluster text-printing speeds.

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