Product Description

The Epson CX5000 makes it easy to accomplish all your everyday projects. Print instant-drying, smudge resistant documents up to 27 ppm*, scan at remarkable resolutions, restore faded color photos and make copies with ease. Get brilliant, long-lasting results on plain or photo paper with DURABrite® Ultra ink. Plus, print photos from memory cards, cameras and mobile phones.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51367 in Consumer Electronics
• Color: Silver
• Brand: Epson
• Model: CX5000
• Released on: 2006-10-01
• Platforms: Mac, Windows
• Dimensions: 7.10" h x 16.90" w x 13.90" l, 14.30 pounds

Features

• Print from memory cards or PictBridge enabled cameras- PC Free
• Revolutionary DURABrite Ultra pigment ink for smudge, water and fade resistant prints
• Up to 27 ppm color/black text; borderless 4x6 photos in as fast as 28 sec*
• Amazing results on plain and photo paper
• Restores old, faded photos

Amazon.com Product Description
The Epson Stylus CX5000 all-in-one gives you more of what you want for all your everyday projects. Speed through documents at up to 27 ppm¹ scan at remarkable resolutions, restore faded color photos and make copies with ease.

Revolutionary DURABrite Ultra pigment ink delivers brilliant, long-lasting results on plain and photo paper--without the need to switch cartridges. And, because the ink is instant-drying and smudge resistant, it's great for double-sided document printing. Plus, with PC-free black-and-white or color copying, you can make crisp, vibrant copies and automatically reduce or enlarge the original.

With the Epson Stylus CX5000 you can print photos directly from memory cards, digital cameras and mobile phones. The index sheet makes it easy to select the right images--PC-free. This versatile performer even restores the color to faded photos with one-click, for beautiful reprints and enlargements.

Convenient, individual ink cartridges give you control over ink usage so you replace only the color that you need. Plus, innovative Epson technology extends black ink printing when you are running low. It's a life-saver when you've got critical documents to print and it's too late to go to the store.

The Epson Stylus CX5000 makes it easy to accomplish all your everyday projects. And, it comes with the same great technology that makes Epson the overwhelming brand of choice among professional photographers, so you get brilliant results--every project, every time.

Features and Benefits

• DURABrite Ultra ink for brilliant, long-lasting prints on plain and photo paper
• Fast printing and copying, up to 27 ppm¹ (color and black text printing); borderless 4x6 photos in as fast as 28 seconds¹
• One-touch copying with auto reduction and enlargement
• Direct photo printing from memory cards and PictBridge-enabled cameras/phones--PC-free
• One-click, color restoration of old, faded photos
• -bit color, 1200 x 2400 dpi scanning for vivid reprints and enlargements
• Up to 5760 x 1440 optimized dpi for ultra sharp detail
• Innovative technology to extend black ink printing
• Individual ink cartridges--replace only the color that you need

What's in the Box
Epson Stylus CX5000 ink jet all-in-one, All-in-one documentation, CD-Rom containing all-in-one drivers adn software (Windows and Macintosh), One 69 Black ink cartridge (T069120), One 69 Cyan ink cartridge (T069220), One 69 Magenta ink cartridge (T069320), One 69 Yellow ink cartridge (T069420)

Customer Reviews

Nice Printer...But Watch Out
When they say something is too good to be true, it's true!

This printer has great specs. and great features, and it's brand new. But there's only one little problem: it consumes ink like a drunk at a cocktail party.

We're not just talking a weekend binge either, we're talking something along the lines of only 40 copies per 4-cartridge ink pack. I've printed nothing but web pages-- no photos at all-- and some of them are draft; about 30 in total.

Despite this, the blue and yellow cartridges are 75% empty, the magenta is heading there as well, and the black is at 50%.

This is unacceptable, and I suspect Epson is aware of the problem. These new inks are highly volatile and they dry fast, but that means they're testy in the cartridge as well. After a week of limited use, there has been a precipitous drop in the ink levels.

Epson already has out a "high-capacity" black replacement cartridge, which I suspect SOON will be the standard and only one for this printer. No doubt they will also upgrade the color ink capacity as well.

Until then--- you've been warned! The few people who have been using this printer so far are all in agreement: there's something wrong here. So let them fix it first.

Great quality...but man, it's thirsty!
I bought the Epson CX5000 to replace my CX4600 which after two years of heavy use finally gave up the ghost. I used it mostly for documents but printed many high quality prints on photo paper as well. I'm pleased with the print quality of the new machine, but I thought something was wrong when my ink levels dropped more than 30% after only a week of limited use! I wondered whether the supplied cartridges were not completely full out of the box. Anyway I've seen that I'm not the only one with this issue, so I am putting my own two cents worth in. I hope Epson does something about the ink cartridge capacities so I'm not worried about frequent replacement. In the meantime I am not that happy because I have to be more conservative with my printing needs. Higher capacity cartridges won't solve the ink consumption issue, but at least I won't be hitting the store as much. Overall this all-in-one machine does it's job well, let's hope Epson upgrades its cartridges.

Low Ink Already?!!?
I bought this printer, copier, scanner because I needed a new printer for college. I also thought the copier would come in handy. Unfortunately, I did not know this printer would run out of ink so fast! I print out lecture notes, which are approximately 5-20 pages twice a week, and my black ink was replaced a few times already within 3 months. I tried buying non-genuine EPSON ink to save money costs (since each genuine one costs about $10 for the color and $20 for black ~ $50-60 for a set), but unfortunately they are not compatable with the printer because of some chip on the ink. And on top of that, EPSON says that the warrenty does not cover damages caused by the imitation ink. Right now my printer is stuck thinking that there is no cyan ink even though i put in genuine EPSON ones!

On the upside, EPSON does print beautiful pictures when it doesn't have ink problems.

To save you of a lot of trouble though, i'd suggest another printer because if you're not looking for a photograph printer, it's not worth it.