Epson Stylus Photo R1800 Photo Printers
Epson Stylus Photo R1800 Photo Printers
USER REVIEWS
[Nov 26, 2010]
DrTomFlint
Expert
Strength:
Beautiful large format printing with archival quality ink for a couple of days when it is new.
Weakness:
1) Indicates ink cartridge is empty when it is more than half full.
This is a piece of crap. Epson might think they make money on all the ink you buy but they will lose money cause nobody will buy another Epson after this experience.
Customer Service Yeah right. |
[Jun 10, 2009]
ronnie
Professional
Strength:
none except it has a large format option
Weakness:
see above....dont buy it absolutely terrible printer. as one person says it is a "ink sink hole" . terrible. constantly replacing cartridges at $17 a shot. stupid. wish i had never bought this piece of junk. espson, however, i am sure is happy that alot of dummies bought the think and are constantly running back and forth for epson cartridges.
Customer Service cant and wont help Similar Products Used: HP
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[Feb 11, 2009]
WonderView
Professional
Strength:
None
Weakness:
The fact that it exists. The printer should come with a sledge hammer so you can smash it to bits when it frustrates the hell out of you...and it will!
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[May 15, 2008]
phil
Intermediate
Strength:
color printing
Weakness:
sink hole for ink drinks ink. have to replace cartridges every time i print as i dont print often Customer Service wanted money Similar Products Used: I.T. professional. many used |
[Jul 17, 2007]
zeissica@yahoo.com
Expert
Strength:
The hardware is great, and I like being able to replace individual ink cartridges. The prints look fantastic when everything goes will during the printing prep steps. The 13x19 size is really nice, and the ability to print borderless is also a nice feature.
Weakness:
The driver software is absolutely terrible. Completely inexcusable that it would be so buggy. I had used a 1280 printer for several years, and overall I was very happy with it. There was some work involved with getting it to print accurate colors, along with decent B&W, but I got it there with help from camera forums and colleagues in the camera club. The colors on the 1280 were good, but not as saturated as I would have liked. And then because it was a dye-based ink system, it was not archival. The best results I was able to get were with Ilford Gallerie Classic Pearl paper, later sold also by Epson as ColorLife.
Customer Service I sent a note to customer service about the issue of not being able to select black ink only, and perhaps if there would be a firmware update. They never responded. Similar Products Used: Espon Stylus Photo 1280 |
[Dec 07, 2006]
greghalliday
Intermediate
Strength:
Image permanence (Epson's claim)
Weakness:
The first print I made had some banding, but on all subsequent shots it hasn't been a problem.
A great printer for a great price. This printer is hands down better than any other printer I have used (Canon i850, Epson 1270, various HPs). I use it in an easily accomplished color managed workflow. I use Moab Paper exclusively and use the ICC profiles they publish on their website. This saves me the hassle of having to custom profile everything (I do have a day job). 13x19s printed on Moab Entrada paper (a matte surface) are wonderful and very sharp. One nice point about the Epson inks that most others lack is they dry instantly. This allows you to see what the image will look like right out of the printer rather than having to wait a while for the colors to come around. I have not done any rigorous light-fastness testing, but I believe Epson when they claim an archival life span. Just make sure your paper is up to the longevity task as well. If I wasn't such a slave to newness, I would likely never need to buy another photo printer as long as I live. I am that satisfied. Customer Service Haven't needed to use them yet. Similar Products Used: Epson 1270 |
[Jan 17, 2006]
dcastigl
Professional
Strength:
Print Quality, Print size, Quitness, Speed it has all it.
Weakness:
I think it eats (or maybe better: drinks) ink! I believe the inks are more expensive in Europe than they are in the US (+- 17 Euro/cartridge), and unfortunatelly it uses a lot of them. I also do think that Epson made an error putting these small cartridges of the R800 in it. When you print A3 & A3+, you have constantly one or the other ink running empty... so you have to have quite some stock to avoid disruption of your work. It's a couple of month now that I own this printer and each and every time I use, I am amazed. The output quality is great, it's fast, it's quiet! I print a lot on "archival Matte" paper, but also on "Premium Photo Glossy" - I love both, each having its qualities. I do print sometimes in Black/White; I know the Epson "Expert" for this is the R2400 (I bought this R1800 before the R2400 came out), but to my personnel opinion, the prints out of the R1800 are already very good. To me this is really good, although I am a professional photographer who used to work in the wet darkroom for years... Customer Service No reason yet to contact them. Similar Products Used: Several (older) HP's before this, Olympus P-400 Dye-Sub |