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Customer Reviews for Epson Artisan A50 Photo/CD/DVD Printer
Epson Artisan A50 Photo/CD/DVD Printer
Model: A50
SKU: 9318909
UPC: 010343871618
This versatile printer allows you to print high-definition photos and also to print your own images and text onto compatible CDs and DVDs.
Average Customer Rating:
4.5
out of 5
(13 Reviews) 13
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92% of customers would recommend this product to a friend
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Customer Reviews for Epson Artisan A50 Photo/CD/DVD Printer
Review 1 for Epson Artisan A50 Photo/CD/DVD Printer
Great Color Printer
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Print quality
5.0
Features
4.0
Speed
5.0
What's great about it: Fast speed and good quality
What's not so great: Not wireless
I have been using this printer for around a month now. It has great color and photos look amazing. I have also used it for documents. They are good too. It is very fast compared to my old HP all-in-one. I like that this printer isn't so bulky. Some of the other printers were just huge. I have a black/white laser printer for most of my work stuff and I only use this one when I need color. It is saving me lots of dollars in ink.
About me... Photo enthusiast
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it for:Photo printing
+5points
5out of 5found this review helpful.
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Review 2 for Epson Artisan A50 Photo/CD/DVD Printer
Prints Discs Beautifully!
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
5.0
Print quality
5.0
Features
3.0
Speed
4.0
What's great about it: Prints Discs Beautifully
I have been producing videos for 10 years, mostly of my kids' sporting events and school functions. I have done a few other things. For about 7 years I have been using an Epson R300 to print photo-realistic artwork on the discs themselves. Well, after many years, the R300 is now leaving streaks across the discs. No amount of cleaning has helped. I think I wore out the print head.
Time to look for a new printer (in a hurry because I have a project to get out the door). Enter the Epson Artisan A50. Since I really don't do this to turn a profit, money was an issue. And, I needed it quick. I saw the A50 in "another store" but was concerned about the rather cheap look and feel. After doing more research, I just couldn't find another printer for which I could justify spending more money.
Local Best Buy stores had none in stock, so I ordered one shipped to a local store. They estimated 4-7 days for pickup. In just two days (today) I received notice that I could pick it up. I brought it home and set it up. I immediately started printing my waiting project. It was an OMG moment. The pictures that have a lot of blacks and bright colors look AWESOME, better than the R300 ever did them.
Granted, this is not a large sample yet, but the combination of the A50 printing on the new Verbatim AquaAce glossy disc blanks just pops!
In short, it's not the fastest printer and I haven't printed anything other than DVDs, but that's what I bought it for. My color laser does everything else. Maybe I'll try some photo paper sometime. If you need a printer to label CDs and DVDs, this one is pretty good.
About me... Demand high print quality, small business owner, Frequent user, Photo enthusiast
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it for:Photo printing
+9points
13out of 17found this review helpful.
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Review 3 for Epson Artisan A50 Photo/CD/DVD Printer
Very nice, simple to use printer
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Loonleg
from Beaufort, North Carolina
on 01/11/2012
Value for Price
5.0
Print quality
5.0
Features
5.0
Speed
4.0
What's great about it: The Quality of the printer/Bestby price
What's not so great: as with any printer the cost of the ink
This is my second Artisan 50 printer. I gave my first one to my son. I like the handy way this one works I bought a new one and kept using from my Ink supply. I've gone thru a klot of printers in 30 yrs and the Artisan 50 is the best.
About me... Demand high print quality, Frequent user
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it for:Photo printing
+4points
7out of 10found this review helpful.
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Review 4 for Epson Artisan A50 Photo/CD/DVD Printer
A bargain
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: SteveS49
from New York
on 08/04/2011
Value for Price
5.0
Print quality
5.0
Features
5.0
Speed
5.0
What's great about it: High quality prints, low price.
Prints excellent quality photos quickly. I've also read good things about the durability of the Claria inks that it uses. Low price and solid construction make it a bargain for color prints. Anyone printing black and white photos on a regular basis will probably want a printer with gray ("light black") ink tanks (expensive). But for most of us wanting nothing larger than 8x10 color photos this does the job admirably. Highly recommended.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+13points
14out of 15found this review helpful.
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Review 5 for Epson Artisan A50 Photo/CD/DVD Printer
Excellent printer to print CD's and DVD's yourself
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Print quality
5.0
Features
5.0
Speed
4.0
What's great about it: The software that comes with this printer gives you lots of choices when designing your project.
What's not so great: Black color is hard to keep dust free.
I had HP printers that printed CD's and DVD's but you were very limited as to how you could create your covers. I love the Epson software that comes with the printers to help you design your projects using your own pictures or whatever you want. They are the best in a classroom setting in showing students how easy and fun it it.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+23points
30out of 37found this review helpful.
