Epson Stylus® Color 740 InkJet Printer

Pros: Great Quality, Good Price
Cons: High Cost Catridges

I bought this printer after previously owning the 600 and am very pleased with it.

It's Pros
The best feature about this printer is it's print quality. It has always produced extremely good printouts.
It's speed is also pretty...

Pros: good photo printing
Cons: horrible installation

My work-study job at the University of Pennsylvania is to provide tech support to other students in my dorm. Most of my time at the beginning of the school year was not spent getting adjusted to my Freshman year of college, but fixing Epson printers....

Pros: Fast printing, photo like quality
Cons: Pricey refills, cartridges dry up too fast

I bought this printer because of all the rave I have heard about it. And everything I heard was true. Great color and fast printing (on normal printing). Black and white pages are super fast and have a laser like quality.
Color cartridges are...

Pros: Cheap; High Quality; Printer Software Included
Cons: Ink Cartridge Runs Out A Little Too Quickly

When me and my family went out looking for a a computer we decided we needed a new printer to go along with it. We found the Epson Stylus Color 740 at CompUsa for only $149.99. Not knowing too much about printers at the time we consulted a sales...

Pros: Excellent print quality
Cons: Complicated print options; ink lifetime; driver conflicts

I purchased this printer through the web from Staples after reading some great reviews in PC magazines. I set it up and was eager to get some printouts of my digital camera images (see my review on Kodak DC280!).

First off, I got this print...

Pros: Really Great Looking Pictures. Good Price.
Cons: A little Slow. Uses ink up fast

Wanting to know about the epson stylus 740 hey?? Well I have one and can mostly tell you positive things about it.

First of all, you can pick one up at the stores for a fairly good price. Probably around $100.00. Also the image quality of the...

Pros: Dependable hardware, excellent print quality
Cons: Buggy driver software in some configurations; pricey consumables

When I bought my Epson Stylus Color 740 printer back in 1998, I didn't have much choice. Epson was almost the only company making Macintosh-compatible ink jet printers, and I needed something better for my beige G3 desktop Mac than the creaky and...

Pros: inexpensive, great printing
Cons: a bit slow

I bought this because a friend of mine recommended it for photo printing. This printer prints GREAT pictures in my opinion....as long as you use good quality paper. I've printed about 500 pictures so far and every picture (when I personally didn't...

Pros: good quality, good price, windows/mac compatible
Cons: somewhat slow

After spending the past 5 years with an old Deskwriter C, I finally decided to upgrade my printer. After doing some research, I decided on the Epson 740 for several reasons. It is Mac/Windows compatible (I have it connected to both simultaneously),...

Pros: Price, speed, dependability
Cons: No automatic turn on

A friend recommended the Epson Stylus Color 740 when my Cannon died. Offered at $149 with a $50 manufacturer's rebate at both Macconnection and Outpost, how can you go wrong? It was so easy to install - even with my Mac! The pages come out faster than...

Pros: Inexpensive, Great black and white output
Cons: Color photo output requires special paper for best results

The Epson 740 was one of the best investments I have made in computer related purchases. Not only is it Mac and PC compatible, with both USB and parallel, the setup on both machines is simple and flawless. This machine is infinitely versatile! I have...

Pros: Good Value
Cons: Loud

If the ends justify the means then you'll like this printer. It is a good solid value, especially if you time it right with a rebate. The biggest drawback is amazingly obvious immediately. It is loud, and seemingly for no good reason. Let me explain,...

Pros: Very high quality, quick text printing, vibrant colors.
Cons: Setup was difficult.

The Epson Stylus Color 740 is a very inexpensive printer. I was able to find one at Circuit City for $149, and then there was a $50 rebate. The rebate check came very quickly, as well.

Not only is it cheap, it does an excellent job at...

Pros: Good quality text and graphics, reasonably fast
Cons: Color printing can be slow at higher resolutions

The Epson color ink jet printers have always been highly rated and the 740 shows why. The print quality is outstanding for an ink jet, especially for the price. Printing text is almost laser quality, at least to my eye.

The color printing is...

Pros: Quality, Price, Compatibility
Cons: Speed

One can hardly beat the Stylus Color 740! I personally love mine. For the average home user the features you get for the price are pretty good. And the best feature of all....I recently upgraded from an older Power Macintosh to an iMac and was very...