Epson Introduces the Stylus Photo 820

Affordable Six-Color Photo Quality Printer is Perfect for any Home
Oct. 16, 2001 - Epson America Inc. yesterday unveiled its latest photo printer-the family-friendly, value-packed EPSON Stylus Photo 820. With its superior six-color image quality, convenient true BorderFree™ printing, and affordable price, the EPSON Stylus Photo 820 is perfect for photo enthusiasts and amateur photographers. This sleek looking printer also has incredibly fast print speeds and supports the breakthrough technology, PRINT Image Matching, to produce the best possible prints. The EPSON Stylus Photo 820 is the successor to the popular EPSON Stylus Photo 780 and is available for under $100.

"The EPSON Stylus Photo 820 not only offers the amazing photo quality that Epson has built its reputation on, but also boasts the fastest photo and text printing speeds in its class," said Fabia Ochoa, product manager, photo imaging, Epson. "The winning combination of superior photo print quality, plus speedy performance and affordability, make this printer an ideal choice for any family that is looking to print true-to-life quality photos and everyday text documents, without having to spend a lot of money."

EPSON Stylus Photo 820 in Detail
The EPSON Stylus Photo 820 printer is ideal for printing at home with its ease of use and impressive photo quality-the best available from inkjets today-plus ultra fast printing speeds for photos and text. It speeds through black text at up to 12 ppm, can print a 4" x 6" photo in 48 seconds and an 8"x10" photo in just 1:42 minutes on photo paper. It can even print a photo as fast as 45 seconds on plain paper.

The EPSON Stylus Photo 820 offers up to 2880 x 720 dpi resolution, Epson's Advanced Micro Piezo(tm) ink jet technology, and a superior six-color photo ink system for creating incredible detail, more accurate skin tones and an ultra-wide color range designed ideally for photography. The printer uses tiny four-picoliter droplets, delivering smooth gradations and "dotless" photo quality for prints that are indistinguishable from traditional photos.

By utilizing innovations such as PRINT Image Matching technology and Epson's patented, true BorderFree(tm) photo printing technology, the EPSON Stylus Photo 820 is able to produce the best prints possible in a variety of frame-ready and album-ready photo paper sizes. Customers can effortlessly print their photos on Epson's Borderless 4" x 6", 5" x 7", 8" x 10" and letter-size photo papers without having to trim the borders or tear off awkward perforations. The EPSON Stylus Photo 820 also produces long-lasting photos which can resist fading up to 25 years* with Epson's optimized combination of photo inks and fade-resistant papers, like EPSON ColorLife Photo Paper and EPSON Matte Paper Heavyweight. Epson offers a wide variety of papers for this printer, including photo stickers, panoramic photo paper, and photo quality greeting cards.

About PRINT Image Matching
This technology ensures that PRINT Image Matching-enabled digital cameras and PRINT Image Matching-supported printers work perfectly together to create the best possible prints. With PRINT Image Matching technology, digital camera manufacturers can set critical image specific parameters for printing, such as gamma level, color space, contrast, sharpness, brightness, saturation, shadow, highlight, and color balance, to ensure optimum results from each digital camera model. The photographer's original intentions are automatically reflected in the printed image. This means anyone can now create more stunning photos with their PRINT Image Matching-compatible digital camera and EPSON Stylus Photo printer, quickly and easily, without having to worry about complicated editing of every photo.

PRINT Image Matching is being supported by industry-leading names, such as Asahi Optical Co. Ltd. (Pentax Corporation), Casio Computer Co. Ltd., Konica Corporation, Kyocera Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic), Minolta Co. Ltd., Nikon Corporation, Olympus Optical Co. Ltd., Ricoh Company Ltd., Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd., Sony Corporation and Toshiba Corporation. A complete list of all PRINT Image Matching-compatible products is available at www.printimagematching.com.

Premium Software Bundle Bonus
The EPSON Stylus Photo 820 includes several bonus photo software programs to help customers manage, enhance and print images. The software package is valued at approximately $80 and includes ArcSoft(tm) PhotoImpression 3.0, EPSON Software(tm) Film Factory((supporting PRINT Image Matching), and QBeo(tm) PhotoGenetics(tm) TE.

Pricing, Availability, Warranty and Support
The EPSON Stylus Photo 820 is available for an estimated street price of $149 ($99 after a $50 mail-in rebate) and can be purchased through Epson authorized dealers, mail order, resellers, computer superstores, photo specialty stores and on Epson's retail Web site (www.epsonstore.com). The printer carries a one-year Epson Exchange Warranty, enabling customers to receive a replacement printer if a problem can't be corrected by telephone technical support. It is also supported by the EPSON ConnectionSM, a customer support and technical assistance line. For more information on Epson and its products, call 1-800-GO-EPSON (1-800-463-7766) or visit our Web site at www.epson.com.

SOURCE Epson