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Epson Stylus Photo 2100 Inkjet Printer
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What Existing Users think of the 2100
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The Epson Stylus Photo 2100 is a photo quality printer that has lots of features. It uses six ink tanks to ensure better quality photos and the individual Ink Tanks help to make it economical. Customer Reviews of the Photo 2100 show that the most users of the printer are very happy with this offering from Epson.

Inkjet Cartridges & Consumables
The 2100 uses seven different Ink Cartridges that sit individually in the printer. Eack Inkjet Cartridge is a seperate Ink Tank as the printhead is part of the printer. The Ink Tanks used in the 2100 are as follows:

  • TO341 - Photo Black ink cartridge T034140 approx 628 (ECMA) A4 pages
  • TO342 - Cyan ink cartridge T034240 approx 440 A4 pages at 5%
  • TO343 - Magenta ink cartridge T034340 approx 440 A4 pages at 5%
  • TO344 - Yellow ink cartridge T034440 approx 440 A4 pages at 5%
  • TO345 - Light Cyan ink cartridge T034540 approx 440 A4 pages at 5%
  • TO346 - Light Magenta ink cartridge T034640 approx 440 A4 pages at 5%
  • TO347 - Light Black ink cartridge T034740 approx 440 A4 pages at 5%
  • TO348 - Matte Black ink cartridge T034840 approx 628 (ECMA) A4 pages

The above page yield & coverage figures are meant as a rough guide and may vary depending upon coverage and image quality.

Compatible Inkjet Cartridges are available for the Epson 2100 and represent a good saving on the original cartridges. We at System Insight guarantee your printer against any damage caused by using our compatible cartridges (other suppliers often don't).

What the Manufacturer, Epson says:
At last, a printer as stunning as your imagination.

EPSON continues to set the standards in inkjet printing. With the Stylus
Photo 2100, a new level of excellence is achieved. Fulfilling the creative
needs of professional photographers, the Stylus Photo 2100 is a complete
photo finishing solution, offering the most exceptional print quality ever.
Immensely versatile and flexible, it produces long lasting photo quality
prints suitable for both display and resale use.

The Digital Environment:
EPSON has worked hard to meet the exacting requirements of professional and semi-professional photographers. Its recent groundbreaking advances in inkjet print head technology gives photographers the quality to create their work in the versatile digital environment. Minute details are recreated with astonishing clarity at high speeds due to EPSON’s Variable-Sized Droplet Technology, combined with a new Micro Piezo print head.

The New Black:
The professional user can now match output between various grades of media, enhancements include an additional light black cartridge as standard. This improves gradations to both colour and black and white images, widening the colour gamut to enhance greyscale and colour tonal gradations. EPSON’s ‘Gray Balancer’ software is designed to calibrate and customize the greyscales used in black and white photo reproduction. It gives you the flexibility to adjust the application of ink according to the conditions in which prints will be stored or displayed. The results are perfectly balanced, smooth toned, vibrant black and white photos. EPSON’S Stylus Photo 2100 uniquely offers two varieties of Black ink that can be interchanged to offer consistent quality and finishes between media types. The standard ‘Photo Black’ ink cartridge is suitable for all media types including glossy surfaces, whilst the optional ‘Matte Black’ cartridge offers superior output on matte coated media such as fine art media.

Creative Flexibility:
Whatever photography style is employed, the Stylus Photo 2100 has the flexibility to match the output requirements. 7 individual ink cartridges with re-sealable valves allows for flexible and efficient ink usage as partially used cartridges can be stored for use at a later date; continuous media printing and finishing is possible with the use of the standard roll paper holder and auto cutter, whilst a simultaneous paper load feature

Key Features of the Stylus Photo 2100

• Breathtaking photo print quality – 2880 x 1440dpi
• Long lasting lightfastness suitable for professional re-sale or gallery display
• 7 colour printing with new Light Black as standard
• Individual ink cartridges for maximum ink efficiency
• Precise borderless printing on roll or sheet fed media
• Flexible media handling; paper roll holder, auto cutter and catcher

Specifications:
 
Model • Model Name: EPSON Stylus Photo 2100
• Part Number: C11C387022
Characteristics • Type: A4 7 Colour Inkjet
• Technology: EPSON Micro Piezo™
• Print direction: Bi-directional with logic seeking
• Print head: 96 nozzles – Black, 96 nozzles – colour
(cyan, magenta, yellow, light cyan, light magenta,
light black)
• Noise Level: 42dbA (ISO 9296)
• Power consumption: 19W
(during printing ISO/IEC 10561 Letter Pattern)
• ENERGY STAR Compliant
Paper Support • Paper size: A3+, A3, A4, A5, A6, Letter, Legal,
Executive
• Envelope: 10 envelope, DL, C6, (45 – 75gsm)
• Other media:
• Glossy Paper – Photo Weight: A4, A3, A3+
• Premium Semigloss Photo Paper:
A4, A3, A3+, 100mmx8m, 210mmx10m, 329x10m
• Archival Matte Paper: A4, A3, A3+, 100mmx8m
• Watercolour Paper – Radiant White: A3+
• Weight: From 64 to 90gr/m2 for plain paper
• Up to 251gr/m2 for Photographic media
• Up to 1.3mm thick for straight paper path
• Maximum printable area 329mm width
x 483mm length*
• Print margin 0mm top, left, right and bottom*
*Via ‘No Margins’ setting in printer driver. Otherwise
3mm top, right & left, 14mm bottom. Bottom margin
can also be adjusted to 3mm via custom settings
Print Speed* • Approx. 7.4ppm in black A4 text memo pattern
(Economy mode)*1
• Approx. 7.3ppm in colour A4 text memo pattern
(Economy mode)*2
• Approx. 3.1ppm for A4 document with text
and colour graphics *3
• Approx. 230secs for 8 x 10” photo bike image*4
*please see thumbnails for sample illustrations
Paper Handling • 100 A3+ Sheet Feeder
1 sheet of Premium Semigloss Photo Paper
1 sheet of Glossy Paper – Photo Weight
1 sheet of Archival Matte Paper
1 sheet of Watercolor Paper – Radiant White
Consumables Ink Cartridge:
• Photo Black ink cartridge T034140
approx 628 (ECMA) A4 pages
• Matte Black ink cartridge T034840
approx 628 (ECMA) A4 pages
• Light Black ink cartridge T034740
approx 440 A4 pages at 5%
• Cyan ink cartridge T034240
approx 440 A4 pages at 5%
• Magenta ink cartridge T034340
approx 440 A4 pages at 5%
• Yellow ink cartridge T034440
approx 440 A4 pages at 5%
• Light Cyan ink cartridge T034540
approx 440 A4 pages at 5%
• Light Magenta ink cartridge T034640
approx 440 A4 pages at 5%
• Example for printing image
(720dpi at 8x10")
Individual Ink cartridge yields:
Photo Black: 370 pages, Cyan: 416 pages,
Magenta: 268 pages, Yellow: 149 pages,
Light Cyan: 104 pages, Light Magenta: 89 pages,
Light Black: 74 pages

