Epson Stylus Photo RX500

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Steven

Has anyone gotten this printer to actually print a picture that is
clear? The printers is about 1 month old. The pictures come out
without any real detail and blurry.

If you have received nice prints, please let me know what settings you
have currently for the Epson program.
 
What paper are you using?If you are using general purpose paper,photos will
not be very sharp! Try a good glossy photo paper!
 
That's your problem. You are using HP paper in the Epson. You will notice
a big difference if you use Epson paper. Ink and paper are designed to work
together. Didn't you get some samples of Epson paper with the printer?
 
NO I sure did not. I will go out and get the Epson paper and give it a
try. Thanks so much for setting me straight on this.
 
Hi Steven,
I recently bought the RX500, and have made a few test photo prints. I
have been using various brands of paper, and don't see any correlation's
of paper type to poor
results. In fact, I have had good results with all papers. I would look
elsewhere.
Did you try an alignment of the printer heads? They are usually pretty
close on a new printer, but I would check that any ways. It's also worth
a call to Epson to make sure you have the optimum settings (except for the
phone charge, it's a free call
while your printer is still in warrantee). They helped me with my
settings, which included letting their color management select the optimum
values for you. It worked
for me. I'm not ruling out paper, but it has not been my experience.

Sherwin Dubren
 
I have an RX500 and it prints great pictures. Visitors find it difficult to
believe that they are printed "in house".

I use any old photo paper, including el cheapo.

When you print don't forget to click on the properties tab and change the
setting to Photo, and the paper to (I use) the Premium photo glossy
setting,

Peter
 
sherwindu said:
Hi Steven,
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.. It's also worth
a call to Epson to make sure you have the optimum settings (except for the
phone charge, it's a free call
while your printer is still in warrantee).
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This is a "Good Idea" if all else fails.

If you are in the UK try this :-

http://www.epson.co.uk/support/

Click on Epson Express Centres, enter your post code, find the nearest
centre, give them a ring and take your printer there. I was told that they
would either fix it, or replace it! (It was a month old) (I actually fixed
the problem myself, a contact had moved)

Peter
 
I realigned the printer heads. I also found if I say print in Photo,
the printer puts way too much ink on the paper! If I say, Print just in
"Fine" mode, the picture does come put much better. Any other ideas?
 
I realigned the printer heads. I also found if I say print in Photo,
the printer puts way too much ink on the paper! If I say, Print just in
"Fine" mode, the picture does come put much better. Any other ideas?
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I can see they layers of ink in Photo mode for some hours if I use
Photo paper, but the quality is very good. Get good photo paper, and
let prints dry for a few hourse.

Photo mode only works on photo paper, remember to always select correct
paper type, also influences color cast.
 
<< From: "Povl H. Pedersen" (e-mail address removed) >><BR><BR>
I realigned the printer heads. I also found if I say print in Photo,
the printer puts way too much ink on the paper! If I say, Print just in
"Fine" mode, the picture does come put much better. Any other ideas?
Click to expand...

I can see they layers of ink in Photo mode for some hours if I use
Photo paper, but the quality is very good. Get good photo paper, and
let prints dry for a few hourse.

Photo mode only works on photo paper, remember to always select correct
paper type, also influences color cast.
If you use good photo paper, I can’t see why you would have to wait even 2
hours. My prior Epson‘s (Color Stylus, 740, and 900) always came out dry from
the printer. Ditto for my current Canon S900. The only time I have had a wet
print was when accidentally printing in Photo mode on plain paper or on Kodak
photo paper which latter paper seemed to require the plain regular paper
setting. If you are not using Epson photo paper, I highly recommend it or the
Office Depot “Premium High Gloss†photo paper. For the U.S. This paper
seems to be made for Office Depot by Konica, a very fine paper manufacturer.

I have also had good success with ILFORD’s Gallerie (Pfofessional Inkjet
Photo Range) Smooth Gloss Paper which is dirt cheap at Sam’s Club. (About $24
U.S. For 100 sheets.)
 
If you use good photo paper, I can?t see why you would have to wait even 2
hours. My prior Epson?s (Color Stylus, 740, and 900) always came out dry from
the printer. Ditto for my current Canon S900. The only time I have had a wet
print was when accidentally printing in Photo mode on plain paper or on Kodak
photo paper which latter paper seemed to require the plain regular paper
setting. If you are not using Epson photo paper, I highly recommend it or the
Office Depot ?Premium High Gloss? photo paper. For the U.S. This paper
seems to be made for Office Depot by Konica, a very fine paper manufacturer.
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The prints are try to the touch, but if I put it in my cutter,
the plastic pressing hard against the photo will be able to smear ink
a bit. The "structure" I can see in the ink also disappears after some
hours. Just liuke pain might be dry on the surface after 1/2 hour,
but takes 12 hours before it is really dry and can be painted over.
 
What inks, what paper, what software or image program, what dpi or ppi
are you using for the source file to print from?

Some details would be helpful. You should not be getting blurry images.

Art
 
Greetings Fred,

If you have any Kodak paper remaining, I suggest you consider the use of
EasyShare Software and the One Touch To Better Pictures feature that is
included with it. When you load Kodak paper into the printer, and open
EasyShare, the One Touch option will reset your printer driver to maximize
results. I assure you that you will be amazed at the quality of the
resulting print.

Kodak takes the drivers and printers from just about all printer makers, and
runs them in their lab for a month or two to find the very best possible
quality. It then publishes the option for that printer on its One Touch To
Better Pictures. It is all free.

If you have not yet tried it, you may want to see what you think. Go the
following web location for EasyShare and the One Touch option.

http://www.kodak.com/go/easysharesupport

http://www.kodak.com/go/onetouch

Talk to you soon. Let me know how you like it.

Ron Baird
Eastman Kodak Company
 
Well, I must say I would like to give you a BIG THANK YOU! I downloaded
the Kodak EasySoftware, got it installed and printed my picture. It
came out great! So far this is the only software that works well that I
have tried.
 
Greetings Steven,

Glad to hear that things have worked out well for you. As things move
along, or if new changes come along I will be glad to share with you. Let
me know if you ever have questions. We have most recently released inkjet
paper for the professional.

Talk to you soon,

Best regard
 
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