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 enlarge | Brand: Epson
Category: CE
Department: Office
Buy New: See price in cart
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Rating:  117 reviews
Format: CD
Platforms: Mac, Windows
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000
Modem: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 25.4
Dimensions (in): 24.2 x 8.8 x 12.4
nv:Print Method: Color Inkjet
Resolution: Up to 5760 x 1440 DPI (Optimized)
Print Speed: Up to 15 PPM
Special Features: Auto Photo Correction
Dimensions: 24.2"W x 31.6"D x 16.3"H
Connectivity: USB 2.0
Connectivity: PictBridge
Standard Paper Input: 120 Sheets
Paper Sizes Supported: Letter
Paper Sizes Supported: Legal
Paper Sizes Supported: A4
Paper Sizes Supported: 4" x 6"
Paper Sizes Supported: 5" x 7"
Paper Sizes Supported: 8" x 10"
Paper Sizes Supported: A3
Paper Sizes Supported: B
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: C11C655001
Model: C11C655001
UPC: 010343859937
EAN: 0807027556165
ASIN: B000MLDPM2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Showing reviews 66-70 of 117
Good quality prints, driver interface somewhat convoluted May 8, 2008
David J. Kricker (Massachusetts, USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This printer replaced a four-color photo printer which gave
less than acceptable prints. In short, the photos printed
looked nothing like what was seen on the monitor.
The Epson Stylus Photo 1400 solved this problem, but it took a
while to figure out how to get the prints to match the monitor
output. The first attempt, which was to install and use the paper
manufacturer's profile, failed. Apparently other users had this
problem as well.
Epson's printer driver provides a number of options for photo printing,
but it's not always clear which ones should be used and what the
result will be prior to using ink and paper to find out. With Ilford
5x7 Premium Glossy, these options produced the desired result:
- Epson Ultra Premium Glossy paper
- Best Photo
- Photo RPM
- No Edge Smoothing
- No High Speed Printing
- Gamma 1.8
Hopefully your results will be as good with less effort spent
twiddling the driver options.
Great Printer, Expensive Ink October 27, 2008
Karen Joan (Texas)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I am no stranger to Epson photo printers having owned a Stylus Photo 1240 and a Stylus Photo R1800. As with its predecessors, the 1400 is itself a work of art. The prints it produces are sharp, vibrant, and lifelike. I tested all of the sizes this printer is capable of producing from 4x6 all the way up to 13x19. All color prints were flawless.
SPECIFICS
Packaging:
This is a big printer. It has to be to handle 13x19 prints. Even so, Epson has made many parts collapsible so that you can tuck it under your bed. Inside the box, the printer is kept in a handy lift bag that allows you to pull the printer straight up and out of the box. Most of what you need is included - a manual, a CD, and a special feeder for printing directly onto CDs.
What's NOT in the box is a USB cable and sample paper. Admittedly, I have scores of USB cables, and I have a lot of printer paper, but Epson has previously included these items.
Setup:
Simple. Pull off all the tape. Open the 2 packages of ink cartridges and remove all their tapes. Plug in the printer and hit the ink button. Load the cartridges. Press the ink button again. Load your paper.
Of note is the noisy (scary) print head alignment when the printer is turned on for the first time. Just let it go. It never does it after the first time.
Next, you'll need to install the drivers. The printer comes with drivers but it is almost always best to ignore those and go online to get the most recent releases. That's what I did. Just go to Epson.com, navigate to the printer drivers and select the 1400. They have drivers for Mac and Windows, XP and Vista32/64. I installed the Vista 32 driver and the Epson EasyPrint software which helps you navigate through the printer options on your computer.
Printing:
As I said, I have experience with photo printing. Unfortunately, that means that I have had to learn about color models, Photoshop, and everything that can make what looks great on the screen look dreadful on the printed page. I brought this knowledge with me when testing the 1400. Since this is a review of the printer, I won't go into those other aspects, but do keep in mind that there are a dozen things that can cause your prints to look "off." But if you've got those under control, then this printer works like a charm.
NOTE: Once you think you're ready to print, do this first - clean the print heads. Buried in the printer dialog box is a tab labeled Maintenance. Under that tab is an option to clean the print heads, another noisy task. You'll have to do this 2 or 3 times in a row. I didn't and my first print looked like a drug-induced hallucination. Yikes! After the cleaning, it was perfect.
Also buried in the printer dialog is the option to print fast or slow. If you just want an idea of what the real photo will look like, then choose fast. The quality is awful, so avoid that for your real photos. There are dozens of options and possible combinations of settings but that's an obvious one that is confined to the printer.
