Epson STYLUS Stylus 740 Brochure

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 cutting-edge developments in four
main areas:
EPSON Advanced MicroPiezo™ AcuPhoto™ Halftoning Specialised Paper Media
Technology Definitive colour reproduction is Treated with a special transparent
EPSON Advanced MicroPiezo™ assured by EPSON's exclusive 32bit coating, EPSON Photo Quality
Technology includes two major new AcuPhoto™ technology which papers allow individual ink
features: EPSON Ultra MicroDot™ enables this remarkable printer to droplets to penetrate instantly
and EPSON Variable-Sized Droplet render variations in colour and whilst locking them in place. The
Technology. The Advanced texture with greater subtlety and Stylus COLOR 740 is optimised for
MicroPiezo™ Printhead is central to detail than ever before. plain paper printing whilst EPSON's
these developments, and includes Further enhancing image quality, range of special media ensures a
an increased number of print EPSON Super MicroWeave™ enables perfect match with the printer's
nozzles, both black and colour, to fine, continuous tonal gradations capabilities, to provide
bring improvements in quality and to be achieved. breathtaking results.
a 40% improvement on speed.
QuickDry™ Inks
EPSON Ultra MicroDot™ enables the
Working through a dual-ink system
Stylus COLOR 740 to deliver the
which lowers running costs and
smallest dot in the world, an
reduces change frequency, EPSON
astonishing 6pi (picolitres), while
QuickDry™ Inks penetrate the
EPSON's breakthrough Variable
surface of the paper and dry
Sized Droplet Technology makes
almost instantaneously, ensuring
three dot sizes possible - 6, 10
that droplets stay sharp, separate
and 19pi (picolitres) - on one
and in perfect shape. This
page, targeting the smallest dots
advanced chemistry ensures vibrant
at areas of detail while utilising
colours and crisp laser-sharp
the largest for areas of block
blacks, both on text documents
colour.
and Photo Quality images.
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
EPSON Variable-Sized Droplet Technology
industry-leading resolution,
6 picolitre used for fine detail
creating even smoother, sharper
and more detailed results than
ever before.
19 picolitre used for large areas of colour
Variable 6, 10 and 19 picolitre optimising speed and quality
Specifications
Part Numbers: Paper Handling:
• Model Name: EPSON Stylus Color 740 • Cut Sheet Feeder Volumes: About 100 A4 sheets at
• Model Number: C257035 (240v) 64 g/m2 Paper, 65 sheets of 360dpi Ink Jet paper,
65 sheets of Photo Quality Ink Jet paper, 30 sheets
Characteristics:
of Ink Jet Transparencies, 1 sheet of Photo Quality
• A4 Black & Colour Serial Inkjet Printer
Glossy Film, 20 sheets of Photo or Glossy Paper,
• Technology: EPSON Advanced MicroPiezo
30 sheets of Photo Quality Ink Jet Card, 30 sheets of
featuring EPSON Ultra MicroDot and Variable-Sized
Ink Jet Greeting Card, 30 sheets of Ink Jet Note Card,
Droplet Technology. (Black and Colour)
10 Envelopes, 1 Photo Quality Self Adhesive Sheet,
• Head Configuration: 2 Heads
1 sheet of Photo Stickers, 1 sheet of Panoramic Photo
Mono Head: 144 Nozzles
Paper, 1 sheet Iron-on Transfer Media
Colour Head: 144 Nozzles (48 per colour: Cyan,
Paper Support:
Magenta, Yellow)
• Print Direction: Bi-directional with logic seeking • SINGLE SHEETS
• Emulations: EPSON ESC/P2 and raster graphics mode, • Sizes: A4, A5, 4 x 6", 5 x 8", 8 x 10", B5, Letter, Half
