Editorial Review:

Item Description:
The Epson Stylus Photo R380 is the step-up from the Epson Stylus Photo R260, offering the same Ultra Hi-Definition quality and versatility along with a robust set of PC-free photo printing capabilities. Featuring a large high-quality 3.5-inch color LCD and built-in memory card slots for all popular formats, the Epson Stylus Photo R380 enables digital camera owners to quickly view, select, crop, enlarge, and print photos without a PC. In standalone mode, users can browse and share photos with a built-in slideshow feature, crop and print photos in various sizes and on multiple media types, and view and print images by date. The photo printer also allows users to print photos directly from video clips offered only with the Epson Stylus Photo R380. Other features of the Epson Stylus Photo R380 include the ability to save photos to, and print from, an external CD, Zip or Flash memory drive as well as direct printing from Bluetooth enabled devices using an optional Bluetooth adapter. With this versatile printer, you can even personalize CDs & DVDs using your own photos and text. Print directly onto ink jet printable CDs & DVDs for professional looking results with no messy labels. Black & Color text up to 30 ppm 4x6 inch borderless photo in as fast as 13 seconds Epson PRINT Image Matching, Exif Direct Ink jet printable CDs and DVDs Maximum Paper Size - 8.5 x 44 inches Input Paper Capacity - 120 sheets plain paper 20 sheets Premium Photo Paper Glossy Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Connectivity Supports - Plain paper, Epson Premium Bright White Paper, Photo Paper Glossy, Premium Photo Paper Glossy, Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy, Premium Photo Paper Luster, Premium Photo Paper Semi-gloss, and Presentation Paper Matte, Premium Presentation Paper Matte and Matte Scrapbook Paper (letter), No. 10, DL, C6; plain paper, bond paper, airmail Envelope Operating Systems - Windows 98SE, 2000, Me, XP and XP Professional x64

Amazon.com:
The Epson Stylus Photo R380 offers the power and versatility you need to print Ultra Hi-Definition photos right at home. This full-featured printer goes even further with a host of PC-free capabilities that save you valuable time when printing your photos.

Print beautiful photos without a PC. Use the extra large, 3.5-inch, color LCD to view, select, rotate and crop images from digital cameras, mobile phones or memory cards. For larger memory cards, with hundreds of images, use the exclusive Print-by-date Mode to quickly sort through your photos. When it's time to print, the Stylus Photo R380 automatically analyzes and adjusts the color and lighting of each image, plus easily removes red-eye. You get phenomenal photos without extra effort.

With the Stylus Photo R380, you get what you want, when you want it. Print borderless 4x6 photos in as fast as 13 seconds or print everyday documents in black and color text up to 30 ppm.¹

Get reprints and enlargements like those you've come to expect from the lab - only better! It’s like having a photo technician right in the printer. Precision 6-color printing with Claria™ Hi-Definition Ink provide the ultimate combination of photo quality and longevity. You can feel confident about sharing and displaying stunning borderless photos that are smudge, scratch, water and fade resistant, up to 200 years album storage.³

You can even print directly onto ink jet printable CDs/DVDs using your own photos and text. Get professional-looking results with no messy labels. The versatile, full-featured Epson Stylus Photo R380 lets you do more with your photos and documents. Get Ultra Hi-Definition prints with remarkable richness, depth and clarity. It's all possible with Epson, the overwhelming brand of choice among professional photographers.

Features and Benefits

• 3.5-inch color LCD to view, select, rotate, crop and print photos from memory cards, USB flash drives, digital cameras and mobile phones
• Ultra Hi-Definition prints – professional level prints at amazing speeds
• Borderless 4x6 photos printed in as fast as 13 seconds and better than lab quality in as fast as 32 seconds (default); prints up to 30 ppm¹ (black and color text)
• Claria Hi-Definition Ink for the ultimate in photo quality and longevity (smudge, scratch, water and fade resistant for up to 200 years³)
• Automatic color and lighting correction² of your photos, detects scenery or people and automatically adjusts the image, plus easy red-eye removal, for stunning results all with or without a PC.
• Direct printing onto ink jet printable CDs and DVDs - no messy labels
• Direct photo printing from PictBridge compatible digital cameras and phones
• Up to 5760 x 1440 optimized dpi and 6-color ink for the finest detail DX5 technology produces 5 microscopically small ink droplet sizes, some as small as
• 1.5 Picoliters, for the smoothest gradations and grain free photos.
• BorderFree® photos in popular sizes (4x6, 5x7, 8x10 and 8.5x11) on matte and glossy paper A variety of other paper types, sizes and surfaces are available to satisfy your printing needs
• Print movie clips from a digital camera PC-free.

