By Shutterbug Staff

January 25, 2007 — Epson has introduced the 13-inch wide Epson Stylus Photo 1400. Sharing the same technology as the Epson Stylus Photo R260 and R380, including Claria ink and DX5 MicroPiezo print heads, the Epson Stylus Photo 1400 has an estimated street price of $399.99.

The Epson Stylus Photo 1400 works with six ink cartridges and features Epson’s patented MicroPiezo print head to deliver five sizes of ink droplets as small as 1.5 picoliters. The company claims 8”x 10” photos are printed as fast as 108 seconds and 11”x 14” photos in as fast as 173 seconds. It also prints directly on ink jet printable CDs and DVDs, which can be created a quickly and simply with the included Epson Print CD software and printed out in the convenient front-loading CD tray. The printer is PictBridge compatible and includes a copy of Adobe Photoshop Elements.

The new Claria Ultra Hi-Definition inks are rated to provide three times longer lightfastness than the Epson Stylus Photo 1280 and the high capacity color ink cartridges are said to provide about three times the ink yield.

For more information on the Epson Stylus Photo 1400 and Epson Stylus Photo series visit www.epson.com/sp1400.