Epson R1800?

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John A. Stovall

Now that the R1800's are shipping has anyone got is first hand
experience with one?

It is as good as it appears to be on paper?


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I saw one in action at Calumet Photo in Chicago.
I must say I was very impressed.
They were printing samples in color and monochrome.
the monochrome was done on Epson enhanced matte, and the color was either on
the premium luster or the premium semigloss. The output was as good as
anything I have seen in the past. It will be the next printer I own.

I know some people are saying that the r1800 doesn't do as good of a job on
matte as the 2200. I did not compare them side by side but have seen 2200
output before, and I feel the r1800 was as good or better. On gloss there is
no comparison, the r1800 is the best inkjet I have seen.

Cheers,
Paul
 
Paul said:
I saw one in action at Calumet Photo in Chicago.
I must say I was very impressed.
They were printing samples in color and monochrome.
the monochrome was done on Epson enhanced matte, and the color was either on
the premium luster or the premium semigloss. The output was as good as
anything I have seen in the past. It will be the next printer I own.

I know some people are saying that the r1800 doesn't do as good of a job on
matte as the 2200. I did not compare them side by side but have seen 2200
output before, and I feel the r1800 was as good or better. On gloss there is
no comparison, the r1800 is the best inkjet I have seen.

Cheers,
Paul
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Paul said:
I saw one in action at Calumet Photo in Chicago.
I must say I was very impressed.
They were printing samples in color and monochrome.
the monochrome was done on Epson enhanced matte, and the color was either on
the premium luster or the premium semigloss. The output was as good as
anything I have seen in the past. It will be the next printer I own.

I know some people are saying that the r1800 doesn't do as good of a job on
matte as the 2200. I did not compare them side by side but have seen 2200
output before, and I feel the r1800 was as good or better. On gloss there is
no comparison, the r1800 is the best inkjet I have seen.

Cheers,
Paul
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I just tried it yesterday- printed a 13x19 glossy of a bright dawn snow
scene - 2DH w/ 2.8 AFS at nom. 28mm - this was handheld and it clearly
shows 1/16 " dia pachysandra branches approx 160' away against fresh
snow backdrop- wish I used a tripod!

Its quiet, its fast - and color seems great.
 
I have been using the R1800 for a couple of weeks now and have not
been disappointed.

I did have a problem with banding, but it turned out to be my fault as
I was attempting to print on Epson's 'colorlife' paper using the semi
gloss profile. It seems that with so much technology built into the
print engine it really does use exactly the right amount of ink for
the characteristics of the paper, therefore if a paper is a little
less absorbent than the chosen profile, banding will occur.

I have also done quite a lot of monochrome printing now and the
results are exceptional, I take a lot of photographs of architectural
subjects and the R1800 output in B&W is stunning.
 
John What of the Bronzing problem, many say it is still a problem with the
1800. Have you seen this.
 
Shooter said:
John What of the Bronzing problem, many say it is still a problem with the
1800. Have you seen this.
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I have not seen this problem at all, I guess with something as
fundamental as this Epson would be unlikely to launch a new printer
without tackling it :>)
 
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