Epson 1800 printer Your opinions.

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Apr 28, 2005
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Epson 1800, what do you think of it?
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d23
Apr 28, 2005
I have the little brother of the R1800–the R800. I like it a lot–good detail, reasonably fast, pretty quiet. It drinks ink like I drink beer, however–I’m giving serious consideration to refillable cartridges and second party ink, but the choices are pretty limited and require a fairly hefty start-up investment.
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Jake_Hannam
Apr 28, 2005
Q Photo,

I don’t have the 1800 but I do have its little brother, the R800. I think the quality of prints from this printer, on the right paper, is phenomenal. At the highest quality settings, it produces photographic quality prints that I can’t distinguish from the original). The claimed archival quality for the High-Gloss Ultrachrome inks it uses is up to 100 years (again, it depends on the paper type – matte is rated lower for example). I am very pleased with mine so far and highly recommend it (and by extension, its bigger sibling).

As far as I know, the only real difference between the 1800 and the 800 is the paper-handling size.

Jake
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Daryl_Pritchard
Apr 28, 2005
I’m extremely pleased with my old 1270 and would readily buy the R1800 if I had the cash to spare, not to mention a good use for a 1270 so it doesn’t end up adding to a pile of waste somewhere. I’d probably just give it away if I ever replace it.
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Q_Photo
Apr 29, 2005
Daryl and Jake,

Thanks for your replies. I don’t even know if the 1800 is available yet. I would really like to buy the 4000 but since I’m making the change to digital (2 D70’s and a couple of lenses) at this time, it is simply out of the question. Nearly everything that I have heard about the 800 has been good, therefore I expect the 1800 to be about the same. Concerning the right paper; I use Epson paper, and ink, period.

Daryl, I also have been using an Epson 1270 every since they first came out. I originally purchased a 1200 which was a big mistake as I had nothing but trouble with it. Epson took it back and I then purchased the 1270 and I truly love it. Occasionally, it has done some really stupid things, but so has my wife. I still love them. I find it hard to believe how long I have kept them both.

I would like to add that I have been doing restorations for a local lab for over five years. To date, I have not had one complaint concerning fading of colors. This tells me something about Epson printers, papers and inks.

Jake again,
The archival quality of all Epson papers is rated, at the very least, at around seventy years. Since I’m now sixty years of age that meets all of my requirements!

Thanks again for replies, and more would be appreciated.
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george
Apr 30, 2005
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Q Photo,

I don’t have the 1800 but I do have its little brother, the R800. I think
the quality of prints from this printer, on the right paper, is phenomenal. At the highest quality settings, it produces photographic quality prints that I can’t distinguish from the original). The claimed archival quality for the High-Gloss Ultrachrome inks it uses is up to 100 years (again, it depends on the paper type – matte is rated lower for example). I am very pleased with mine so far and highly recommend it (and by extension, its bigger sibling).
As far as I know, the only real difference between the 1800 and the 800 is
the paper-handling size.
Jake

I ran into the Epson rep at a local Best Buy a few days ago and asked some questions and was told that while the hardware is nearly the same (except for paper handling), the driver was rewritten to provide a greater gamut. (Of course, nothing says that they won’t do that for the R800.)

George

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