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Controls & Connectivity Summary |
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 • There are only 4 buttons on the printer; everything is controlled by the computer
• No media card slots for printing from camera memory cards
• No networking or wireless capabilities are available.
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Inks & Media |
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Samples |
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On-printer Controls (5.5)
There are only a handful of controls on the printer body itself; from the left we have a power button, a paper feed/cancel button, the ink button and the roller paper feed button. The ink button is used to move the ink container into the correct position for changing the ink cartridges, and then to initialize the new ink cartridge. The last button controls the feed mechanism when using a roll of paper to print large banner-sized prints.
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| The controls on the front of the R1900: power, paper feed, ink and roller |
On-Printer Display (0.0)
There is no display on the printer itself, apart from the power light and two buttons above the paper feed and ink buttons. The paper feed button light blinks if there is a paper error, and the ink button light blinks if one of your cartridges is running low. Combinations of these lights flashing also indicate if there is a problem within the printer: if the power and ink lights flash simultaneously, for instance, there is a problem with the device connected to the PictBridge USB port.
On-Printer Menus (0.0)
There are no menus or other controls on the printer itself.
Media Slots (0.0)
There are no media slots on the printer, so there is no way to print directly from a memory card without a computer. You can, however, print from a PictBridge enabled camera or other device by plugging it into the PictBridge USB port on the bottom left corner of the front of the printer body.
Wireless & Network (1.5)
There are no wireless or networking capabilities built into the R1900, and Epson does not offer any way to add wireless or wired networking to the R1900. The only sort-of-networking feature that the R1900 offers is dual USB ports on the rear of the printer, which allow two computers to be connected to the printer at once. This is a useful feature if you have both a PC and a Mac, but we would rather see proper networking support for users with multiple computers.
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| The dual USB ports on the back of the R1900 |
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