Epson Stylus CX7800 Review
The Stylus CX7800 is a relatively new printer that specializes in scanning photographs and old negatives. So, it is geared towards those who have old photo collections (slides, negatives, transparencies) that they want to preserve or reproduce. Sounds pretty good, since for all the home photo printers and all-in-one machines there are these days, there aren’t a ton that are good for scanning photos and negatives. Well, the CX7800 was just reviewed today by CNET and they definitely were not impressed. Their summary was this:
The Epson CX7800 all-in-one is remarkably easy to use. Too bad its photo printing is merely average and its print speeds are ridiculously slow.
They only gave this printer a 6.3 rating. Now sometimes you have to take that number with a grain of salt, but so far the only user ratings for it have amounted to an average of 5.8. When both ratings are that low, you know something isn’t right. Their main problem with the CX7800 was the print quality and speed, two things that some might consider reasonably important as far as inkjet printers go. The scanning features seem to work okay, but have a great scanned copy of your picture might not be enough to satisfy most people.
If any of our readers owns an Epson Stylus CX7800, we would like to hear some comments from you. Prove this CNET review wrong. Or, just jump on the bandwagon and tell everyone to avoid this printer.
Epson Stylus CX7800 Editor’s Review [CNET]
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November 21st, 2006 at 5:42 pm
I like the cx7800 because it is so versitile. We have made up albums using the scanner to copy all the old (1850) photos of the family. Also we print photos using negatives and slides from my generation. With all the combinations and the new digital technology available today it is really easy. The only fault I found was I cannot refill my own cartridges. And the new ones are too expensive. I will keep my cx7800 only for scanning purposes,because the cartridges are too expensive. I have also been told by the reinking stores that they do not want to refill the cartridges, due to the vacumm required and the 100% reseal problems.
Hay! Great scanner.
April 25th, 2007 at 10:03 am
I really like the all in ones, saves space and I love the option to download pictures from many different types of cameras.
But the printing is leaving alot to be desired. I used to have a epson 740 and it printed the pictures alot better and more professional looking than the cx7800. It seems to want to darken my photos instead of printing as you see them on the monitor. I have changed settings and did no good.
Tina