The increased density was noticeable with all the media we tested, including Epson’s Ultra Premium Photo Paper Luster, Metallic Photo Paper (Glossy and Luster), and Exhibition Canvas Satin, as well as in fiber inkjet papers from Canson, Hahnemühle, and Red River Paper. This counts among its chief advantages over every other pigment inkjet printer we’ve reviewed to date. In assessing image quality, one of the SureColor P600’s greatest strengths is the density of the deep shadow areas. Our test print in Save Ink Mode looked just fine, so we recommend applying it to hold your ink costs to about 1ml (about $1) each time you switch between the black inks. We were hoping this would not be needed with this new model, but at least Epson has reduced the time it takes, as well as the amount of ink it eats up. The matte and photo black inks share a channel, so a swap must occur when you want to switch from semigloss or gloss papers to matte media. Like the Stylus Pro R30, the SureColor P600 has nine inks on board, of which eight work at any one time. Wireless printing speeds were noticeably slower, taking more than 50 percent longer, even with an excellent network connection you may notice a lag if your wireless network bandwidth falls below 50 Mbps, especially when making large prints. Printing images from our computer hard-wired to the printer was considerably faster than with the competing Canon pigment ink printers and similar to the Epson R3000, but not as fast as the R2000, which uses fewer inks. Epson states that the P600 will hold up to 120 sheets of plain paper and 30 sheets of photo paper it can hold fewer sturdily as the sheet size increases.
In our tests, the main feed tray held and fed about 40 sheets of 10.4 mil photo paper (4×6-inch and letter-size) with no problems-a good quantity for long sessions. Still, it’s best to load heavy sheets one at a time. Luckily, we found that many heavy papers fed just fine through the main (top-loading) feeder, including Epson’s Hot Press Bright (17 mil thick, with a weight of 330 gsm).
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