Introducing EPSON’s Advanced PerfectPicture Imaging System™
Defining a new standard in print quality, the exclusive EPSON PerfectPicture Imaging System™ is central to the amazing performance of EPSON Stylus inkjet printers, bringing together
Specifications
Part Numbers:
•Model Name: EPSON Stylus Color 740
•Model Number: C257035 (240v)
Characteristics:
• A4 Black & Colour Serial Inkjet Printer |
• Technology: EPSON Advanced MicroPiezo |
featuring EPSON Ultra MicroDot and |
Droplet Technology. (Black and Colour) |
• Head Configuration: 2 Heads |
Mono Head: 144 Nozzles |
Colour Head: 144 Nozzles (48 per colour: Cyan, |
Magenta, Yellow) |
Paper Handling:
•Cut Sheet Feeder Volumes: About 100 A4 sheets at
64 g/m2 Paper, 65 sheets of 360dpi Ink Jet paper,
65 sheets of Photo Quality Ink Jet paper, 30 sheets of Ink Jet Transparencies, 1 sheet of Photo Quality Glossy Film, 20 sheets of Photo or Glossy Paper,
30 sheets of Photo Quality Ink Jet Card, 30 sheets of Ink Jet Greeting Card, 30 sheets of Ink Jet Note Card, 10 Envelopes, 1 Photo Quality Self Adhesive Sheet,
1 sheet of Photo Stickers, 1 sheet of Panoramic Photo Paper, 1 sheet
Paper Support:
EPSON (UK) Ltd,
Campus 100, Maylands Avenue,
EPSON Advanced MicroPiezo™
Technology includes two major new
features: EPSON Ultra MicroDot™
and EPSON
Technology. The Advanced MicroPiezo™ Printhead is central to these developments, and includes an increased number of print nozzles, both black and colour, to bring improvements in quality and a 40% improvement on speed. EPSON Ultra MicroDot™ enables the Stylus COLOR 740 to deliver the smallest dot in the world, an astonishing 6pi (picolitres), while EPSON’s breakthrough Variable Sized Droplet Technology makes three dot sizes possible - 6, 10 and 19pi (picolitres) - on one page, targeting the smallest dots at areas of detail while utilising the largest for areas of block colour.
In addition to maximising the efficiency of the printer’s ink cartridges and optimising print speed, these new developments assure Photo Quality images with exceptional definition and
Definitive colour reproduction is assured by EPSON’s exclusive 32bit AcuPhoto™ technology which enables this remarkable printer to render variations in colour and texture with greater subtlety and detail than ever before.
Further enhancing image quality, EPSON Super MicroWeave™ enables fine, continuous tonal gradations to be achieved.
QuickDry™ InksWorking through a
Treated with a special transparent coating, EPSON Photo Quality papers allow individual ink droplets to penetrate instantly whilst locking them in place. The Stylus COLOR 740 is optimised for plain paper printing whilst EPSON’s range of special media ensures a perfect match with the printer’s capabilities, to provide breathtaking results.
• Print Direction: |
• Emulations: EPSON ESC/P2 and raster graphics mode, |
EPSON Remote |
• Input Buffer: 64KB |
• Dimensions (W x D x H): Storage 429 x 261 x 167mm |
Printing 429 x 613 x 309 mm |
• Weight: 5.3 Kg without Ink Cartridges |
• Noise Level: approx 47 dB(A) during printing (ISO 7779) |
• Power Consumption: Approx. 18W during printing, |
(ISO/IEC 10561 Letter Pattern) |
Approx. 5W in Standby Mode |
• CE Compliant: Directive 89/336/EEC and 73/23/EEC |
• Lifetime: 75,000 Pages (A4, Letter) |
• ENERGY STAR Compliant |
Print Resolution:
•Maximum resolution depends upon driver setting, operating system and paper media
•Colour and Black: Maximum 1440 x 720 dpi with EPSON Ultra MicroDot and
•Up to 1440 dpi: Plain Paper, Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper, Photo Quality Glossy Film, Photo
Quality Self Adhesive Paper, Photo Paper, Photo Stickers and Panoramic Photo Paper
•Up to 360 dpi: 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper, Ink Jet Transparencies and
Print Speeds:
•Approx. 6 ppm for Black A4 Text memo pattern (Economy Mode)
•Approx. 6 ppm for Colour A4 Text memo pattern (Economy Mode)
•Approx. 3.2 ppm for A4 documents with text & Photo (360dpi)
•Approx. 1.5 minutes per photo 10 x15 cm (720 x 720dpi)*
•Approx. 3 minutes per photo A4 (720 x 720dpi)*
•240 cps LQ 12 cpi in black
•200 cps LQ 10 cpi in black
Print speeds will vary depending upon configuration, print settings, application, coverage and
complexity of the page.
