Trying to choose between Epson R800 and 2200

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I have been using an Epson 870 Photo since they were introduced and been
pleased. I am concerned about light and dark fastness issues. I see the r800
has good archival qualities, but am not sure without having the light cyan and
light magenta, would be any great improvement over a 2200, my other
consideration. The 2200 has good archival qualities, has the "traditional"
Epson photo colors, and prints in a larger format. I see on Red River Paper's
website, they feel a larger version of the r800 will hit the U.S. (Epson denies
this to me). Is there really an improvement in "Photographic" print quality
with this new...5700 dpi, 1.5 picoliter...and so on printer?

Thanks for any and all input.

Eric
 
I have been using an Epson 870 Photo since they were introduced and been
pleased. I am concerned about light and dark fastness issues. I see the r800
has good archival qualities, but am not sure without having the light cyan and
light magenta, would be any great improvement over a 2200, my other
consideration. The 2200 has good archival qualities, has the "traditional"
Epson photo colors, and prints in a larger format. I see on Red River Paper's
website, they feel a larger version of the r800 will hit the U.S. (Epson denies
this to me). Is there really an improvement in "Photographic" print quality
with this new...5700 dpi, 1.5 picoliter...and so on printer?
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The R800 and 2200 both use a variant of the Ultrachrome inkset. The R800
replaces the cyan and magenta variants with a Blue and Red and adds a
glossy coating resin. R800 prints show good color range and the glossy
coating eliminates the so-called bronzing that appears in dark areas.

2200 prints wider paper images and has a 3 or 4 picoliter jet limit vs.
the 1.5 picoliter limit on R800 jets. If you need the larger size go with
the 2200, otherwise choose the R800.
 
cyan and
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One guess (and just a guess) would be that a 1.5 pL drop of cyan could
be equivalent to a 3 pL drop of light cyan? If so, then you are getting
the same color resolution by using less ink ($$).

-Don
 
One guess (and just a guess) would be that a 1.5 pL drop of cyan could
be equivalent to a 3 pL drop of light cyan? If so, then you are getting
the same color resolution by using less ink ($$).

-Don
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No....

The printer will lay down the same total amount of ink when you reduce
the drop size--it just does it with higher resolution.

It does appear that the ultra-small drop gives the same tonality as
the "photo" colors.
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Mark Herring, Pasadena, Calif.
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