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Review 6 for Epson Artisan A50 Photo/CD/DVD Printer
great printer......(Artisian 710)
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
3.0
Print quality
5.0
Features
4.0
Speed
4.0
What's great about it: quality of photos are good to excellent(710model is same)
What's not so great: some functions as listed
when a ink runs out,printer will not function at all,(xcept black can be mixed when empty )must replace empty! Photo paper can not be loaded on top of regular paper as printer tends to feed regular paper wirh photo paper thus causing photo to print on the reg paper and partially on th puoto paper also.(Load the photo paper after removing the regular paper)Have never used the small tray or cd/dvd tray,no comments there.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+5points
18out of 31found this review helpful.
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Review 7 for Epson Artisan A50 Photo/CD/DVD Printer
Costly print cartridges
Customer Rating
3.0
Value for Price
3.0
Print quality
3.0
Features
3.0
Speed
3.0
What's not so great: it eats up print cartridges like crazy. Quite costly
The print quality is OK. It's constantly replacing the print cartridges that I don't like. It gets costly and annoying after a while
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
+22points
23out of 24found this review helpful.
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Review 8 for Epson Artisan A50 Photo/CD/DVD Printer
Great for Pictures; OK for text
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
4.0
Print quality
4.0
Features
4.0
Speed
3.0
What's great about it: Produces great prints of pictures, especially on Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper
What's not so great: Text is not crisp, clean.
When you get one make sure you go through the head alignment process. It took a long time and 40 (or so) sheets of paper but eventually it got into alignment and the printing was far, far better. But it was taking so long and the changes with each cycle were so small as to be indistinguishable, that I almost gave up and sent it back.
With Premium photo paper the printer produces really excellent prints. With regular paper the text and pictures are not clean and crisp; plain text is OK, but certainly not something I'd use for a resume'. I had to go buy (to try) paper made for inkjet printers because regular multipurpose paper was even worse.
So, if you're buying it for pictures, greeting cards, anything using premium photo paper, then it's a good printer (and really inexpensive, to boot). If you're buying it for a home office where most of your printing is text on plain (at least get the specail inkjet paper), then keep shopping.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+36points
41out of 46found this review helpful.
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Review 9 for Epson Artisan A50 Photo/CD/DVD Printer
Epson - The king of photo printing!
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Print quality
5.0
Features
4.0
Speed
5.0
What's great about it: Precise CD and photo printing
What's not so great: limited features
I beat the heck out of my printers. This is my 4th EPSON printer. Number 3 is still in use! Their CD printing is simply the best. Additionally, they have always provided me with top-notch overall photo printing.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+11points
12out of 13found this review helpful.
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Review 10 for Epson Artisan A50 Photo/CD/DVD Printer
Excellent printer
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Print quality
5.0
Features
5.0
Speed
4.0
What's great about it: Easy to setup; compact design; photo qual extremely good
What's not so great: It ought to have a simple storage facility for the CD/DVD holder, perhaps inside the cover
I've always used Epson printers and in many years have had only one problem, which caused me to replace my old unit with this newly designed model. Photo print quality rivals my professional printer. Black/white printing is very fast.
The various covers, when closed, provide excellent dust protection.
I'm delighted with the device, though ive only had it for a number of weeks. I've yet to try printing to CD but i'll report on that when possible.
The various covers, when closed, provide excellent dust protection.
I'm delighted with the device, though ive only had it for a number of weeks. I've yet to try printing to CD but i'll report on that when possible.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+5points
10out of 15found this review helpful.
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Review 11 for Epson Artisan A50 Photo/CD/DVD Printer
Gets the job done nicely
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Print quality
5.0
Features
4.0
Speed
5.0
What's great about it: speed, simplicity and quality
What's not so great: price of the ink (of course)
While the ink is priced at the level of fine perfume on 5th Avenue, the print speed is really good for pretty high quality photo images on glossy paper. Features such as touch screen, photo card inputs etc. (which are entirely unnecessary if you're printing directly from your computer) are missing and not missed. The paper feed works well and is overall far less problematic than HP photo printers. It is quite worth the money.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+10points
10out of 10found this review helpful.
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Review 12 for Epson Artisan A50 Photo/CD/DVD Printer
Great Printer, prints on DVD/CD printable media
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Print quality
5.0
Features
5.0
Speed
5.0
What's great about it: great price, prints on DVD/CD printable media, great colors and prints pretty quickly
What's not so great: not a ton of features
I got this because it is great value. It is cheap because it does not have a ton of features or lcd screens, etc. But it does print to DVD/CD printable media and that is why I wanted it. It does a great job of everyday printing and photo printing but its DVD.CD printing is why I got it and plus it is low price. I highly recommend this machine.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+8points
8out of 8found this review helpful.
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Review 13 for Epson Artisan A50 Photo/CD/DVD Printer
Great Printer -
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
5.0
Print quality
4.0
Features
4.0
Speed
4.0
What's great about it: Good value for the price paid
What's not so great: Picture quality poor unless you print on Epson paper
I had an Epson R200 printer until I got my new computer with Windows Vista. I had to buy a new printer and I needed one that would print on disks. I picked up the A50 printer online and the 1st one came damaged but was replaced right away by Best Buy. It prints to disks just great but I tried to print on some HP photo paper (which worked great with my R200) and the quality was awful. I switched to Epson photo paper and the photos came out great!
I would recommend this to a friend!
+10points
12out of 14found this review helpful.
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