System Requirements:
• Printer Driver: Windows 3.1, 95, 98, NT 4.0, and |
Macintosh. DOS support dependent upon each |
DOS application (advanced printer functionality |
may not be supported). Ink Level indicator |
not included in Windows 3.1 driver |
• PC Minimum Requirements: Processor 386/25 MHz |
(Windows 3.x), 468/25 MHz (Windows 95/NT4.0), |
468/66 MHz (Windows 98) (Recommended: Pentium |
Processor). Memory: 16 MB |
(Recommended: 32 MB RAM or more for Windows 3.1, |
95 & 98. 64 MB RAM or more for NT 4.0). |
Hard Disk: 10 MB (Windows 95 and 98), 20 MB |
(Windows 3.1 and NT 4.0) (Recommended: 50 MB |
or more for Windows 3.1, 95 and 98. 100 MB or |
more for Windows NT 4.0). |
Display: VGA or better. |
• Apple Macintosh * Minimum Requirements: System |
7.5.1, 5MB of available memory (10MB with |
•SINGLE SHEETS
•Sizes: A4, A5, 4 x 6”, 5 x 8”, 8 x 10”, B5, Letter, Half Letter , Legal, Executive, Panoramic (210 mm x 594 mm), User Defined
•Types: Plain Bonded Paper, EPSON Speciality Papers
•Weight: 64 g/m2 to 90 g/m2 for Plain Bonded Paper 190 g/m2 for Photo Paper
•ENVELOPES
•Sizes: No. 10 (104 mm x 241 mm), DL (110 mm x 220mm), C6 (114 mm x 162 mm), 132 mm x 220 mm
•Types: Plain Bonded Paper, Air Mail
•Weight: 45 g/m2 (12 lb) to 75 g/m2 (20 lb)
Printable Area:
•Maximum Printable Area on A4: 204 x 291 mm *
•Minimum Top Margin: 3 mm, when loading multiple sheets of EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Film the minimum Top Margin is 30 mm
•Minimum Left Margin: 3 mm
•Minimum Right Margin: 3 mm, 3 mm for Single Sheets and C6 Envelopes, 9 mm for Letter and Legal, 7 mm for DL Envelopes, 28 mm for No. 10 Envelopes
•Minimum Bottom Margin: 14 mm*
*The Bottom Margin can be reduced to 3 mm by selecting Maximum as the Printable Area setting in the Printer Driver. However, print quality may decline in the expanded area.
Ink Cartridges:
•BLACK INK CARTRIDGE:
•Part Number: S020189
•Print Capacity: Approx. 900, A4 text pages
•COLOUR INK CARTRIDGE (Cyan, Magenta and Yellow Inks)
•Part Number: S020191
•Print Capacity: Approx. 300 A4 text pages at 15% (5% duty for each colour), 360dpi
•The colour cartridge can produce approximately 230 of the illustrated photo (10 x 15 cm at 720 x 720dpi), before needing to be replaced. In addition to the quantity of printed 10 x 15 cm photos quoted for the colour cartridge, the black cartridge can produce approximately 1,900 additional photos of the sample 10 x 15 cm “Bike” image pictured in this brochure before it needs replacing.
Ink Capacity may vary, depending on how often the printer is used and how often the print head cleaning function is used.
