Epson SureColor SC-P900 Professional Photo Printer

We bought this for a friend that is a struggling artist that escaped the war in Ukraine and fled to England she is trying to build a business to support her and her husband. Foreigners are over looked for jobs. She says it is amazing.

When this printer works it produces brilliant images but there are so many problems with the rear paper feed - paper out messages when there is paper, paper feeds but nothing printed and paper jams - that extreme patience is required if you want to see any output. To cut a long story short Epson accepted that there was a problem and arranged for a repair.Basic impression of the printer is of a powerful engine in a pedal car body.The printer has yet to be returned from repair and final judgement is reserved.The printer was replaced and ran very well until about a month ago. Paper handling issues back and now the foam under the paper path is lifting rendering the printer unuseable. Very disappointed and Epson don't want to know

The prints are perfect for me but it likes to drink light grey ink due to the way it creates colours but will still give it 5 stars for the quality of the prints just find the right paper if you use other brands of paper take advantage of the free profiles on offer from the seller.

In keeping with Epson's previous form in this area, the new SurecColor SC P-700 produces great prints.I replaced an older model, Epson, Stylus Photo R3000 which I used exclusively for photo printing - a know printer head fault on these older models killed it.The SC P-700 is as advertised, smaller, well it's basically narrower. It's the same depth and about the same height. (See Pics). Set up was very easy and all in all it took me about 30 minutes to downloads all the drivers etc and network it in to my set up. The printer now has a much easier to use touch screen with easy to follow menus etc.The test prints I've printed look fantastic. The colour reproduction is excellent and it's been very easy to calibrate my screen to the printer. Only took a very minor adjustment and now the prints reflect what I see on screen. I've attached a couple of examples. The Svartifoss waterfall is a side by side comparison with my old printer. They look the same on quick inspection, but close up you can see a difference in the colour and the print detail, it's marginal but it's there.I've also printed a few black & whites. The blacks and greys look rich and smooth, the detail again is great.So far so good.My only gripe is with the ink supplied. Having spent £678 on the printer I expected a bit more from Epson. They go to the effort of supplying ink cartridges, but upon loading them I can see they are about 20% full! They even started with low ink warnings on a number of them. The marginal cost of supplying full or even half full cartridges would be minimal. Very disappointing and it meant I was back online straight away ordering a full set of replacements at £245.So if you are planning to buy this printer, add that into the cost up front. £678 + £245As it's a new printer, cartridges are not available on Amazon yet.

Outstanding printer, smaller external dimensions compared to the model it replaces. Connection via Wi-fi or usb completed without a problem.Only fault is initial ink pack included in the box has very little ink in it. After charging the print head the low ink warning appeared immediately. You would be wise to order a second ink set at the time of purchase, not cheap, but reasonable capacity. Very mean of Epson to give so little capacity to included cartridges. Whoever said photography was a cheap hobby?!Other than that I can thoroughly recommend for quality photo printing- good to see Matt/gloss photo without ink purge of previous model - swap over is seamless, just an option click on the driver.

Print quality is outstanding when you can get the printer to take the paper!!!! The rear paper feed is NOT fit for purpose - you literally have to push the paper into the feeder to encourage the printer to take the page. Printing multiple pages is a complete nightmare - absolutely useless.