A worthy representative of its kind

He is considered the "secret" under the A3 photo printers: Epson Stylus Photo 1500W. Whoever large format prints (up to A3 +) in a great photo quality want, the purchase of almost twice as expensive professional (entry) Epson R3000 or Canon Pixma Pro 100 shrinks, the need to look at this little advertised representatives Photo inkjets a closer.

Elegant as well as powerful he is because with 63 cm x 33 cm and 15 kg rich. Thus, since space and a stable place of installation in the office is required. Haptics and processing seem wertig, no rattling or creaking, all doors raced clean and tight or even opening a damped. The five buttons on the front are largely self-explanatory and fit harmoniously into the simple appearance of the printing giant. Also, the cartridge replacement is a breeze, in which the fingers remain clean.

Worthy of criticism against the "addition" are the Epson's - begrudge printer, or not - after all, playing in the league 250-300. While it seems for many hardware manufacturers nowadays to belong to the "good manners" to settle either USB cable or manual, as well as the online manual of Stylus Photo 1500W not covered themselves with glory. It says "on the self-test" to explore the respective optimum print settings and functions of the device. Point deduction! Also there can be color variations in the borderless printing on the photo paper edges, the Epson support can not explain or wants to (...)

Ready, steady, go:
If the printer connected to the outlet, the pressure starts after 22 seconds. If power but separately, "rödelt" of printer good two minutes before the first print job is assumed. As can a creep the uneasy feeling that the nozzle check or (unwanted) cleaning flutes goes a lot of ink ...

The Pressure:
Printed on Epson or Teccopapier (with original ink) just great. Noise and pressure time are limited. Tip for those who print out Photzoshop: always the color management with Photoshop adjusted to the paper color profile and can not be borne by the printer (!). So the colors are wonderfully bright-vigorously.
An occasionally slightly reddish color cast can be (depending on taste) in Photoshop using an adjustment layer "hue / saturation" (Red approximately -8%, Magenta and total saturation offset approximately -5%, but as I said, a matter of taste ... Better -. but also more expensive: the profiling (calibration) of the printer.

The between consumption:
After 95 Print 13 x 18 cm (equivalent to about 45 DIN A4 prints) gave the supplied Light Magenta Cartridge - light cyan on shortly thereafter. All other cartridges show between 10% and 20% level. These must be said that mainly portraits were printed, so photos with a high proportion of skin colors. Whether this is a good fuel consumption, but can be probably only compared with "Rebuild" cartridges say. The potter currently in the printer.

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