| | |  | | Home » Epson Artisan 50 Color Inkjet Printer (C11CA45201) | | | | | | | Description: | | Bring your imagination to life with the Artisan 50 from Epson. This compact and stylish printer ignites all your creative inspirations. Print Ultra Hi-Definition photos with amazing richness, depth and clarity. Print your own images and text onto CDs and DVDs. Create colorful greeting cards with ease. Print documents, e-mails and itineraries quickly and easily. Get maximum print speeds up to 38 ppm color and laser quality speeds of 5 ppm color. An affordable, high performance ink jet, the Artisan 50 is ideal for all your photos and everyday projects. | | | Features: | |
• Ultra Hi-Definition prints ¿ Claria 6-color ink for images with richness, depth and clarity, great for photos and everyday printing
• Professional looking CDs/DVDs ¿ print right onto ink jet printable CDs/DVDs (software included)
• Individual ink cartridges ¿ replace only the color you need
• Better than lab quality photos ¿ photos are smudge, scratch, water and fade resistant
• Fast print speeds ¿ maximum speed up to 38 ppm color, laser quality speeds of 5 ppm color, photos in as fast as 11 sec
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 11.1 inches | | Product Width:
| 17.7 inches | | Product Height:
| 7.4 inches | | Product Weight:
| 16.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 20.4 inches | | Package Width:
| 14.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 9.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 15.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 151 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
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165 of 182 found the following review helpful:
 Good Until you run out of inkOct 20, 2009
By Walters Judson Group
"BOSTON DANIEL"
We have purchase over 200 of these printers (even here at Amazon)
and they are pretty good - until you run out of ink.
The Ink can print you about 2-3 months worth if used every
other day or so. But our customers, including ourselves,
have had nothing but head aches when it comes to changing
Ink Cartridges. 47 Customers have complained it will NOT
ACCEPT 'GENUINE' Epson Cartridges. We owned 4 of them and
all 4 are currently wrapped up in their boxes ready to throw
out or send to a recycling center. All 4 printers
printed through 1 ink cycle - then they started rejecting all
ink replacements. We bought ink here at Amazon - rejected.
We tried the tech trick of pulling out the electrical cord,
and the USB cord, and it did accept 2 or 3 cartridges,
but eventually it started to reject all of them in time.
Keep in mind this printer has gotten fairy good reviews
the past year - some individuals are being successful
with the printer but we suspect many reviews were
written before their 1st ink cycle went dry.
We noticed that (after installing the printers) The Epson
software started accessing the internet (or at least trying
to). This was to block any 3rd party Ink cartridges - because
on one of the printers that WAS NOT on the internet - it actually
acceptable 1 black ink 3rd party cartridge. The rest were
rejected - even the "Genuine" Epson Cartridges.
Its difficult enough to have to purchase expensive
"Genuine" ink for these printers - but to have them
rejected by your fairly new printer is appalling. We
have over 46 "genuine" ink cartridges that have been
returned to us (we no longer sell the ink). We used
some of the "rejected" ink on our Epson R260 models
and R280 model (those printers accepted the ink)
simply because the R260, R280 and this model -
"artisan" 50 use the same ink cartridge.
Customers have explained to us this printer model
has difficulty on accepting new cartridges - no matter
where you purchased them. We have contacted
Epson by email, phone - even writing them a letter,
but they yet to even try to return our messages.
Customers who have purchase this model, and have
not been subjected by the cartridge problem are very
fortunate and we are happy for them.
Overall, Epson has made this printer so INK
CARTRIDGE RESTRICTIVE that it has made us
impossible to recommend to anyone or even
give out for free.
While printing through its first ink cycle, it did
produce fine photos and fairly good text docs,
but after the ink was done - it seems so was
the printer.
Update: We installed a CISS system on one
of the printers on Feb 1 2011: rejected.
On January 20th, the same model rejected
"Genuine ink" from a major store front. We
were fortunate to receive a refund on both
occasions. We aren't trying anymore. Epson
keeps ignoring our calls.
Daniel J. Tyler (WJGroup)
105 of 114 found the following review helpful:
 Good but way to quirkySep 08, 2009
By CD Expert
"CD Expert"
This is a fantastic printer for the casual user, but can be problematic for critical uses.
This is the 6th Epson printer we've used. When printing out from Adobe Illustrator on all previous models, the size of the printout exactly matches the design.
When trying to print CD inserts on our new Artisan 50, booklets that are designed to be 119.5mm, end up being almost 125mm. May not sound like much, but once they're cut, they don't fit in the CD box. It's very slow and tedious to modify all our layouts that are on file.
Previous models capable of printing on CD's (such as the Stylus Photo R300) were dead on accurate.
The other annoying problem is that you can't print from Illustrator directly to CD any longer. That was a great feature of the R300. In the Artisan 50, you have to use their amateurish CD print utility.
68 of 75 found the following review helpful:
 Epson Artisan 50Jul 12, 2009
By AT
"gadgetgal"
This is my first Epson printer. I've always owned HP but I was particularly interested in being able to print CD/DVD labels. I've owned this printer now for a couple of days and am totally pleased. The directions for getting started were easy, and I was able to begin use immediately. The quality of the labels are excellent, good color, looks professional and it prints quickly. I am not one to usually review products but this one, I found well worth the money, value, and am happy that I made the purchase. The only thing I'd change would be for the software that comes with the CD/DVD printer format, I wish it did more but I find it sufficient. I'd definitely recommend. Does well with documents as well.\\
24 of 26 found the following review helpful:
Love it!!!Jul 24, 2009
By DramaQueenBean
"DQB"
I bought this printer to replace my dymo discpainter that has been nothing but trouble, and I'm thrilled with the quality of the direct print DVDs. The software isn't the best, but I can export my designs from my other software as a photo file and the epson print disc software prints it beautifully. I tried photo printing for the first time today and LOVE IT! I love the 5 ink concept - the images are so crisp. I've only had the printer for a week now, but so far I'm completely happy with it. The price was great too.
-Edit from 2011-
Printer still works lovely, but I've replaced this printer with a new wireless one. My only complaints are the price of ink and an issue where I tried to print black and white (text and a solid black graphic) onto a CD, and the printer refused to let me print because I was out of yellow ink. The software (Epson Print CD) wouldn't let me choose to print in just black and white to avoid the error message. This was very annoying, and sped up my replacement of the printer rather than the over priced ink. All in all, still love this printer.
22 of 24 found the following review helpful:
Good Quailty - FastJun 26, 2009
By Digby In FL
It prints magazine quality pics - faster than my old Ink Jet. I like the fact that i can replace individual a color and not waist a whole cartridge because i ran out on just one color.
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