Media Availability:
• Premium Inkjet Plain Paper A4 (250 sheets) S041214
• Premium Semigloss Photo Paper:
A4 (20 sheets) S041332
A3 (20 sheets) S041334
A3+ (20 sheets) S041328
• Premium Semigloss Photo Paper Roll:
100mmx8m S041330
210mmx10m S041336
329mmx10m S041338
• Glossy Paper Photo Weight:
A4 (20 sheets) S041349
A3 (20 sheets) S041350
A3+ (20 sheets) S041347
• Watercolor Paper – Radiant White
A3+ (20 sheets) S041352
• Archival Matte Paper:
A4 (50 sheets) S041342
A3 (50 sheets) S041344
A3+ (50 sheets) S041340
100mmx8m roll S041346
• Double Sided Matte Paper
A4 (50 sheets) S041569
Dimensions • Storage: (H) 205mm x (W) 631mm x (D) 334mm
• Operation: (H) 409mm x (W) 631mm x (D) 864mm
Weight • 11.2Kg
Resolution • Maximum 2880 x 1440dpi in black and in colour
• Maximum Resolution:
Plain Paper: up to 720dpi
Glossy paper – Photo Weight: up to 2880dpi
Premium Semigloss Photo Paper: 2880dpi
Archival Matte Paper: up to 1440dpi
Watercolor Paper – Radiant White: up to 1440dpi
Options • EPSON Stylus RIP C12C842863
CE Compliant • Directive 89/336/EEC and & 73/23/EEC
Warranty • 1 year call out
• Optional extension to 3 years (ECPGRP35)
• Optional upgrade to 3 years on site (ECPGRP45)
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® 98 / Me / 2000 / XP and Macintosh®
Colour Matching • EPSON Colour management system included in
Windows and Mac drivers:
– Windows ICM (95/98/Me/2000/XP)
– sRGB (Windows 98/Me/2000/XP)
– Apple ColorSync 2.0 compatible
Interface • 3 interfaces as standard:
– Bi-directional Parallel Interface (IEEE-1284)
– USB2 (port is compatible with standard USB)
– IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
System Requirements Windows:
• Minimum:
Pentium for Windows 95/98/NT4.0
Pentium 133MHz for Windows 2000
Pentium 150MHz for Windows Me
Pentium 233MHz for Windows XP
16MB RAM for Windows 95/98/NT4.0
32MB RAM for Windows Me
64MB RAM for Windows 2000/XP
20MB free HDD space for Windows 95/98/Me
40MB free HDD space for Windows NT4.0/2000
100MB free HDD space for Windows XP
• Recommended:
Pentium 1GHz or higher for all operating systems
64MB RAM or more for all operating systems except XP
Windows XP: 128MB RAM or more
50MB or more free HDD space for Windows 95/98/Me
100MB or more free HDD space for Windows
NT4.0/2000/XP

Mac:
• Minimum:
Mac OS 8.1
19MB free RAM (foreground printing, A4)
26MB free RAM (foreground printing, A3+)
22MB free RAM (background printing, A4)
27MB free RAM (background printing, A3+)
• Recommended:
Mac OS 8.5.1 or later
38MB free RAM (foreground printing, A4)
55MB free RAM (foreground printing, A3+)
64MB free RAM (background printing, A4)
91MB free RAM (background printing, A3+)
Memory • Buffer Memory 256KB
Software • EPSON PhotoQuicker ver 3.1
• EPSON Print CD
• EPSON Gray Balancer

*Print Speeds Note:
Print times will vary depending on computer configuration, print setting,
application, coverage and page complexity.
The print times shown in this brochure are the average time for multiple
prints of the same page over one minute. Times are measured from the
‘Print’ command to the delivery of the page in the tray. The speeds were
achieved using the following system: 200Mhz Pentium PC, 64MB RAM,
2GB HDD, Windows 95 or 98.



Test conditions as follows: (Indoor Display Condition)
Light source: Fluorescent light
Intensity: 70,000 lux
Temperature: 24 0C
Humidity: 60%RH
Glass mount: 2mm, soda lime
Fade criteria: Pure YMC 30% Loss at OD=1
Display-life Calculation: Total illuminance/(500 lux x 10 hours x 365 days = 1 year)
* The data is calculated by EPSON’s accelerated test and it does not mean EPSON guarantee periods. Tests developed and conducted by EPSON.
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