If you’re looking for a new printer for your home office, you’ll probably want the best one that money can buy without sacrificing on its features, but still coming at a fairly reasonable price. In case you’re in the market for something that can handle any documents, your kids’ homework and any family/friends photos, then you’ve come to the right place.
The Epson Expression Photo XP-970 Small-in-One Printer is the ideal photo printer for all your creative projects.
Epson (also known as Seiko Epson Corporation), is a Japanese electronics company and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of computer printers, and information and imaging related equipment. The company is founded in May 1942 and as always been headquartered in Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
PRODUCT SPECS
The Expression Photo XP-970 Small-in-One Printer measures 18.9″ x 26.3″ x 11.6″ (W x D x H) while printing, and 18.9″ x 14″ x 5.8″ (W x D x H) when it’s closed, weighing 19.4 lb. It’s compatible with Windows 10 / Windows 8/8.1 / Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit) and Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), as well as with Mac OS X 10.6 and macOS 10.14.
The Epson Expression Photo XP-970 printer works properly between the temperatures of 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C) and can be stored anywhere where temperatures are within the range of -4° to 104° F (-20° to 40° C). Keep in mind that you should only store it for a maximum of one month at 40° C. Working on other conditions might cause the printer to malfunction or even stop working completely. The printer isn’t super loud, operating at a maximum sound level of 49 dB (A) when printing continuously.
The Epson Expression Photo XP-970 printer comes with six included Ink Palettes: 1x Black, 1x Cyan, 1x Magenta, 1x Yellow, 1x Light Cyan, and 1x Light Magenta. All these Ink Palettes are Claria Photo HD Ink Palettes. It’s important to note that the Epson Expression Photo XP-970 Small-in-One Printer is designed to be used with Epson cartridges only, not third-party cartridges or ink.
FEATURES
The Expression Photo XP-970 Small-in-One Printer is an easy-to-use printer that’s designed with your convenience in mind. The Expression Photo XP-970 comes equipped with a 4.3-inch touchscreen, offering users easy, PC-free printing and an innovative fold-over scan lid that securely holds your originals in place. The printer also comes equipped with built-in USB and memory card slots.
The Epson Expression Photo XP-970 delivers professional quality prints and vibrant photos with its six color Claria Photo HD Inks (its six included Ink Palettes), proving capable of printing smooth gradations and amazing skin tones. This allows users to produce brilliant, stunning borderless photos up to 11″ x 17″ that display astounding vibrancy. This fast, compact printer also provides users with fast, professional-quality printing, producing 4″ x 6″ photos in as fast as 11 seconds. Its ISO Print Speed (or ISO pages per minute (PPM)) is 8.5 ISO ppm for Black Prints, and 8.0 ISO ppm for Color Prints.
But it doesn’t stop there. The Epson Expression Photo XP-970 features specialty media support. Its rear paper feed accommodates specialty paper, allowing users to print specialty media. This provides you with more creative flexibility, meaning that you can always enjoy the convenience of printing directly onto specialty papers such as CDs, DVDs and Wide Format.
The Epson Expression Photo XP-970 printer offers its users nine main different layouts (with some sub-layouts for CD-printing): Borderless, Classic borders, Picture packages, Photo ID, 2-up, 4-up, 8-up, 20-up, Jewel index, Jewel, Upper 1/2, lower 1/2, and CD layouts (single, quarter, variety)
The Epson Expression Photo XP-970 printer is capable of working wirelessly and router-free. It was designed for easy printing from your iPhone, iPad, Android mobile devices, tablets and more. The printer features Wi-Fi Direct 5 for router-free printing, allowing you to print from most smartphones and tablets for easy printing on the go.
FINAL THOUGHTS
The Epson Expression Photo XP-970 Small-in-One printer offers you convenience and flexibility, allowing you to copy, scan and print professional-quality, wide-format photos wirelessly. It’s simply one of the best printers currently available, packing a ton of amazing different features.
If you’re interested in getting the Epson Expression Photo XP-970 Small-in-One Printer, each unit is currently discounted from its original price ($300), now going for $200 (saves you 100$). You can get your Epson Expression Photo XP-970 printer at Epson’s official shopping page, by accessing this link.
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