You will find a number of useful settings and tools. A number of features can be controlled via the panel. New to the P600 is a touch screen display that can be angled for easy viewing while standing. Get an in-depth view of the software-based controls for the Epson P600. The P600 can also print 13" wide banners and long prints without borders. Printing a 20' or 40' banner is for most quite rare, but it is nice to know you can. It printed successfully from both Windows and Mac. Curious, we set up a banner file 12.95" x 240" and printed it on a 20' roll of Blanco Matte Canvas.
The P600 manual states the maximum print length is 129" while the Windows driver shows the maximum as 590.55". Rolls are supported by two adapters that connect at the back of the printer. The P600 can use 13" wide rolls with a 2" diameter core. This will cause the tray to lower and extend out.įollow the printer's on-screen instructions to load poster board and fine art papers. To activate the single sheet path, push on the gray bar above the paper output tray. You would use this path for media around 15mil or thicker. The front single sheet path is designated for fine art papers and poster board. Help on that process is in our support center. If you use mostly matte or cotton art papers, clean the feed roller after using the contents of each box of paper. The feed mechanism is more robust than expected and easily fed the Aurora Art White and Natural papers, both 14mil thick. The top tray can hold 20 to 100 sheets of paper, depending on the thickness of your media. You can also connect the P600 to Google Cloud Print and Apple AirPrint. Communication Mode: Infrastructure mode, Ad hoc.Security: WPA-PSK (TKIP/AES) WPA2 compliant, WEP (64/128bit).The P600 can connect using three methods: A detailed review of the program is forthcoming. That feature extends to the ABW system and will soft-proof your images based on ABW settings. Printer color management is integrated into the main control panel and it even features automatic soft-proofing based on the print profile. It is quite remarkable, with print layout and templates for multiple images on a page. Print Layout is a free-standing program as well as an export plugin for Photoshop and Lightroom. The software is apparently not yet available from Epson America, but we did find downloads for Win and Mac from Epson Japan. We noticed a reference to Epson Print Layout software in the original P600 press release.
The installation included the driver, Epson's Print CD software, and a link to the P600 online user guide.
We used the included CD for Windows and had to download the drivers for Mac from Epson's website. We were able to print 20 8.5”x11” profile targets and four 13”x19” images before changing the Photo Black ink.ĭriver installation and setup were straightforward in Windows and the Mac OS. It is unknown how much ink is contained in the starter carts.
Like the Epson R3000, Pro 3880, and other wide format Epson printers, the P600 inks are connected to the print head via hoses. The bay is accessed by lifting the top lid of the printer. The cartridges fit into a bay on the front left of the printer.
The P600 comes with a full set of ink cartridges. Building on that lineage, Epson claims that the P600 offers the best black density to date from a pigment printer by using "Resin Encapsulation Technology."
The P600 descends from a long line of top quality pigment-based photo printers.
Pigment inks are designed to be stable over long periods of time, allowing prints to be displayed (under proper conditions) for many decades. A switching mechanism allows you to choose matte or photo black ink, depending on the type of media being used. It is of interest to note that outside of the United States, Epson still uses the "UltraChrome K3" name in association with the P600. Like the venerable UltraChrome K3 system, the new inkset uses five, color ink cartridges along with three black ones. The P600 is a 13" wide enthusiast-to-professional level photo and fine art inkjet printer featuring nine individual ink cartridges now called the "UltraChrome HD" pigment ink system. The Epson SureColor P600 was introduced at the 2014 Photo Plus Expo and became available in January 2015.