Epson Stylus® Color 740 InkJet Printer

Pros: USB, amazing quality for its low cost
Cons: plain paper output not as sharp, slow in high quality modes

Isn't it funny how one purchase always seems to beg for another? In this case, I blame the digital camera I received as a Christmas gift (an Olympus D-450 Zoom), for leading me to my printer purchase. Although I knew that what I really wanted for...

Pros: Good quality printing
Cons: Shoddy business practices by Epson

This opinion is not so much about the 740 in particular but about Epson's business practices.

When I bought this printer, I basically wanted a black and white printer for my Mac G4 to print correspondence and a few spreadsheets. I could care...

Pros: Low price. Solid product.
Cons: Sensitive to paper used, large footprint

The key point - and I'll state it here first - Epson printers have great quality if you use high quality paper, and arguably they produce the best color images of any brand on high quality paper. HP printers (the newer ones) are not as sensitive to the...

Pros: For the price, it is a great printer
Cons: Not extremely fast

***Right now, Egghead.com is selling this printer for $167 with free shipping and Espon is offering a $50.00 mail-in rebate. For $117 you can't get a better printer!***

I chose this printer for a several of reasons (besides the price). First...

Pros: Great Home Printer, Image Quality on Glossy is Great!, Ease of Setup, Ink Cartridge Install is soo easy!
Cons: None so far!

"Good deal", I said to myself today when printing out a 50+ page report on physics labs. For $150 dollars I had this great all around "jack of trades" printer, that printed excellent images on glossy paper, excellent text and okay...

Pros: Faster than other models
Cons: Black bands/coags after a few sheets

The EPSON Stylus Color 740 printer is geared towards business users. And for those of us who need a printer that can handle a larger workload and print very acceptable output on any type of paper. It produced very sharp and high quality photo output,...

Pros: Excellent print quality, fast text printing
Cons: Slow photo-quality printing

I purchased my Epson 740 printer about 15 months ago with my new computer. It was on sale at the computer store of the university I am attending. I was impressed with the features advertised on the packaging and felt that it would be a good printer for...

Pros: Cheap; compatible with a wide variety of connections; decent text printing.
Cons: USB problems; unreliable.

I purchased the Stylus 740 for use with my new G4 in December 1999. I needed something to replace my aging HP Deskwriter C since it lacked USB interface. At the time, the Stylus 740 had already been out for about a year, but it was the cheapest printer...

Pros: Nice print quality
Cons: Noise, ink sprayer clogs, devours ink

I bought the Epson 740 because I've had good experiences with Epson printers before, and because, way back when I bought it, there weren't that many choices in printers for the USB-only iMac. I've been fairly satisfied with it, but I feel there are some...

Pros: Photo quality color and laser sharp text. Quick and easy setup.
Cons: Uses more ink than most other printers.

The EPSON STYLUS COLOR 740 is a high quality printer with photo quality color and laser sharp text. Whether you are a business owner or whether you are using your computer at home, the EPSON STYLUS COLOR 740 is the printer for you.

Setup and...

Pros: Print Quality, reliable, good speed, paper handling, cheap ink available
Cons: windows driver looses print job if you forgot to switch it on, loud in draft

Why did I buy it

I bought this printer one year ago and I had some store credit which made it almost free when you include the $50 rebate during that time. I had a Lexmark before, cartridges are EXPENSIVE and the printer lost after every paper...

Pros: amazing print quality, beautiful prints
Cons: prints loudly

I purchased my Epson 740 after I had a terrible experience using a Hewlett Packard printer. I now realize why Epson printers are so much better.

Previously I owned a HP Color DeskJet 880C. The printer was great for about 2 months and then it...

Pros: Very high print quality, easy setup with Macintosh
Cons: Couldn't get printer to work with Windows 98 computer

The Epson Stylus color 740i is an awesome printer. It has the capability of producing 1440x720 dots per inch, and gives near photographic output when using ink jet photo quality paper. The 740i was a breeze to hook up to a new iMac computer. The whole...

Pros: I can't think of any!
Cons: Ink runs out quickly, low print quality, over-priced

I searched online for a long time before purchasing the Epson Stylus 740; I checked out consumer reviews, prices, companies, and benefits of ink jets versus bubble jets versus laser printers. I must say that I am very disappointed with the results that...

Pros: Speed and Print Quality
Cons: Bulky out put tray

I purchased the Epson 740 on the advice of a friend, who had one of the original Epson printers. The 740 is an impressive printer with superior quality output and options for varying degrees of output. I'm glad I took my friends advice, this has been a...