Epson 915 User Manual

INKJET PRINTER

EPSON STYLUS

PHOTO 915

™

versatile 6-colour
photographic quality printing

with personal digital photo lab function

• HIGH RESOLUTION AND BRILLIANT 6-COLOUR
PHOTO PRINTS – 5760 OPTIMISED DPI USING
RPM TECHNOLOGY

•

PRINT DIRECTLY FROM YOUR COMPACT
FLASH, MEMORY STICK, SMART MEDIA,
MULTI MEDIA OR SD MEMORY CARDS
WITHOUT A COMPUTER (ADAPTORS INCLUDED)

•

TRUE BORDERFREE* EDGE-TO-EDGE
PHOTO PRINTING

•

PHOTOS THAT STAND THE TEST OF TIME –
OVER 25 YEARS LIGHTFASTNESS# ON
EPSON COLORLIFE PAPER

•

PRINT IMAGE MATCHING™ II** TECHNOLOGY

Photo Lab Functionality
With or Without a Computer

EPSON’s promise of total photo printing freedom extends well
beyond the personal computer environment. With or without a
connected computer, the EPSON STYLUS Photo 915’s innovative
features deliver a new level of flexibility in desktop photo printing.

• Roll Paper Holder: Continuous printing of photographs and
full support for panoramic photo printing.

• Memory Card Slot: Using a PCMCIA adapter, you can print
directly from most popular memory cards used in today’s
digital still cameras (adaptors included).

• Control Panel: Control all your prints via the easy to use,
integrated control panel user interface.

• Optional Preview Monitor: View images direct from digital
camera memory cards and for easy selection of photos
and layouts.

**This product supports PRINT Image

Matching and PRINT Image Matching II.

When used in combination, PRINT Image

Matching or PRINT Image Matching II

enabled digital still cameras, the digital

still camera’s unique characteristics and

design intentions are reflected in prints.

EPSON Photo Printing Freedom

Total freedom to print photos as you would have them printed, rather
than within the strict confines of the traditional photo lab. This is the
promise of the EPSON STYLUS Photo 915 and is delivered by the
printer’s incredibly powerful yet easy-to-use combination of hardware
and software technologies.

EPSON PerfectPicture
Imaging System

Only EPSON printers have the unique combination of technologies
that combine to deliver the EPSON PerfectPicture Imaging System. At
the heart of the System is the MicroPiezo printhead technology,
delivering super fast ejection of incredibly minute and accurately
formed ink droplets.

EPSON also delivers amazing 5760 x 720 optimised dpi using
Resolution Performance Management Technology (RPM). This latest
technology ensures the best combination of speed, superior image
quality and performance. This technology optimises ink drop size and
placement to deliver exceptional photo quality.

EPSON STYLUS PHOTO 915

EPSON ICC Profiles

EPSON Software

EPSON Genuine Papers

Optimising colour reproduction is crucial in
digital photography printing; and the EPSON
STYLUS Photo 915 gives you an advantage
by providing full support for ICC colour
management. The EPSON ICC profiles
included with the printer meet exacting
international standards and will give you
superior colour matching when used with
popular photo editing software such as

®

Adobe

Photoshop®.

Building on the highly successful and
acclaimed EPSON STYLUS Photo printer
drivers and software, the EPSON STYLUS
Photo 915 features PhotoQuicker 3.2, which
now incorporates PRINT Image Framer.
PhotoQuicker 3.2 allows for easy photo
layouts and makes resizing images manually
a thing of the past, even when doing roll­paper printing. With PRINT Image Framer
your photos can easily and quickly be given
an added professional touch with custom

and Inks

When your EPSON STYLUS Photo 915 is
used in conjunction with EPSON Genuine
Papers and the EPSON Intellidge™ Ink
System, the result is invariably output
perfection. You can also rest assured that
your photos will retain their colour and
vibrancy for over 25 years
EPSON ColorLife Paper using genuine
EPSON specialty inks.

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when printed on

border frames.

EPSON PRINT Image Matching II

With the EPSON STYLUS Photo 915 photographers can now break free of the sRGB colour confines, thanks to PRINT Image Matching (P.I.M.).
The larger colour space information captured by a P.I.M./P.I.M. II-enabled digital camera is utilised by the EPSON STYLUS Photo 915, ensuring
prints reflect the camera’s unique characteristics and design intentions. The EPSON-developed P.I.M. technology allows digital cameras to set
image and print parameters such as gamma, contrast, shadow, colour balance, noise reduction and custom scene settings, which can then be
incorporated into automatic modes such as portrait, landscape, macro and sport. P.I.M. II extends the introduction of the original P.I.M. and
adds additional features and allows even more information to be transferred from the digital still camera to the EPSON STYLUS Photo 915, for
even richer printouts of digital images on EPSON printers.

