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Welcome!
Your EPSON Stylus
®
 Photo R300 Series printer can print pictures directly from your digital 
camera’s memory card. You can create true BorderFree
™ 
photos directly from your printer in a 
variety of sizes perfect for albums or framing. You get quick and easy snapshots just minutes 
after taking pictures with your digital camera. 
If you want to save your picture files, you can transfer them immediately to your Windows
®
 
or Macintosh
®
 computer and print from your PC. 
Here are some of the printer’s outstanding features:
■ EPSON’s exclusive 6-color ink technology lets you achieve fine shadow detail, dazzling 
highlights, and excellent fill across a wide range of colors. Genuine EPSON
®
 ink and 
papers create long-lasting and water-resistant prints.
■ CD and DVD printing on ink jet-printable CDs and DVDs, with or without a 
computer. 
■ Ground-breaking Resolution Performance Management
™
 (RPM
®
) technology optimizes 
the number and placement of ink droplets on a variety of papers for superior photo 
quality and performance, with manageable print file sizes. 
■ Three built-in memory card slots support CompactFlash
™
 Type I and II, Secure Digital, 
MultiMediaCard, xD Picture Card, SmartMedia,
™
 Sony Memory Stick,
®
 Memory Stick 
Pro, Memory Stick DUO, and IBM
®
 Microdrive.
™
 
■ An extra USB port on the front lets you connect a digital camera (supported models only) 
or an external storage device, such as an Iomega
®
 Zip
®
 drive or CD-R drive, directly to 
the printer. This lets you save your memory card contents to a CD-R or Zip disk and 
access stored photos without a computer. (The port in the back of the printer is for 
connecting the printer to your computer.)
■ If you have the EPSON Stylus Photo R300M, your printer has a preview monitor to help 
you select photos for printing. 
■ Your printer also supports Bluetooth
®
 technology (using an optional adapter) for sending 
prints wirelessly from your Bluetooth-enabled phones, PDAs, etc. 
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