- EPSON EASY PHOTO PRINT SOFTWARE FOR EPSON XP 810 PC
- EPSON EASY PHOTO PRINT SOFTWARE FOR EPSON XP 810 MAC
Photos can slow a printer to a crawl, but the Expression XP-810 crawled faster than most: 2.4 ppm when printing 4-by-6-inch photos on plain paper on the PC, and 0.8 ppm for a full-page, high-res photo on the Mac (which sounds slow, but the average is 0.5 ppm).
EPSON EASY PHOTO PRINT SOFTWARE FOR EPSON XP 810 PC
Simpler pages, consisting mostly of plain, black text and basic monochrome graphics, posted an aggregate speed of 10.3 pages per minute (ppm) on the PC and 9.7 ppm on the Mac.
The output arrives quickly, too-again, the Expression XP-810 clocked some of the fastest times we’ve seen for a consumer-level inkjet. Photos printed on plain paper can look a little pinkish, but they look spectacular on Epson’s own photo paper. We’ve always liked the bright, lively palette of Epson-printed photos anyway, and the Expression XP-810 sticks with that tradition. Meanwhile, the dye-based black helps it create a nice sense of depth in photos. The pigment-based black helps it create crisp-looking text even on plain paper. The Expression XP-810 has both pigment- and dye-based blacks as well as cyan, magenta, and yellow. The only compensation for the ink costs is the print quality, which is some of the best you’ll experience with a consumer-level inkjet. Not a good trend! The best overall deal in this price range currently is the HP Photosmart 7520 e-All-in-One, whose inks are refreshingly affordable. I had the same complaint about ink costs recently with a close competitor of this model, the Canon Pixma MG7120. Instead the costs are a little higher than average: 4.6 or 5.2 cents per page (cpp) for black, and 13.4 or 18.2 cpp for a four-color page, using the high-capacity or standard-size cartridges, respectively. However, if I’m spending that much, I expect to be repaid with lower ink prices. This is officially a $230 printer (as of )-though you should be able to shop around for a better price, and Epson is currently discounting it on its own site. It has an impressively deep list of features for a home printer and is also one of the best all-around performers in it price range. The Epson Expression XP-810 Small-in-One Printer could make almost anyone happy.