VISIBLE
COLOUR
RANGE

EPSON STYLUS
PHOTO SERIES

sRGB
COLOUR
SPACE

sRGB
Colour
Space

sRGB
Colour
Space

COLOUR SPACE CLIPPED

AND NOT USED

Colour space

captured by

Digital Still

Camera

Digital Still Camera Printer

FULL COLOUR SPACE CAPTURED BY

THE CAMERA IS SENT TO THE PRINTER

Colour space

captured by

Digital Still

Camera

PRINT Image Matching or PRINT Image Matching II
Enabled Digital Still Camera

sRGB Reduced colour
space used by the computer
application and monitor

sRGB Reduced colour
space used by the
computer application
and monitor is bypassed

PRINT Image Matching II Enabled Printer

Potential colours the
printer can print but does
not because the information
has been clipped and lost

The colour information
is clipped. The clipped
information will not be sent
to the printer, and the
photo print out will not be
faithfully reproduced

PRINT Image Matching
makes it possible for the
printer to reproduce the
natural colours of the
image that were captured
by the Digital Still Camera

SYDNEY

70 Gibbes Street
Chatswood NSW 2067
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MELBOURNE

Level 1
6 Riverside Quay
Southbank VIC 3006
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BRISBANE

Level 3, Waterfront Place
1 Eagle Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
Tel: [phone]
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PERTH

Suite 20, Level 3
1060 Hay Street
West Perth WA 6005
Tel: [phone]
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ADELAIDE

Level 1, Carrington House
61-63 Carrington Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

AUCKLAND

245 Hobson Street
Auckland NZ
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

WELLINGTON

Level 6, City Tower
95 Custom House Quay
Wellington NZ
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

ABN 91 002 625 783
10/02

Visit our website:

www.epson.com.au
www.epson.co.nz

INKJET PRINTER

EPSON STYLUS

PHOTO 915

Specifications

PRINTER TYPE

EPSON STYLUS PHOTO 915 C11C498101
PRINTING METHOD On-demand Inkjet (piezoelectric
NOZZLE CONFIGURATION 48 x 6 nozzles (Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

PRINT DIRECTION Bi-directional with logic seeking

PRINT SPEED

BLACK TEXT (MEMO) A4 Approx. 7.8 PPM (Economy
COLOUR TEXT (MEMO) A4 Approx. 7.6 PPM (Economy
TEXT & PHOTO A4 Approx. 3.2 PPM (Normal
FULL PAGE COLOUR A4 Approx. 1.4 PPM (Normal
PHOTO A4 111 sec per photo (Photo

“Second” rating refers to the time taken to print one page. “ppm” rating refers to the number of
pages printed in one minute. The computer environment we test under is as follows: CPU: 1GHZ
Pentium III; RAM: 128MB; OS: Windows ME; Interface/Connectivity: USB

RESOLUTION 5760 x 720 Optimised DPI using RPM Technology

PAPER HANDLING

PAPER FEED METHOD Friction feed with paper feeder
PAPER SIZES A6, A4, Letter, A5, B5, Legal, Index cards (5" x 8",

PAPER THICKNESS 0.08mm ~ 0.11mm (Plain Bond Paper

WEIGHT 64g/m

INPUT DATA BUFFER 32K byte

INTERFACES USB 1.1† (Works properly under USB 2.0 environment)

PRINTER SOFTWARE (ON CD-ROM)

PRINTER DRIVERS Microsoft® Windows® 98/2000/Me/XP,

ON-LINE GUIDE
PHOTOQUICKER 3.2
EPSON PRINT IMAGE FRAMER

WARRANTY

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS (OPERATING

TEMPERATURE 10 ~ 35°C
HUMIDITY 20 ~ 80% RH

ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS

RATED VOLTAGE AC 220 ~ 240V
RATED FREQUENCY 50 ~ 60 Hz
POWER CONSUMPTION Approx. 19W (ISO 10561 Letter Pattern

LIGHTFASTNESS

LIGHTFASTNESS TEST CRITERIA (INDOOR DISPLAY CONDITIONS)

Light source Fluorescent light
Intensity 70k lux
Temperature 24˚C
Humidity 60% RH
Glass mount 2mm, soda lime
Fade criteria Pure YMC 30% loss at OD=1
Display life calculation
Tests developed and conducted by EPSON under fluorescent light (indoor display
condition) with glass mount. The data is calculated by EPSON’s accelerated test
of prints on specialty media. See www.epson.com.au for more info.

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Data is calculated using accelerated simulation of fading under indoor preservation conditions including fluorescent light indoor
display. Temperature, humidity and some atmospheric gases may also affect the rate of fading. The estimated lightfastness
period does not indicate the colour changing or the durability of the paper itself. EPSON recommends that your prints be stored
in a photo album (or plastic photo storage box) in acid free, archival sleeves commonly available from most camera shops.