Notes
<sup>1. Black text memo, measured after the first page, is in Economy mode on plain paper. Color photo speed is in Draft and Photo modes on Epson Glossy Photo Paper, measured from start of paper feed. Additional print time will vary based on system configuration, software application and page complexity.
2. Not available when printing using Mac OS X.
3. Print permanence ratings are based on accelerated testing of prints on specialty media, displayed indoors under glass or UV filter or stored in archival sleeves in album storage. Actual print stability will vary according to media, printed image, display conditions, light intensity, humidity, and atmospheric conditions. Epson does not guarantee longevity of prints. For maximum print life, display all prints under glass or UV filter or properly store them.</sup>

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Rating: - * Inks and CD tray Sticking ... First the ink usage is absolutely the worst I have ever seen. It is really not the amount of ink it uses but the minuscule amount of ink that Epson loads in the cartridges. This problem is easily solved by using 3rd party inks and spongless refillable self resetting cartridges or even external ink tanks. This system will cost you approx. $50 but will save you that much in your first refill. Each spongless cartridge holds about 5 times the ink that is in an Epson cartridge and costs Penney's to fill. That said there is now a caveat to this -----The colors will not be as good as the Epson ink.This issue is 85% solved by profiling the new inks and this is time consuming but only needs to be done one time. I did not re-profile because I am not printing to resell and do not really care if the colors are a bit off. Second issue which removed a star from my vote is that after printing a couple hundred CDs I started getting a paper jam error and had to restart the printer wasting more ink and time. I almost threw out the printer but then noticed slight wear marks on the bottom of the CD tray and it was very smooth. I slightly wet a rag with MEK [ Methyl Ethyl Keytone ] available from Home Depot and wiped the bottom of the tray to create a fresh surface for the rollers to work against and now everything is perfect again. Great little printer and I would buy another. Rating: - * Sad Gift to Give ... I bought this printer for a friend as a gift, when we took it out of the box to try it out, it did not work. It gave an error "ink not recognized". Called Epson and they sent new ink cartridges, a week and half later all was OK. It was a sad gift to give because it sat there for two weeks. Once it got working she loves it. Rating: - * Ink Hog at over $80 to by more ink ... At first we loved our Epson Printer but now and for ever I will not buy from them. After spending a small fortune in ink, I quite. The ink seems to just vanish in the printer and once one color is gone you can't use the printer even if you only want to print in black and white. Nope you need to plop down $15 or so to replace each color and there's 6. Nice for Epson bad for customer. As far as refilling yourself, forget it. They have a built in firewall to keep you from changing the chip in each packet. I give Epson a big thumbs down and kiss my grits you jerks. Coming soon to YouTube, my review and destruction of my pick pocket, wallet lifting, oil company tactics, greedy Epson Printer. Please join me as I tell Epson to ... Rating: - * Fabulous! ... This printer is perfect! I haven't had an ounce of trouble with it. It quickly prints clean, professional-looking color photos and CDs as well as standard black print documents. Even more, I've printed over 100 pages (many with color) and 20 full-color CDs/DVDs, and the only cartridge I've had to replace so far is the black one. The other colors are holding up well. And these are the low-capacity cartridges that come with the printer. I can't wait to get the high-capacity cartridges--they'll probably last me for months. Rating: - * Not very durable ... This was my wife's Christmas gift for me a year ago. Yep, you guessed it. Two weeks after the warranty expired the printer stopped functioning properly. I get an "ink cartridge not recognized" error. Unfortunately I bought several genuine, Epson ink cartridges to find out the problem was with the printer. Epson tells me that fixing it might cost more than a new unit. This is my fourth Epson printer and the other three lasted at least 1000 pages each. Perhaps this one has printed 150. So I'm left with the decision: fix it and salvage the $85 worth of ink laying about or just chuck everything and get something better. Even when it worked the prints weren't that inspiring. Sigh....