Black and White:
I said earlier that all color prints were flawless. But when I tried printing a black and white photo, I got more of a sepia and white photo. I checked all of the myriad things I could think of that might cause this but in the end, I could not get a true black and white image. It was black and white on the screen and in fact had no color information at all. When printing, I told the 1400 to print in grayscale and everything was using the printer's color model, including the photo itself. So this is a failing of either the printer or this reviewer.
Paper and Ink:
Epson paper is good. For my tests, I used Epson Luster and Konica Glossy. You have to tell the printer what kind of paper you're using. Again, buried in the print dialog, is a pull down menu for that. Unfortunately, Epson chose to use abbreviations such as PLPP for their Premium Luster Photo Paper. When using the Konica paper, I had to guess, since Konica uses a different naming convention. Cost for the paper ranges from $.16 for a 4x6 sheet, to $.60 for an 8.5x11 sheet up to $1.63 for a 13x9 sheet.
The ink that comes with the printer is Epson's Claria "High-Definition" ink. Epson says the ink will not fade for 98 years. That seems plenty long for pictures of me in a Halloween costume to last. Too long. But here's the thing about inks: That's where all printer companies make their money. This printer retails for $300. Each of the 6 ink cartridges retails of $22. Some places sell the ink for less, but then add big shipping charges bringing the total back to $22. Lots of places sell "replacement" inks that will work in this printer, but my experience with such inks for the R1800 have not been good. I've ended up going back to the original Epson inks.
Bottom Line:
It's a great printer but it's a lot more expensive than it seems, because of ink replacement costs. Epson bills it as the little sister to the R1800, but I have both and really can't see a difference.
Epson Printer # 2 July 23, 2008
R. Northcutt
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is my 2nd Epson printer in 7 years. My first printer was the Epson Stylus Photo 1280 (bought in 2001) and after 7 years of flawless service,..it finally crashed and it could not be resurrected. Nothing last forever, but the Epson 1280 paid for itself in print sales many times over. I have 25 plus years as a professional photographer and the Epson 1280 was a dream come true back in 2001. (Anyone who remembers darkroom /color enlarger film based printing should know what I am talking about).
The next printer I bought (in June 08) was the Epson Stylus Photo 1400. This printer is very similar to the 1280 and the print quality is as good if not better than the 1280. The 1400 print quality (color reproduction)is definitley top notch but the only sacrifice is ink consumption. Since I sell my prints and get 10 times what they cost me to print, well,...I really don't care too much what the ink cost. I can print an 8.5 x 11 for $3.00 each and sell that print for $30.00. To me, this is the closest legal way to print your own "money" but you can only do this with a high quality professional grade printer like the Epson 1280 or 1400.
I would recommend this printer to any professional photogrtapher or anyone who demands exceptional print quality good enough for resale.
Have a great day.
great printer February 22, 2008
art guy
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I'm using Epson's "Ultra Premium Presentation Paper Matte" paper, images look great. I also used the "Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy" paper for smaller sized images. The colors are vibrant, but perhaps a bit too red and slightly over-saturated. I'm printing with Photoshop's default color profile and not Epson's, since Photoshop's starting point is more accurate (Epson's profile is too green). I've only had to tweak on the glossy prints, the archival matte surface paper is accurate from print number one.
Good printer, but may be tarnished... May 26, 2009
Bryan (Chicago)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I just bought this printer about a week ago, and have not had any trouble with the quality. When I was in college, and at my old work, I used other (higher quality) Epsons, and this one prints look just as good and with the price as cheap as it is, you can't go wrong. I got some quotes from commercial printers who would print on an Epson for $30 a print! I would have spent as much get portfolio pieces as I would have from just buying this printer. Ridiculous.
That said, I've come across what seems to be a unique problem. Everything that I've printed so far as come out a bit larger than it should. For example, after I cut out a cd booklet I printed with crop marks, which should being 4.75", it came out 1/8" larger. Other things that should have been 11" x 14" came out about a quarter inch larger. I just wrote Epson asking about this problem, so I'll have to update once they respond. While trying to come across others who might have had this problem, I stumbled back upon Amazon, so I thought I might as well write one of these.
**Update**
So there's a setting in the printer's dialogue box (outside of the program's print menu), called Expansion. For some reason the default is on "Max," which means that it distorts the print by enlarging it, so that you can have a bleed. Now I see how Epson thinks of the people it is marketing this printer to: idiots.
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