Monday, July 16, 2007

Macworld Reviews Epson Stylus Photo 1400 Printer

Rick LePage from Macworld.com reviews the new Epson Stylus Photo 1400 ink jet printer. Here is an excerpt.

… The USB-based printer sets up in a jiffy. The six ink cartridges (black, cyan, magenta, yellow, light cyan, and light magenta) snap into place, and a single CD installs the print driver, CD-printing software, and manual. A second disc includes Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 for the Mac, a $100 value.

Print quality is Epson’s hallmark with the Stylus Photo line, and the 1400 doesn’t disappoint. I printed test pages in Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Lightroom, and Apple’s iPhoto and Aperture, and the prints were all top notch. Photos on both glossy- and matte-finish papers showed bright, true-to-life colors, with excellent shadow detail, and resistance to both scratches and moisture. And, while the 1400 really is designed as a photo printer, you can print very good quality text documents too, which makes it serviceable as a general-purpose printer…

Read the entire review on macworld.com.

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