*True BorderFree printing is available for the following media sizes: A4, 4" x 6", 5" x 8", 100 x 150mm,

3.5" x 5", 5" x 7", Panoramic (210 x 594mm). Media types recommended: Photo paper, Matte paper heavyweight, Roll
paper. True BorderFree printing does not support Photo RPM setting.

Print Speed Data Printout Patterns

Light Cyan, Light Magenta)

),

8" x 10"

Envelopes (No.10, DL, C6,132 x 220mm

Executive, Half Letter, Panoramic

0.23mm (Index cards distributed by EPSON)

2

2

-

90g/m

Loading capacities for EPSON special media

-see www.epson.com.au for details

Mac® OS 8.5.1 to 9.x / OS X 10.1.2 or later with USB

12 months return to base
Optional Additional 2 Year Warranty 3YW915

)

Total illuminance/(500 lux x 10 hours x 365 days = 1 year)

The thumbnail images below show the

printout patterns used to determine print speed specifications.

Black Text
(MEMO) A4

†

To use the USB port, your PC must conform to PC98 specifications, and have Windows®
preinstalled. Consult the documentation provided with your PC for further information about USB
connectivity. Note also that printing errors may occur if non-standard cables or more than two hub
connections are used.

As an International ENERGY STAR Partner, EPSON has determined that this product meets the
International ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency. EPSON is the registered trademark of SEIKO
EPSON Corporation. EPSON STYLUS, PerfectPicture, MicroPiezo, AcuPhoto Halftoning, QuickDry are the
trademarks of SEIKO EPSON Corporation. All other names and company names used herein are for
identification purpose only and may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
owners. EPSON disclaims any and all rights in those marks. All print samples shown herein are
simulations. Specifications are subject to change without notice.

Colour Text
(MEMO) A4

Text & Photo A4

)

) 1

) 2
) 3
) 4
) 5

(Plain Bond Paper)

Full Page
Colour A4
(image 8"x10")

)

)

),

Photo A4
(image 8"x10")
(Photo courtesy
of ISO/JIS-SCID.
Reprinted by
permission.)

302mm

547mm

467mm

STYLUS PHOTO 915 WEIGHT: 5.25Kg

INK CARTRIDGES

BLACK INK (T007)

BLACK INK CARTRIDGE (T007
PRINT CAPACITY

540 pages, with 3.5% ECMA
(ISO 10561) text @ 360dpi
370 pages, 5% by calculation

COLOUR INK (T008)

)

COLOUR INK CARTRIDGE (T008
COLOURS

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Light Cyan,
Light Magenta

PRINT CAPACITY
220 pages, 5% each CcMmY
(

total 25%) by calculation

)

the four genuine facts

save money

Non-genuine inks
are not as cheap as
you think.

problem free ­works every
time

Genuine EPSON inks are
problem free - reliable
and dependable.

The EPSON Intellidge™ ink system is designed to work perfectly in harmony
with the printer and your choice of media to ensure you get:

• the very best of print quality every print, every time

• and trouble-free, peace-of-mind printing every print, every time

The EPSON Intellidge™ ink system brings maximum benefits, maximum ink
usage and the interchange of EPSON cartridges suitable for this model.

The EPSON Intellidge™ ink system gives you easy-to-see, always available
and accurate information about all your ink levels.

This printer is designed to be used only with
Genuine EPSON Intellidge™

Intellidge™ ink cartridges are not designed for refill.

GENUINE EPSON PRODUCTS

PAPER

ACCESSORIES

Standard
Standard
Optional

EPSON PHOTO PAPER (A4) S041140
EPSON PHOTO PAPER (4" x 6") S041134
EPSON MATTE PAPER - HEAVYWEIGHT (A4) S041258
EPSON PREMIUM GLOSSY PHOTO PAPER (A4) S041285
EPSON INKJET TRANSPARENCIES (A4) S041063
EPSON PANORAMIC PHOTO PAPER (210 x 594mm) S041145
EPSON IRON-ON COOL PEEL TRANSFER PAPER (A4) S041154
EPSON PREMIUM SEMIGLOSS PHOTO PAPER (A4) S041332
EPSON PHOTO QUALITY INKJET PAPER (A4) S041126
EPSON PREMIUM GLOSSY PHOTO PAPER (100mm x 8m) S041302
EPSON PREMIUM GLOSSY PHOTO PAPER (210mm x 10m)
EPSON COLORLIFE PHOTO PAPER (A4) S041560

PC CARD ADAPTER FOR COMPACT FLASH
4 IN 1 ADAPTER (MEMORY STICK, MULTIMEDIA, SMART MEDIA,SD)
PREVIEW MONITOR C12C860006

achieve best
quality output

Genuine EPSON inks
and ink cartridges
always ensure best
quality.

printer
damage
protection

Don’t take the risk with
non-genuine inks, in or
out of warranty.

ink cartridges

S041376