Re: 820 vs. 890

["Jim Wingo" <jimw203@mindspring.com>]

There are actually some very real and significant differences. The 820 is
intended as a home-use machine that one uses to print great pictures for
family and friends. The 890 is, on the other hand, intended as a printer
that is capable of significantly higher volume. The build-quality,
materials, and paper-handling mechanism for the 890 is quite a bit better
than the 820. Clues to the differences can be found by doing a side-by-side
specification comparison on Epson's website (www.epson.com). If one looks
at the following sections, one will see real differences. Whether these
differences are meaningful to you depends on how and how much you will use
the printer.

1. Sound Level (a difference of 5 db - given that a 3 db difference means
that something is twice as loud, this tells me that the 890 is much
quieter)

2. Input Buffer (with 8 times the memory, the 890 handles large files
better and gets out of the system memory quicker)

3. Physical Dimensions (while the two machines are similar in size, the 890
weighs almost twice as much - indicating the it is perhaps built more
solidly)

4. Print Volume (the 890 is rated as a much higher volume printer)

As I said earlier, the choice is yours - if you need the potential of
higher volume without too much concern over its ability to withstand the
rigors that entails, or if you just need it quieter, then pick the 890.
OTOH, if this is a machine for occasional pix of the grandkids, your
flowers, days at the beach, or your pets (or whatever), then the 820 can
give you outstanding results. That is one of the wonderful thing about the
Epson printers: if one dosen't fit another will.

Jim Wingo

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On 3/27/2002 at 11:09 PM Jon and Amy Harris wrote:

>Are there any significant differences between the 820 and 890?  The price
>difference is significant ($149 vs. $299) but there doesn't seem to be
much
>difference in specs.  Why the huge price disparity?
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