Epson R800 worth waiting for?

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http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113172,00.asp

I was just about decided on buying the Canon i960 or possible i9100, but
this one sounds pretty interesting, but not out until January. Do you
think it really will be significantly better than the current generation
of inkjets? And how long will it take them to come out with a
wide-carriage version?

There is some discussion of it on dpreview...
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1003&message=6500960
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FWIW - I just visited the photo show in NYC today with the goal of
looking at photo-quality printers. They did have the R800 there
printing away quite impressively. However, around the corner there
say the i960 and the print quality absolutely BLEW ME AWAY all the way
to 8 1/2 x 11 and the i9100 did 13 x 19 astoundingly. Me, not even
knowing the R800 was still not available would (will) definition
choose the 960.

Good luck.
 
Bob Mariotti said:
FWIW - I just visited the photo show in NYC today with the goal of
looking at photo-quality printers. They did have the R800 there
printing away quite impressively. However, around the corner there
say the i960 and the print quality absolutely BLEW ME AWAY all the way
to 8 1/2 x 11 and the i9100 did 13 x 19 astoundingly. Me, not even
knowing the R800 was still not available would (will) definition
choose the 960.
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The size of the print has no effect on the quality as far as the
printer is concerned. While being able to print 13x9 is important to
some people, the quality of the printer is the same whether the paper
is 16x20 or 3x5.
 
The Epson R800 has 1.5 picoliter ink - drops the smallest of any photo
printer. This will result in more detailed, better resolution prints.
The R800 also has 8 ultrachrome cartridges that will last up to 100
years. And don't forget the CD & DVD printing capabilities. I don't
see how the Canon i960 can compete with the new Epson R800.
 
CarBone said:
The Epson R800 has 1.5 picoliter ink - drops the smallest of any photo
printer. This will result in more detailed, better resolution prints.
The R800 also has 8 ultrachrome cartridges that will last up to 100
years. And don't forget the CD & DVD printing capabilities. I don't
see how the Canon i960 can compete with the new Epson R800.
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I have been wondering about that when looking at the i960 vs. i9100. The
i960 has 2 pico liter drops and the i9100 has 4 (right?). I have read
some posts where people say you can't tell the difference in the output
between the i960 and the i9100, but other people say the drop size does
make a visible difference (for example the steves-digicams review of the
i960).

So if I want a wide-carriage printer, and I take the previous poster's
advice that the Canon output is better than the r800, is it worth
waiting for Canon to come out with a wide carriage i960?
 
If wide carriage, and pigment inks is what you want, then buy an Epson
4000 or 7600. Or buy an older printer and use one of the several good
pigment inks from third parties, and learn how to correct the color
difference.
 
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