I've been a fan of Epson for a long time - even before the digital photography craze. (Would you believe a FX-80 still in regular use?). I progressed from a Stylus Photo 1200 to a Stylus Photo 2200 and now the Stylus Photo 1400. The 1400 is the best of the bunch! Color is beautiful - tonal transitions unbelievably smooth, reproduction of the original color of the subject is outstanding! Especially like the CD/DVD print capability. Good show, Epson!
Three years ago I purchased a similar printer from a competitor and within a year it died on me. The company had stopped supporting the product.
I still needed a printer to print posters and so I considered the Epson and I am extremely happy that I did. Not only is this printer faster, but I am very happy with the quality of the print. I had no problem installing the equipment and during the last few days I have been making CDs and DVDs often and they really do look professional.
I am looking forward to using the printer at the Russian Festival to make our signs and posters. Perhaps I will also make some 11x17 prints from past Festivals so that our customers can see how good this printer is.
I recently "retired" my StylusPro 5500 wide format printer and purchased the Stylus Photo 1400. This printer has FAR exceeded my expectations! I produce prints of my of my glass paintings in series of 30 each. For this price, I would never have believed the quality of prints and my clients are delighted!
This printer is faster than some others I have had. At the same time it prints outstanding color graphics and jpeg pictures. I do not think i will regret buying this 1400 epson printer. I still use an epson 1280 and it still works after 5 years. I like epson printers
I've only had this printer for a week and I am amazed of the quality.For those of you that concerned about the ink usage I would suggest the ink tanks rather than individual ink cartridges.
I have had no luck with this printer, or the software. I mainly bought it to print digital images, which even after troubleshooting, are always way too dark.. on Epson paper as well. I have tried to print documents and it did okay until I tried to print odd or even only in which it prints every other odd, or every other even. Now I need to change ink and you find the owner's manual to figure that out as well.. Its been a total waste of money for me.
I bought this printer because it will print 11 x 14 size and larger and the inks, though expensive, have a longer lifespan than the inks that I use for my Epson R320 printer. Not that I had any problem with the R320 in that regard. I plan to keep it as a spare. I was impressed with the Epson 1400 when I unpacked it. It was very easy to set up and I had it printing right away. I am pleased overall with the quality of this printer. It fits perfectly on a utility cart that I purchased that is 23.5" wide.