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Epson Stylus Photo 820 Inkjet Printer Review from Calvin. Superb print quality, but a real ink guzzler, The picture quality of the Epson 820 is pretty good even using the 720 DPI quality. I set my default to print at 720 DPI to save ink. I found the 2880 DPI quality is useless since at that DPI, my Epson Photo Paper curled due to over saturation of ink. 1440 DPI produced the best quality on standard Photo Paper, but the difference vs 720 DPI is marginal. I think if you purchase Epson’s super expensive ColorLife paper, then 2880 DPI would work. The PIM (print image matching) is just marketing. PIM doesn’t print the pictures any better. I found that PIM actually made my pictures (taken from my Sony Cybershot P-50) more dull. The Epson 820 drinks ink. I don’t know why Epson (other than to make more $$$) makes their color ink cartridge so thin and thus carrying less ink.

The Film Factory software that comes with the printer is exactly what I’ve been looking for in regards to printing common photo sizes such as 3×5, 4×6, 5×7, 8×10, or wallets. I can fit 4 3×5 or 2 4×6 into one sheet of photo paper which minimizes the cost of each photo sheet when calculated by per picture.

Overall, I rate this a 3.5 rounded up to 4.0 for Amazon’s scale. Picture quality is very good…rivals a real photo. In fact a friend of mine thought the Epson print was the real photo when comparing the same exact picture processed by Ofoto.com (an online Kodak processing company). Again, the Film Factory software is very good for printing common photo sizes. However, because of the rapid ink usage, I didn’t rate this a 5.0, which is the main draw back of this printer. …

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