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Epson renew most of their products. Mono function printers and entry level multifunction are replaced. One new photo multifunction and one more affordable 4”x6” dedicated printer than the previous one are released.
In fact if you take a good look at it, it isn’t a revolution. Designs lack of innovation and characteristics are more or less identical. Main two changes are:
 Change from DuraBright to DuraBright Ultra ink. We saw the results (samples provided by Epson, so we still have to make our own tests). It isn’t just a name modification but a real quality progression. To begin with, new inks no longer have to be used with DuraBright paper but with standard photo paper. Photos produced are much brighter, colors more vivid (especially green) and ink drops less visible. They even completely disappeared from photos provided by Epson. It is a real difference compared to the C86 . Ice on the cake, new DuraBright Ultra ink cartridges will cost 9.99€ as compared to 11.95€ for current DuraBright (it will be however important to check ink quantity per cartridges).
 Release of a new PictureMate 100. This 149€ printer (as compared to 249€ for the PictureMate 500) is dedicated to 4” x 6” printers. It includes an LCD monitor and the cost per photo is 29 cents.
Here is the list of new products:
Generalist range
C48, 59 €, 4 colors 2880 dpi, 12 ppm black
D68 Photo Edition, 69 €, DuraBright Ultra ink, 17 ppm black, 9 ppm color, photo pack 10 pages 13 x 18 cm
D88, 89 €, DuraBright Ultra inks, 22 ppm black, 12 ppm color
D88 Photo Edition, 89 €, DuraBright Ultra ink, 22 ppm black, 12 ppm color, photo pack 10 pages 13 x 18 cm
 Photo range
Stylus Photo R220, 99 €, 6 colors, 6 separated cartridges, up to 5760 dpi resolution, 57 seconds to print one 4” x 6” picture without margins
Stylus Photo R245, 129 €, 4 separated cartridges, 0,29 € per 10 x 15 pictures, 1,5" color monitor and memory card player
Stylus Photo R800 r, 349 €, UltraChrome pigmented inks, 1,5 picoliter ink drops, new red, blue, black inks (8 separated cartridges)
10 x 15 range
PictureMate 100, 149 €, 1,5" LCD monitor, optional battery for 50 to 70 pictures, 29 centimes per print (ink + paper)
Generalist multifunction range
DX 3850, 99 €, DuraBright Ultra ink, 18 ppm black, 9 ppm color, scanner 600 dpi
DX 4250, 129 €, DuraBright Ultra ink, 20 ppm black, 19 ppm color, scanner 1200 dpi
DX 4850, 159 €, = DX 4250 + memory card player
 Photo multifunction range
Stylus Photo RX520, 199 €, 4 separated cartridges, memory card player, transparent loader, 1,5" LCD monitor, 1200 dpi scanner
Stylus Photo RX700, 399 €, memory card player, transparent loader, 2,5 LCD monitor, 3200 dpi scanner. |
