Epson Stylus Photo 960 Inkjet Printer

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Product Feature

• Up to 2,880 x 1,440 resolution
• Superior 6-color Photo Ink system with individual ink cartridges
• True "BorderFree" photo printing in standard photo sizes
• PRINT Image Matching technology for accurate color
• USB and parallel connectivity

Product Description

With this Epson Stylus Photo Inkjet Printer you get both speed and great quality. The 960 delivers crisp black text at up to 8 pages-per-minute and 4x6” photos in under a minute. This printer can produce beautiful 8x10” photos in just over 2 minutes. With resolutions up to 2,880x1, 440 dpi all your prints will look spectacular. Features: superior 6-color photo ink system with individual ink cartridges; true border free photo printing in standard photo sizes; PRINT image matching technology for accurate color; USB and parallel connectivity; PC and Mac compatibility; Epson Software Film Factory; Epson Print CD Software; and PRINT Image Matching Plug-In for Adobe Photoshop.

Epson Stylus Photo 960 Inkjet Printer Review

I think it is fair to provide a little background so you can better evaluate my review of the Epson Stylus Photo 960. I have been interested in photography for about 40 years and consider myself an advanced amateur. Until recent years I did all my own enlargements - black and white as well as color. I use a 35mm SLR film camera and scan the slides/negatives to digitize them. I now use my darkroom to store my photo equipment and produce all my enlargements on the computer. I consider myself an intermediate computer user. I have had the Epson 960 for about a month now. It replaced an Epson Stylus Color 800 that I bought shortly after it had been released (I don't think they were making 6-color inkjets at that time.)I am very pleased with color photographs printed by the 960. As with my previous printer, I will use only Epson ink and I have started with the recommended Epson papers. I have made test prints including portraits, landscapes and architectural subjects. I have made about two dozen 5x7 prints (two to a page) and, to evaluate details and performance, about ten 8x10 prints. I tested various printer driver settings with each of three papers. So far, I have printed on Epson's Premium Glossy, Premium Luster and ColorLife (semi gloss). Color accuracy, saturation, and tonal gradation are excellent with the Premium papers. ColorLife prints with a slightly warm color shift, but is otherwise much like Premium Luster. (My wife likes it better for portraits, but I am still considering my final opinion - I may create a custom profile to remove the color shift.) I will test other papers as time and interest allow. I find that the ink dots and dither pattern are nearly invisible (unlike my previous printer) and results compare very favorably to photo lab prints. The small ink dots allow the 960 to produce very fine detail in photographs. So far the light cyan, light magenta and one black ink cartridge are being consumed faster than the rest. I'm sure this will be affected by the nature of the colors being printed (bright, primary colors versus softer hues), but is likely to be true for most users. I tried printing at both the 1440 dpi setting as well as the 2880 setting. I have determined that the prints at 1440 dpi are so good that they will be my standard. I will use the 2880 dpi setting only for "special" prints. A friend has the Canon 900 and I printed 2 prints on his printer to compare to the 960. The Canon is faster, but the detail and lack of visible ink dots/dithering from the 960 make it a better printer for me. I also preferred the more neutral colors on the Epson 960, but that could probably be adjusted in the Canon printer driver.I have only two small complaints about the 960. The first is the time required to perform a print head alignment. In order to get acceptable alignment I had to go through the process 4 times - each time it got better. Although I did not specifically time the process (I didn't think of it until I was part way through the second alignment cycle), it took between 1.5 and 2 hours. I did not even attempt to print a photograph until I was satisfied with the alignment results. There may be a good reason why it takes around 30 minutes to go through each alignment cycle, but it is still irritating. Hopefully the print head alignment will not have to be repeated very often. The second small complaint is that if I turn on "high speed" for text printing (bi-directional printing) I get frequent ink blobs at the start or end of the page. If I print with the "automatic" settings there is no problem, but printing is slower. Despite this complaint, text printing is acceptable.Based on my experience so far, I can highly recommend the 960 as a photo printer. Because of the two minor complaints, I would have rated this printer at 4.8 stars if that choice were available. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report abuse | PermalinkComment�Comment

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