EPSON Remote Letter , Legal, Executive, Panoramic (210 mm x 594 mm),
• Input Buffer: 64KB User Defined
• Dimensions (W x D x H): Storage 429 x 261 x 167mm • Types: Plain Bonded Paper, EPSON Speciality Papers
Printing 429 x 613 x 309 mm • Weight: 64 g/m2 to 90 g/m2 for Plain Bonded Paper
• Weight: 5.3 Kg without Ink Cartridges 190 g/m2 for Photo Paper
• Noise Level: approx 47 dB(A) during printing (ISO 7779) • ENVELOPES
• Power Consumption: Approx. 18W during printing, • Sizes: No. 10 (104 mm x 241 mm), DL (110 mm x
(ISO/IEC 10561 Letter Pattern) 220mm), C6 (114 mm x 162 mm), 132 mm x 220 mm
Approx. 5W in Standby Mode • Types: Plain Bonded Paper, Air Mail
• CE Compliant: Directive 89/336/EEC and 73/23/EEC • Weight: 45 g/m2 (12 lb) to 75 g/m2 (20 lb)
• Lifetime: 75,000 Pages (A4, Letter)
Printable Area:
• ENERGY STAR Compliant
• Maximum Printable Area on A4: 204 x 291 mm *
Print Resolution: • Minimum Top Margin: 3 mm, when loading multiple
• Maximum resolution depends upon driver setting, sheets of EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Film the
operating system and paper media minimum Top Margin is 30 mm
• Colour and Black: Maximum 1440 x 720 dpi with • Minimum Left Margin: 3 mm
EPSON Ultra MicroDot and Variable-Sized Droplet • Minimum Right Margin: 3 mm, 3 mm for Single Sheets
• Up to 1440 dpi: Plain Paper, Photo Quality Ink Jet and C6 Envelopes, 9 mm for Letter and Legal, 7 mm
Paper, Photo Quality Glossy Film, Photo for DL Envelopes, 28 mm for No. 10 Envelopes
Quality Self Adhesive Paper, Photo Paper, Photo • Minimum Bottom Margin: 14 mm*
Stickers and Panoramic Photo Paper * The Bottom Margin can be reduced to 3 mm by
• Up to 360 dpi: 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper, Ink Jet selecting Maximum as the Printable Area setting in
Transparencies and Iron-On Transfer Media the Printer Driver. However, print quality may
decline in the expanded area.
Print Speeds:
• Approx. 6 ppm for Black A4 Text memo pattern Ink Cartridges:
(Economy Mode) • BLACK INK CARTRIDGE:
• Approx. 6 ppm for Colour A4 Text memo pattern • Part Number: S020189
(Economy Mode) • Print Capacity: Approx. 900, A4 text pages
• Approx. 3.2 ppm for A4 documents with text & • COLOUR INK CARTRIDGE (Cyan, Magenta and
Photo (360dpi) Yellow Inks)
• Approx. 1.5 minutes per photo 10 x15 cm (720 x 720dpi)* • Part Number: S020191
• Approx. 3 minutes per photo A4 (720 x 720dpi)* • Print Capacity: Approx. 300 A4 text pages at 15%
• 240 cps LQ 12 cpi in black (5% duty for each colour), 360dpi
• 200 cps LQ 10 cpi in black • The colour cartridge can produce approximately 230
Print speeds will vary depending upon configuration, of the illustrated photo (10 x 15 cm at 720 x 720dpi),
print settings, application, coverage and before needing to be replaced. In addition to the
complexity of the page. quantity of printed 10 x 15 cm photos quoted for the
colour cartridge, the black cartridge can produce
System Requirements:
approximately 1,900 additional photos of the sample
• Printer Driver: Windows 3.1, 95, 98, NT 4.0, and
10 x 15 cm "Bike" image pictured in this brochure
Macintosh. DOS support dependent upon each
before it needs replacing.
DOS application (advanced printer functionality
Ink Capacity may vary, depending on how often
may not be supported). Ink Level indicator
the printer is used and how often the print head
not included in Windows 3.1 driver
cleaning function is used.
