Dan Littman

Epson Stylus C60

The Stylus C60's blazing graphics speed (1.4 ppm) tops that of all other recent ink jets except its bigger sibling, the Stylus C80, and it prints text at the rapid clip of 5.6 ppm--an impressive rate for a $99 machine. We also liked its subtly detailed, glossy photos.
Most of the C60's print results didn't wow us: Text was marked with hatching along the edges and exhibited a slight waver or wiggle; narrow parallel lines printed with a patchwork pattern. Gray-scale images looked grainy and lacked shading; and even color graphics failed to capture detail and texture.
Color ink costs run high at 15 cents per page.
The C60 won't win converts for most forms of output, but it works well as a penny-pincher's photo printer.

Buying Information

Epson Stylus C60 Rated 12-ppm monochrome/8-ppm color. 2880-by-720 dpi maximum resolution, 100 sheets input, 30 output. $ 99 Rated 12-ppm monochrome/8-ppm color. 2880-by-720 dpi maximum resolution, 100 sheets input, 30 output. http://www.epson.com 800/463-7766