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Epson Stylus Photo R220 Inkjet Printer
A wealth of useful information about this popular Epson Inkjet Printer including Consumable Costs and Customer Reviews.


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What Existing Users think of the R220
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What We Think
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The Epson Stylus Photo R220 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 R220 show that the most users of the printer are very happy with this offering from Epson.

Inkjet Cartridges & Consumables
The R220 uses six 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 R220 are as follows:

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 R220 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:
A complete photo printing solution for digital photographers - Premium quality photo and CD/DVD printer.

The Epson Stylus Photo R220 is the ideal home photo printing solution. Using Epson’s unique Micro Piezo™ print head and 6 colour inks, it delivers exceptional results, quickly and easily. With the Epson Stylus Photo R220, you can enjoy borderless photo printing on formats from 10 x 15cm up to A4. Images are crisp, clear and true to life. And with Epson Photo Paper you are guaranteed superb, glossy prints, that surpass the photo-lab.

Six individual ink cartridges give your images amazing colours and tones, and make your home photo printing more affordable since you only have to replace the ink that is used. Epson inks also deliver long lasting results, ensuring your memories last longer.

The Epson Stylus Photo R220 lets you personalise blank CDs or DVDs* with your own unique designs - so you can share and archive your photos in style. You can also apply effects, change layouts and add frames to your photos, with the included range of easy to use creative software.
* Printable CDs / DVDs required
** On suitable media

Key Features of the Stylus Photo R220

  • Premium quality photos with Epson Micro Piezo™ print head
  • Economical printing with 6 individual ink cartridges
  • High definition images with up to 5760dpi**
  • Long lasting borderless photos from 10 x 15cm to A4
  • Personalise CDs/DVDs* by printing your own designs
  • PC and Mac compatible with USB connectivity
  • Get creative with easy to use software
  • Epson Print Image Matching™ III for faithful photo reproduction
Specifications:
 
Model Epson Stylus Photo R220
Print Technology 6 colour inkjet photo printer, Epson Micro Piezo™
print head
Epson Variable-sized Droplet Technology with
minimum 3pl droplets
Print head of 540 nozzles (6 x 90 per Black, Cyan,
Magenta, Yellow, Light Cyan, Light Magenta)
Print Quality Up to 5760* x 1440dpi, *optimised dpi on suitable media
using RPM (Resolution Performance Management)
Print Speed Black Text, A4 (Economy Mode)*1 15ppm
Colour Text, A4 (Economy Mode)*2 15ppm
Photo Image, 10x15cm, 13x18cm, 57 seconds, 88 seconds, 163 seconds A4 (Photo Mode)*
Paper Handling 120 A4 sheets plain paper, 100 A4 Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper,
20 sheets of Premium or Semi Gloss Photo Paper; 15 envelopes
Paper Size A4, 9 x 13cm, 10 x 15cm, 13 x 18cm, 20 x 30cm, 3.5 x 5", 4 x 6",
5 x 8", 8 x 10", A5, A6, B5, Legal, Letter, Half Letter
Paper Weight From 64 to 90g/m2 (Plain Paper). Up to 300g/m2
(Ultra Glossy Photo Paper)
Envelope C6 (162 x 114mm), No 10 (241.3 x 104.8mm),
DL (220 x 110mm & 220 x 132mm)
Envelope Weight From 45 to 75g/m2
Maximum Printable Area (mm) 89 to 216 x 89 to 1117.6 (user defined settings)
Print Margin 0mm top, left, right and bottom*
*Via custom setting in printer driver.
Consumables Black - T0481- Capacity Black 450 A4 pages (at 360dpi, 5% duty)
Colour - T0482 (Cyan), T0483 - (Magenta), T0484 - (Yellow), T0485 - (Light Cyan), T0486 (Light Magenta)
Capacity Colour 430 A4 pages (at 360 dpi, 5% duty per colour)
Dimensions Standard (wxdxh) 462 x 263 x 196 mm
Operational (wxdxh) 462 x 474 x 297 mm
Weight 5.2Kg
Noise Level Approx 45dB(A) (ISO 7779)
Power Consumption Approx 12W (per ISO 10561 Letter Pattern)
Regulations ENERGY STAR Compliant EMC Directive 89/336/EEC
Warranty Standard 1 Year Standard Warranty
Optional Extension to 3 years
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® 98 / Me / 2000 / XP and Macintosh®
Compatibility Colour Matching: Epson Colour Management System included
in Microsoft® Windows® and Macintosh® drivers: Microsoft®
Windows® 98 / Me / 2000 / XP ICM, sRGB (Microsoft® Windows®
98/Me/2000/XP), Apple ColorSync 2.0 compatible
Interface 2x USB ports for PC and Mac connections
System Requirements CPU RAM HDD Space
Microsoft® Windows® 98 Pentium III 1GHz 256MB 550MB
Microsoft® Windows® Me/2000 Pentium III 1GHz 256MB 550MB
Microsoft® Windows® XP Pentium III 1GHz 256MB 550MB
Mac OS® �� 9.1 Power PC G4 500MHz 256MB 500MB
Mac OS® X �� 10.2 Power PC G4 700MHz 256MB 2.1GB

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