• PC Minimum Requirements: Processor 386/25 MHz
(Windows 3.x), 468/25 MHz (Windows 95/NT4.0), Optional Media:
468/66 MHz (Windows 98) (Recommended: Pentium • 360dpi Ink Jet Paper A4 100 Sheets (S041059)
Processor). Memory: 16 MB • Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper A4 100 Sheets (S041061)
(Recommended: 32 MB RAM or more for Windows 3.1, • Photo Quality Glossy Film A4 15 Sheets (S041071)
95 & 98. 64 MB RAM or more for NT 4.0). • Photo Quality Glossy Film A6 10 Sheets (S041107)
Hard Disk: 10 MB (Windows 95 and 98), 20 MB • Photo Paper A4 20 Sheets (S041140)
(Windows 3.1 and NT 4.0) (Recommended: 50 MB • Photo Paper 4" x 6" 20 Sheets (S041134)
or more for Windows 3.1, 95 and 98. 100 MB or • Panoramic Photo Paper 210 x 594 mm 10 Sheets
more for Windows NT 4.0). (S041145)
Display: VGA or better. • Photo Quality Ink Jet Card A6 50 Sheets (S041054)
• Apple Macintosh * Minimum Requirements: System • Photo Quality Ink Jet Card 5" x 8" 30 Sheets (S041121)
7.5.1, 5MB of available memory (10MB with • Photo Quality Ink Jet Card 8" x 10" 30 Sheets (S041122)
background printing), 20MB Hard Disk. • Iron-On T-shirt Transfer Media Letter 10 Sheets
(Recommended: System 7.6 or later, 12MB or more (SE41001)
available RAM, 21MB RAM with background printing, • Ink Jet Transparencies A4 30 Sheets (S041063)
40MB or more Hard Disk space). • Photo Quality Self Adhesive Sheets A4 10 Sheets
* Macintosh connectivity requires a standard Apple (S041106)
System Peripheral-8 cable (8-pin mini-circular • Photo Sticker 16 A6 5 Sheets (S041144)
connector) or equivalent. • Photo Sticker 4 A6 5 Sheets (S041176)
• Photo Quality Ink Jet Cards with Envelopes A6
Colour Matching:
20 Sheets (S041147)
• Windows: Windows 95 ICM, Windows 98 ICM and sRGB
• Photo Quality Ink Jet Cards with Envelopes 5"x8"
• Macintosh: Apple ColorSync
10 Sheets (S041148)
Fonts: • Photo Quality Ink Jet Card with Envelopes 8"x10"
• 5 Bitmap Fonts: EPSON Roman, EPSON Sans Serif,
10 Sheets (S041149)
EPSON Courier, EPSON Prestige, EPSON Script. • Photo Paper Card A4 10 Sheets (S041177)
• 4 Scaleable Fonts (from 8 to 32 points): EPSON
• Photo Quality Glossy Paper A4 20 Sheets (S041126)
Roman, EPSON Sans Serif, EPSON Roman T,
Warranty:
EPSON Sans Serif H
• Standard: 1-Year Return-to-Base
Interfaces:
• Optional: EPSON COVERPLUS 3-Year, Return-to-Base
• 3 Standard Interfaces (with automatic detection (ECPGRP2)
of interface):
• Optional: EPSON COVERPLUS 3-Year, On-Site
• Centronics-type Bi-directional Parallel Interface (ECPGRP3)
(IEEE-1284 level 1 device).
Windows compatible.
• DIN Type High Speed Serial RS-423 (Macintosh),
up to 1.8Mbps.
• Universal Serial Bus (USB), USB Series B connector
(12Mbps).*
* USB supported where PC conforms to PC98 with
Windows 98 pre-installed and manufacturer
guarantees USB operation. Up to one Hub.
EPSON (UK) Ltd,
Campus 100, Maylands Avenue,
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP2 7TJ. UK.
Telephone: +44 (0) 1442 261144
Fax: +44 (0) 1442 227227
E-mail: info@epson.co.uk
Home Page: www.epson.co.uk
Specifications subject to change.
All manufacturers trademarks acknowledged.
Three year optional extended
warranty
To ensure you continue to enjoy complete
confidence in your EPSON Stylus printer, it
is supported by a 1 year return-to-base
warranty, which offers collection, repair
and return within five working days -
as standard.
For additional peace of mind, an optional
3-year warranty upgrade is available within
90 days of purchase.
COVERPLUS
The state of the art
inkjet printer for advanced
A4 Colour Text memo A4 Black Text memo *Illustration of "Bike"
image used for mpp
home and business users
**Illustration of memo pattern speeds.
print samples used for ppm speeds.
Print Speeds Note:
• EPSON Ultra MicroDot - the world's smallest ink droplet, black and colour
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:
• 1440dpi with EPSON Variable-Sized Droplet Technology
200Mhz Pentium PC, 64Mb RAM, 2Gb HDD, Windows 95. Print
times will vary depending on computer configuration, settings,
application, coverage and page complexity.
• Advanced PhotoReal™ colour printing
• 40% speed improvement
• Parallel, serial and USB interface - Windows & Macintosh
• Optimised for plain paper printing
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