Epson Stylus Color 850 Ink Jet Printer (PC/Mac)

Epson Stylus Color 850 Ink Jet Printer (PC/Mac)

Epson Stylus Color 850 Ink Jet Printer (PC/Mac)
Manufacturer: Epson
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
The Epson Stylus Color 850, with its enhanced Photo Quality imaging technology and fast print speeds helps professionals look their best every day. This versatile, effective color ink jet printer is the solution for all your printing applications, whether you want laser sharp black text for persuasive memos, letter and reports, or Photo Quality color for vibrant graphics in presentations, flyers, transparencies and spreadsheets.Epson's fastest ink jet printer, the Epson Stylus Color 850 builds on the success and technology of the award-winning Epson Stylus Color 800. This Professional Series printer offers faster-than-ever print speeds, a big plus for increased productivity. For amazing output, even on plain paper, Epson's exclusive Micro Piezo ink jet technology now features an even smaller droplet size for the most accurate, precise printing quality. Add Epson's AcuPhoto halftoning, quick drying inks and brilliant 1440 x 720-dpi (dots per inch) resolution and get great communications, every day. Backed by Epson's reliability and service, the Epson Stylus Color 850 supports both Windows and Macintosh. For professionals that want to network their printers, it also offers optional support of Ethernet and LocalTalk networks and Adobe PostScript Level 2 for Windows 95/98 and Mac OS. Fast, versatile, high-impact, convenient - the Epson Stylus Color 850 means high performance business.

Epson Stylus Color 850 Ink Jet Printer (PC/Mac)
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Professional User
  • Epson 850 is a great printer
  • Don't listen to the commercial below!
  • best photo printer you'll ever need to buy!
  • And it's noisy...
Epson Stylus Color 850 Ink Jet Printer (PC/Mac)

Manufacturer: Epson
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Accessories:
  1. Netgear FWG114P 802.11g Wireless Firewall with USB Print Server
  2. Netgear USB Mini Print Server (PS121)
  3. Belkin F2A046-10 IEEE 1284 A-B Parallel Printer Cable (10-FT)
  4. Monster Cable MP AV600 Power Protector
  5. Monster PC700 Computer PowerCenter¿ with Surge Protection

Product Features:
  • High 1,440 x 720 dpi resolution
  • PC and Macintosh ready
  • High-yield black-ink tank
  • Flexible software bundle
  • Four-color Micro Piezo ink technology

ASIN: B00000J46L

Product Description

The Epson Stylus Color 850, with its enhanced Photo Quality imaging technology and fast print speeds helps professionals look their best every day. This versatile, effective color ink jet printer is the solution for all your printing applications, whether you want laser sharp black text for persuasive memos, letter and reports, or Photo Quality color for vibrant graphics in presentations, flyers, transparencies and spreadsheets.Epson's fastest ink jet printer, the Epson Stylus Color 850 builds on the success and technology of the award-winning Epson Stylus Color 800. This Professional Series printer offers faster-than-ever print speeds, a big plus for increased productivity. For amazing output, even on plain paper, Epson's exclusive Micro Piezo ink jet technology now features an even smaller droplet size for the most accurate, precise printing quality. Add Epson's AcuPhoto halftoning, quick drying inks and brilliant 1440 x 720-dpi (dots per inch) resolution and get great communications, every day. Backed by Epson's reliability and service, the Epson Stylus Color 850 supports both Windows and Macintosh. For professionals that want to network their printers, it also offers optional support of Ethernet and LocalTalk networks and Adobe PostScript Level 2 for Windows 95/98 and Mac OS. Fast, versatile, high-impact, convenient - the Epson Stylus Color 850 means high performance business.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Professional User.......2003-11-19

Those who gave 5 stars to this printer were right. This is (WAS) one heck of a printer that handled practically anything you wanted it to do. I had used my 850 with great results for about five years without a single day's problem. Unfortunately age has caught up with it, as it has with you and me, and even more unfortunately, I cannot replace it because Epson has discontinued it. Too bad. I have bought an Epson 1280- an excellent product--but it ravishes ink. I am told that to replace my 850 as a secondary printer the C84 will do well.

5 out of 5 stars Epson 850 is a great printer.......2002-02-01

I have been using an Epson 850 for two years. It always works, always makes great looking pictures, and is fast for what it costs. Cheapest place to buy refill ink, that I have found, is Target.

2 out of 5 stars Don't listen to the commercial below!.......2001-07-28

What's this other person below talking about? Is he reading a script? I have this printer, and it .... It prints a lot of dots, and the coloring is often not what it should be. I've had it cleaned and everything. It just isn't a good printer. VERY loud, and takes a good 3-4 minutes to warm up before you can do anything with it. Buy something else like I should have.

5 out of 5 stars best photo printer you'll ever need to buy!.......2001-07-07

if you are a print-fanatic like me, and like to work with graphics or photography [from the digital camera, scanners, etc], this the the MUST-HAVE printer!

the EPSON 850, i have two of them, is in use daily. from printing posters, to documents, to catalogues, to photographs and labels, etc. i do use alot of ink, but you definitely get what you pay for! i use up more than 40 ink cartridges a year, and have not had a problem with the printer! i only recommend buying the epson brand ink and paper! you get the best results this way! the price of the printer is nothing compared to the costs you will be spending for the supplies [paper/ink]!!!

this printer will not let you down when it comes to printing results. the SOFTWARE [status monitor] is great! it tells you when you are out of paper/ink or have some other problem and gives you the help faqs. the hardware itself is easy to set up, and lightweight enough to carry around to another computer if you need to [i do from home to dorm to work].

the paper tray/holder are detachable and easy to attach, although the paper tray is a bit fragile if you do hit hard against it. mine broke, but easily fixed and works fine now. i do wish the paper holder was larger, maybe hold 200 sheets of paper so i wouldnt have to refill it when i'm printing alot.

the NOISE factor is the most criticized about this printer. i understand, but you get used to it; and you can always leave the room if you are printing hundreds of sheets [like me]. the noise level is fine in a room once you close the door. it is a bit hard to fall asleep to though! be sure to set the printer on a stable surface, if the printer is on a shaky foundation, the printing may suffer!

also, it's best to just leave the printer on most of the time - shutting it off daily does no good [or harm], but the printer does have to readjust itself when it's shut on/off and also when you have not printed for awhile, maybe during an entire day or two. it's just calibrating itself for the best results - that's what you want!!! other than that it's FAST! enough!

the printer driver sometimes crashes if i load too much for it to print, for example a 50 meg PSD file or 10 meg catalogue file with tons of images. this rarely happens, and after it does a few times, you will know how much your computer printer spool can handle before it freaks out and doesn't print.

overall, the EPSON 850 will win your devotion to Epson printers and ink and paper and everything related to printing after you try it. you will be printing everything soon!

3 out of 5 stars And it's noisy..........2000-02-09

Being a typical college student, I typically work right up to the deadline for projects.

So when it's time to print out that research paper and jolt to class, it's really annoying to be delayed five minutes to wait for endless buzzing and grinding to stop and actual printing to begin. I've finally learned to restart the printer when I sit down at my computer to work.

Another thing... When printing text at normal resolution it sometimes comes out distorted and kind of smudged. I end up using the higher quality resolution, but that takes more time and ink.

Compared to my old Epson Stylus Color, this printer is only marginally improved. I do have a number of complaints, but until somebody makes the "perfect printer," I'll just stick with the relatively superior Epson printer series.

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