Epson Stylus Photo R220

[landwalk]

I also bought the 220 strictly for the CD/DVD printing and have been very happy with the results. Have printed 40 DVD's and am down about 35-40% on the ink, fairly even across the board with the exception of black which is going a bit faster. Printing is near painless after the initial tweaking. Good news about the quality other other vendor inks. Thanks for all the footwork.

 

[4getaboutit]

what is the correct setting for the interior circumference? I am not as computer savy as You Young Guys or gals.

 

[Covenant]

I think you might find that a new set of carts from Epson will last longer than the originals. In common with other manufacturers, I think Epson supply the printer with less than full carts.

Thanks for a good review by the way.

Covenant

 

[itsme]

http://www.discandink.co.uk/?GCID=C13633x017-homepage

Try these

 

[Cache-man]

what is the correct setting for the interior circumference? I am not as computer savy as You Young Guys or gals.

It all depends on which discs you print to.
I print on full face ritek DVD-R's, which have a internal diameter (rather than circumference) of about 23mm,
I also print to full face CD-R's, which have a internal diameter of about 25mm.
The external diameter on both types of discs is just over 118mm.

Oh, and by internal/external diameters, I am refering to the printable surface rather than the physical dimensions of the disc.

 

[psd99]

 

[murdoch]

 

[Raje]

Play around with all the settings.

what is the correct setting for the interior circumference? I am not as computer savy as You Young Guys or gals.

Also... the two presets work out well.
I did trial and error with a couple different brands, both full faced and not full faced.

Also I would recomend using the fader option for the center diameter to make it look like a clean transistion when the pic is not a perfect fit. You can change the colors and I like the results this way. Don't be afraid to ruin a disk or 10 for that matter. Its always best to try out different settings and really see what the out put is.

 

[summary]

this is an excellent printer

I use mine mainly for printing CD and DVD disks so hardly use any ink at all.

I do print the odd photo on it and the quality is out of this world.

I'd recommend http://www.diskdepot.co.uk/acatalog/epson_1.html for your ink. They're only £3.98 for a full set !

 

[Ros]

Epson stylus photo R220-how do I print monochrome??

Hi

I wonder if you can help me, I also recently brought this printer, but today I'm experiencing problems. The colour prints it gives me are excellent but I can't print monochrome (black and white). I print my own pictures as I'm into photography. I found your comments on the web when I was searching for help. Do you have any idea how to get a good print out of the printer !!!

I'm new to this forum and using forum, and my computer skills are basic. I Look forward to your reply or anyone who can help.

Thanks Ros

 

[Cache-man]

Are the images your trying to print in black and white, originally in colour.

i.e. Are you trying to print a black and white photo of a full-colour image?

The best option is to convert your image to black and white first using a photo/graphics program, and then just print the image straight from there.

 

[Ros]

Hello

Its a colour picture that i have desaturated. When I print it, it still has a slight

colour cast to it !



Ros

 

[Cache-man]

You'd be much better off changing the image digitally into black and white, using a photo/graphics package, and then printing the image. Once your image to print is converted into black and white (~maybe grayscale), then you should experiment with the printer settings - you will get a slightly different effect if you print using normal (colour) settings, and grayscale settings.

Colour printers (even when printing apparently black and white/grey) images normally still use a slight amount of colour to achive all the shades of grey, this is whiy is'd important to convert the image first, digitally, then play with your printer settings.

 

[Ros]

thanks for info, we have tried this but todate it hasn't beem veru successful !