Epson doesn’t quote yields for photo prints, so it’s not possible to quote per-print costs. However, using these figures and the best online prices we could find for the nine cartridges gives 2.7p for a black A4 text print and 9.4p for a text and colour graphics print.

We’re a little suspicious of the stated black yield of the black cartridge, at 1,000 pages as, by the end of our tests (a total of 31 A4 pages of text, two 15 x 10 photos, 1 at A4 and three at A3), the photo black cartridge was showing half empty. Greyscale photos are particularly strong, with the two lighter grey inks strengthening the smoothness of transition in paler shades. On glossy media, colours are natural and there’s plenty of detail in light and dark areas of images. Plain text is a little ragged in places but solid colour comes through well. The print quality is OK on plain paper, but excels on glossy photos and art media. These are all very reasonable speeds for their respective print sizes and quality settings.Įpson Stylus Photo R3000 – Print Quality and Costs

An A3 greyscale took slightly less at 4:01. More relevant are the photo print times, which range from 57 seconds for a 15 x 10cm photo from PictBridge, to 4:58 for a full colour A3 print from a PC. Print Speeds and Costs Table ReviewĪ4 plain paper print speeds are pretty irrelevant on this machine, but for the sake of completeness we ran our tests, producing speeds of 0.8ppm on our five-page black text print and 1.6ppm on the black text and colour graphics test – you’d be better using a separate printer for handling your invoices and covering letters.

Epson stylus photo r3000 wireless setup