THE CHOICE FOR PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO WANT TO LEAVE A LASTING IMPRESSION. Whether you're a professional photographer or a talented amateur, you want your best photo prints to last. That's precisely the thinking behind the EPSON Stylus Photo 1270, the fast and friendly ink jet printer that brings you true, lightfast and water-resistant Photo Quality printing. With the EPSON Stylus Photo 1270, your best shots will beam in brilliant, 6-color Photo Reproduction Quality on fade-resistant media rivaling anything you've seen on standard color photo lab prints. You'll be in control as you conveniently print out everything from portfolios and soft proofs to panoramics and exhibition prints. Instead of endless trips to your neighborhood photo lab, the EPSON Stylus Photo 1270 ink jet printer becomes your very own desktop photo lab-delivering beautiful 8" x 10" prints in under two minutes, 11" x 14" prints in less than four minutes and awe inspiring 13" x 44" panoramics faster than ever. Tiny, 4 picoliter variable-sized ink droplets, vary intuitively to deliver fine shadow detail and dazzling highlights across a range of color that's twice the tonal range of any other ink jet! Best of all, your efforts will last and last. The EPSON Stylus Photo 1270 blends 6-color Photo Inks with EPSON Premium Glossy Photo Paper and EPSON Matte Paper - Heavyweight. So, for years to come your gallery prints, composites, reprints and enlargements will look as good as the day they were created. The Windows® and Macintosh® compatible EPSON Stylus Photo 1270 ink jet printer includes Adobe® Photoshop® 5.0 LE, a special offer for MonacoEZcolor™ 1.5 software and a professional package of options. You can connect the EPSON Stylus Photo 1270 to a Macintosh computer using its built-in USB port, or to a Windows PC using the USB port or standard parallel port. In addition, you can share the printer on an Ethernet Network using the Axis 1440 print server (available as an option through Epson Accessories), specially designed for Epson printers. For more information on Epson's lightfastness paper, click here

The Epson Stylus Photo 1270 is already chosen to be a leader in photographic printing, winning first place at the Fifth Annual DIMA (Digital Imaging Marketing Association) Digital Printer Shoot-Out, on February 3rd. It was voted as producing the best photographic output in the tabloid inkjet printer category by the DIMA members at the conference.

Printing Method	6-color (CcMmYK) drop-on-demand Micro Piezo ink jet technology
Nozzle Configuration	Monochrome head - 48 nozzles Color head - 48 nozzles x 5
Resolution	1440 x 720 dpi; 720 x 720 dpi; 360 x 720 dpi; 360 x 360 dpi; 180 x 180 dpi
Ink Droplet Size	4 picoliters
Print Speed (Fine Mode. Print speeds will vary depending on system configuration, software application, page complexity, amount of page covered and print setting.)	Photos: 4" x 6": 48 seconds 8" x 10": 1 minute 50 seconds
Sound Level (Fine Mode)	38 dB(A)
Printer Language	EPSON ESC/P Raster®; IBM X24E
Software Drivers	Windows 98 - USB compliant, Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0 (Parallel), Macintosh system 8.1 or later
Input Buffer	256 KB
Interface	Standard: USB, Bidirectional IEEE-1284 parallel (nibble mode) Optional: External Ethernet print server
Print Direction	Bidirectional with logic seeking
Paper Handling Single sheets: Thickness: Types: Envelopes: Thickness: Weight: Types:	Letter, legal, A4, B, B4, A3, Super B, executive, statement, 4" x 6 ", A6, roll type .003" minimum Plain, bond, EPSON Premium Glossy Photo Paper, Matte Paper Heavyweight, High Quality Ink Jet Paper, Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper, Photo Paper, Transparencies, Photo Quality Glossy Film, Self-Adhesive Sheets, Photo Quality Ink Jet Cards, Photo Paper, Iron-On Transfer Paper, Banner Paper No. 10, DL, C5 Less than .02" 12 to 20 lb plain paper, bond paper, air mail
Printing Area	Maximum printable area: 12.76" x 18.76"(letter) Maximum user defined printable area: 12.76" x 43.76" Top margin: .12" Right margin: .12" Left margin: .12" Bottom margin: .12"
Paper Capacity Input paper tray: Output paper tray:	100 sheets/10 envelopes 30 sheets
Dimensions	24" x 30.3" x 16.3" (W x D x H) 18.5 lb
Environmental Conditions Temperature: Humidity	Operating: 50° to 95° F(10° to 35° C) Storage: -4° to 140° F (-20° to 60° C) Operating: 20 to 80% relative humidity Storage: 5 to 85% relative humidity (no condensation)
Safety Approvals	Safty Standards: UL1950 with D3, CSA 22.2 950 with D3 R.F.I.: FCC Part 15 subpart B Class B
Power Requirements Rated voltage: Rated frequency: Rated current: Power consumption:	120V AC +/- 10% 50 to 60 Hz 0.4 Amp Approx. 8 W (self test mode)
Ink Cartridge Life Black ink life: Color ink life:	540 pgs (ISO/IEC 10561 letter pattern) 330 pages at 15% coverage
Warranty	Standard one year limited warranty, including EPSON Exchange Program (in U.S. and Canada only)
Product/Accessory Part Numbers	C296011: EPSON Stylus Photo 1270 T007201: Black ink cartridge T009201: Color ink cartridge C811062: Optional Roll Paper Holder C1440AXIS: Axis 1440 print server
Support EPSON Automated Support Pre-Sales Support (US & Canada)	800-922-8911 800-463-7766