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DYE-SUB PHOTO PRINTER |
| Canon SELPHY CP770 | |
| Almost too cute for professional photography, the SELPHY CP770 is nonetheless a capable dye-sub printer with a 2.5-inch high-definition LCD monitor that can be angled for viewing ease. Available in apricot and white, the SELPHY CP770 has an optional Canon NB-CP2 battery pack that makes the compact printer completely portable ($79.99). The CP770 supports Canon’s IrSimple feature, a high-speed infrared wireless communication standard for printing images from mobile phones, PDAs and other handheld digital devices. | |
| Price: $149.99. www.usa.canon.com | |
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INKJET PRINTER LESS THAN $500 |
| Epson Artisan 800 | |
| The Epson Artisan 800 impressed our judges with its bevy of intuitive, automated features at a low price. The Artisan 800 features a 3.5-inch tilt LCD and a 7.8-inch touch panel that illuminates only the necessary buttons for each task, helping users easily select, copy, enlarge, rotate, crop and print photos directly from the printer. Considered an all-in-one unit, the Artisan 800 includes a 4,800 dpi scanner, fax, Wi-Fi and Ethernet, media card slots and 30-page automatic document feeder. The printer uses Epson Ultra Hi-Definition Claria ink. | |
| Price: $299.99. www.epson.com | |
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INKJET PRINTER $500 TO $1,000 |
| Epson Stylus Photo R2880 | |
| Incorporating the same technology as the Epson Stylus Pro printer line, the 13-inch Epson R2880 delivers eye-catching quality and functionality for a more modest price. The R2880 uses Epson UltraChrome K3 with Vivid Magenta ink to produce a wide color gamut. The R2880 also offers three levels of black for excellent gray balance and tonal range in black-and-white output. The printer features Radiance Technology to optimize the mixing of individual inks to improve color transitions and reduce grain. | |
| $799.99. www.epson.com | |
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INKJET PRINTER $1,000 TO $5,000 |
| Epson Stylus Pro 7900 | |
| The 24-inch Epson Stylus Pro 7900 professional inkjet printer has a MicroPiezo TFP print head that prints at 2,880x1,440dpi with variable-sized droplets as small as 3.5 picoliters. The print head implements accurate dot shape and placement to greatly decrease print time—almost half the time of previous models—while optimizing photographic quality. Based on high-density pigment chemistry, the Stylus Pro 7900’s UltraChrome HDR ink technology offers new orange and green inks and works with Epson’s AccuPhoto HDR screening technology to deliver improved black density and the widest color gamut ever from Epson Stylus Pro printers. | |
| Price: $3,995. www.epson.com | |
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INKJET PRINTER OVER $5,000 |
| Epson Stylus Pro 9900 | |
| The Stylus Pro 9900 ably rounds out Epson’s trophy case in the inkjet printer category. Like the Stylus Pro 7900, Epson’s newest 44-inch professional inkjet printer features a MicroPiezo TFP print head, UltraChrome HDR ink technology and AccuPhoto HDR screening. The Stylus Pro 9900 also joins the Stylus Pro 7900 in offering the Epson SpectroProofer, which uses an X-Rite ILS20 spectrophotometer for accurate color measurement, and the ability to automate almost any color management process. The Stylus Pro 9900 has an automatic media rotary knife cutting system, a spindleless roll paper holder mechanism and Epson’s new automatic nozzle check technology. | |
| Price: $5,995. www.epson.com |
