Epson Stylus Photo R260

performance, usability, noise, design, print quality

price, reliability, ink consumption, paper handling

45% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Prints on CD/DVD media, Nice photo quality on glossy paper

Slow at printing text, Disappointing plain-paper print quality

Prints on CD/DVD media ; Nice photo quality on glossy paper

Slow at printing text ; Disappointing plain-paper print quality

CD/DVD printing and great photo output compensate for this model's lackluster text performance.

beautiful prints, does a great job printing on CDs and DVDs

This unit is MADE to waste as much ink as possible. Replacing one cartridge causes all the cartridges to charge, and waste ink. Then you HAVE to clean the print head, and waste ink. It wastes ink every time you power it on. It pretty much just wastes...

Prints on optical media as advertised, but is a little cumbersome with the shuttle tray and the need to switch a lever between paper or optical media

Uses expensive inks that run out very quickly. Mine jammed while printing paper which also caused a large amount of black ink to drain, wasting most of a new cartridge

Noisy ; Uses ink very quickly ; Ink is expensive ; Most of the time doesn't recognize compatible inks

Great prints, Direct CD/DVD Printing.

Uses a lot of ink, AND the six separate ink tanks levels mysterioulsly lower at the same rate.

This printer works great. I've only printed three or four white pages with black text, but I've printed about 100 DVDs. The DVDs look fantastic, great color and detail, smooth to the touch not scratchy like adhesive labels. The bundled software works...

The ink is expensive, but it does let you change one color at a time so you don't waste any. Sometimes the manual isn't really clear on what the diagnostic lights mean. If you have the printer tray set for DVDs and you turn the power off, it won't turn...

It's an epson photo printer of the R-series, so the quality is great for a wonderful price.. You can get CIS systems for them! Did I say it's an R-series epson before? LOL But for those worried about ink consumption, install a CIS and you will be good...

Yes, it does use more ink than the R200, but that to be honest isn't really bad if you know what to do.. Other than this