Epson has gone for an alternative scheme, where the mono LCD is just used for control menus, error messages and a status display.
It’s mono and it can’t show thumbnails of the pictures you’re intending to print. A similar USB socket at the back of the printer, this time to the USB 2.0 standard, connects the printer to a PC so you can use the R300 for conventional hardcopy duties.Ī second design feature which distinguishes this printer from the majority of its competitors is its LCD screen.
This second use of a USB port is unusual and gives you the option to download pictures from a camera or its memory card, directly to more permanent media, without the intervention of a PC. At bottom right behind a hinged and sprung acrylic door is a set of memory card slots and a USB port, for connecting either a digital camera supporting PictBridge or an external Zip or CD drive. This is a big printer, almost up to all-in-one dimensions, with a conventional paper path flowing from a 120 sheet, near-vertical tray at the rear, through to a telescopic output tray, which folds down from the front of the machine. The aim is to improve rendition of light tones in areas like skies and skin. It’s a full six-colour printer, with light cyan and light magenta inks supplementing the core cyan, magenta, yellow and black. The Stylus Photo R300 sits near the top of a new range of machines designed with photography enthusiasts in mind. Epson claims to have 74 per cent of the UK photo inkjet market, which seems a bit wishful – that said it’s certainly true that Epson sells a lot of printers into this arena.
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