Optional Media:
• 360dpi Ink Jet Paper A4 100 Sheets | (S041059) |
• Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper A4 100 Sheets | (S041061) |
• Photo Quality Glossy Film A4 15 Sheets | (S041071) |
• Photo Quality Glossy Film A6 10 Sheets | (S041107) |
• Photo Paper A4 20 Sheets | (S041140) |
• Photo Paper 4" x 6" 20 Sheets | (S041134) |
•Panoramic Photo Paper 210 x 594 mm 10 Sheets (S041145)
• Photo Quality Ink Jet Card A6 50 Sheets (S041054)
• | Photo Quality Ink Jet Card 5" x 8" 30 Sheets (S041121) |
• | Photo Quality Ink Jet Card 8" x 10" 30 Sheets (S041122) |
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP2 7TJ. UK. Telephone: +44 (0) 1442 261144
Fax: +44 (0) 1442 227227
Home Page: www.epson.co.uk
Specifications subject to change.
All manufacturers trademarks acknowledged.
Three year optional extended warrantyTo ensure you continue to enjoy complete confidence in your EPSON Stylus printer, it is supported by a 1 year
as standard.
For additional peace of mind, an optional
90 days of purchase.
COVERPLUS
The state of the art
6 picolitre used for fine detail
background printing), 20MB Hard Disk. |
(Recommended: System 7.6 or later, 12MB or more |
available RAM, 21MB RAM with background printing, |
40MB or more Hard Disk space). |
* Macintosh connectivity requires a standard Apple |
System |
connector) or equivalent. |
Colour Matching:
•Windows: Windows 95 ICM, Windows 98 ICM and sRGB
•Macintosh: Apple ColorSync
Fonts:
• |
(SE41001) |
• Ink Jet Transparencies A4 30 Sheets | (S041063) |
•Photo Quality Self Adhesive Sheets A4 10 Sheets (S041106)
• Photo Sticker 16 A6 5 Sheets | (S041144) |
• Photo Sticker 4 A6 5 Sheets | (S041176) |
• Photo Quality Ink Jet Cards with Envelopes A6 | |
20 Sheets | (S041147) |
• Photo Quality Ink Jet Cards with Envelopes 5"x8" | |
10 Sheets | (S041148) |
• Photo Quality Ink Jet Card with Envelopes 8"x10" | |
A4 Colour Text memo A4 Black Text memo | *Illustration of “Bike” |
| image used for mpp |
**Illustration of memo pattern | speeds. |
print samples used for ppm speeds. |
|
Print Speeds Note:
inkjet printer for advanced home and business users
19 picolitre used for large areas of colour
Variable 6, 10 and 19 picolitre optimising speed and quality
•5 Bitmap Fonts: EPSON Roman, EPSON Sans Serif, EPSON Courier, EPSON Prestige, EPSON Script.
•4 Scaleable Fonts (from 8 to 32 points): EPSON Roman, EPSON Sans Serif, EPSON Roman T, EPSON Sans Serif H
Interfaces:
•3 Standard Interfaces (with automatic detection of interface):
•
Windows compatible.
•DIN Type High Speed Serial
•Universal Serial Bus (USB), USB Series B connector (12Mbps).*
*USB supported where PC conforms to PC98 with Windows 98
10 Sheets | (S041149) |
• Photo Paper Card A4 10 Sheets | (S041177) |
• Photo Quality Glossy Paper A4 20 Sheets | (S041126) |
Warranty:
•Standard:
•Optional: EPSON COVERPLUS
•Optional: EPSON COVERPLUS
The print times shown in this brochure are the average time for multiple prints of the same page over one minute. Times are measured from the 'Print' command to delivery of the page in the tray. The speeds were achieved using the following system: 200Mhz Pentium PC, 64Mb RAM, 2Gb HDD, Windows 95. Print times will vary depending on computer configuration, settings, application, coverage and page complexity.
®
•EPSON Ultra MicroDot - the world’s smallest ink droplet, black and colour
•1440dpi with EPSON Variable-Sized Droplet Technology
•Advanced PhotoReal™ colour printing
•40% speed improvement
