In many ways, the XP-950 is just as impressive
on the inside as it is on the outside. It has six-colour
print – CMYK plus another couple of channels – for
even more accuracy, which turns the device from a
casual gadget for displaying while you work into a
more-than-capable printer for producing
high-quality finished work.
The extra magenta and cyan colours mean that
you can print smoother coverage of gradients, which
is perfect for photographers, but just as useful for a
digital artist or designer. It has a printing resolution
of 5,760 x 1,440 DPI and 180 nozzles each for
monochrome and colour, which means that you can
print in incredibly high definition – the black and
white pictures come out just as well as colour. Tie inTHE XP950 VS.
THE XP860
The XP-950 is a fantastic office or home
printer, but its cousin, the XP-860 is also suited
to that environment: so where exactly are
the differences?
Not only is the XP-950 more compact, it
supports smaller letter sizes. Both have exactly
the same print and scan resolution and the
XP-860 has a bigger touchscreen, but the
XP-950 is a more versatile machine with more
copy features – such as standalone copying and
manual colour adjustment. It also has the
Wireless Scanning and Network scan and
weighs just slightly more than the XP-860.
Where the XP-950 falls short however is on
the lack of faxing ability. The XP-860 has
capability to fax colour or black and white and it
also has one-touch speed dialling, whereas the
XP-950 has absolutely no ability to fax
whatsoever. As well as being a great home
printer, the XP-860 is much more suited to office
life than the XP-950, but both printers have fairly
similar printing and scanning abilities.the 4,800 DPI x 4,800 DPI scanning resolution and
the XP-950 is a printer that can perform for
professionals, as well as the budding photographer.
On top of this superb quality – not to mention
the fact that the XP-950 can print up to A3, a
notable feat for such a compact machine – the
XP-950 also has built-in social capabilities. You can
publish your work online as well as physically,
with the Google Cloud Print, meaning that you can
scan work into the XP-950 and upload straight to
Dropbox. As well as that, your machine has its
own email address, so you can send work from
anywhere in the world to print: a cool feature and
one that makes up for the lack of portability with
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