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| "Bad outweighs good. Good quality print" |
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By eamonmoriarty 2008-04-11 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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First one lasted one month. Stopped printing altogether. Second one developed "media out or not loaded properly" errors after 2 months. This error which seems to be common would have stopped me purchasing if I had known about it. Very disappointing (Read full review at CNET)
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| Pros: Good quality print |
| Cons: Horrific paper handling |
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| "Great output but lousy reliability and support - Buyer beware!" |
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By adamgloss 2008-02-28 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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My wife is an avid hobbyist photographer, and we bought this printer so that she could print out photos where she wanted good, but not professional quality, prints, even in larger formats. She's been thrilled with the overall performance of the print (Read full review at CNET)
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| Pros: Will print large formats, great color print quality |
| Cons: Motherboard failed. Replacement parts not available. |
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| Great printer until the warranty expires...how convenient for Epson |
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2007-12-15 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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I purchased this printer in February of '06. All went well for a little over a year until one day I tried to print some photos I'd taken at "Best photo" level and the printer kept giving me an error message that there was a paper jam. After making (Read full review at B&H Photo Video)
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| Doesn't good for price |
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By Bob from Phoenix AZ 2007-11-23 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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I had a several Epson printers and R-1800 is the worst one for it's price. I am professional videographer and use printers to print pictures for DVD cases and CD-s and DVD-s printable disks. First problem I had is when I load photo paper printer (Read full review at B&H Photo Video)
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| "Incredible output for both hobby enthusiast and professionals alike" |
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By aperio 2007-09-22 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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I am actually on my 2nd Epson 1800 printer and still have nothing but glowing reviews of it. The quality still just absolutely stuns me. Aside from the stunning details and rich colors this printer produces, I particularly like the fact that it pri (Read full review at CNET)
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| Pros: incredible quality, extended print size, speed and ease of use |
| Cons: A little pricey, needs to be used regularly so it doesn't clog |
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| -- Networkitweek Expert, Networkitweek 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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| If you want to print traditionally sized 10 x 15cm photos from your digital camera, compact printers are practical and economical. But if you want to step up a gear and really make the most from your high-megapixel digital snaps, you should consider the Epson Stylus Photo R1800. It's not PictBridge compatible and has no integrated screen, but it's an A3 printer than can print borderless images up to A3+ (48 x 33cm). It can also print onto photo paper as small as 10 x 15cm and onto inkjet-compatible CDs and paper rolls for panoramic shots. It uses eight ink cartridges to generate some absolutely stunning prints. As well as the familiar six cartridges that most photo printers use, the R1800 also employs matte black and gloss black. These ink tanks come into action when printing on matte and glossy photo papers. Although we were initially cynical, the sharp, detailed, colour-rich results were dazzling and looked fantastic, while the matte and gloss finishes gave it that extra bit of professionalism. However, with all this quality something had to give and, in this case, it was speed. In our tests, a borderless A4 glossy photo took 3min 10sec, while pages of black text appeared at a rate of four pages per minute. In draft mode, though, an A3 colour page will be spat out in under a minute, which is a thumbs up for those with a home office. It's also very big (45.3cm x 61.5cm x 73.7cm) but perhaps our greatest concern is its running costs. At just shy of £90 to replace all eight ink cartridges, £25 for 50 sheets of A4 Premium Glossy paper and £350 to buy the printer in the first place, it's not cheap. Still, the R1800 is a stunning product. If you're serious about quality, and money is no object, it's worth considering. Permalink Comments Forward Print digg del.icio.us reddit! Related content Latest news Antivirus and Firewall Protection PC help: Simple AVG updates Use a downloaded update on multiple machines 20 Dec 2006 Home Networks Stay energy efficient We show you how to save energy and money by using your IT equipment wisely 20 Dec 2006 Online Help for people to make digital TV switch BBC to take sting out of cost of digital switchover 20 Dec 2006 > More news Latest in depth Comment Lose track of time and yule be sorry The age-old problem of shopping in good time for Xmas has not been cracked by e-commerce 19 Dec 2006 Comment Barclays can?t bank on its intelligence BI systems can prove a liability if, like one high-street bank, you measure the wrong things 18 Dec 2006 Comment Will Palm revitalise its old platform? Reports of the demise of Palm OS were premature, but can it compete in today?s world? 18 Dec 2006 > More in depth Reader comments Advertising Marketplace Software License control, Windows Vista/XP Upgrade Manage Software Licenses, plan for XP/Vista upgrades, Security Audits. Click to try and whitepapers. Free Webcast: How to Profit with Remote Support Learn how to grow your IT services business. Discover how remote support can fuel your business in ways you've never thought of before, expand your geographic reach and see how the right technology can widen the gap between you and your competition. WAN based Vulnerability Assessment WAN based, automated, daily vulnerability assessments. Click here to try and request our whitepapers. EMC - The easier way to archive is here Minimize risk, control costs, and protect vital information with EMC's software archiving platform. Online Storage - IBackup IBackup offers secure online storage, online backup and remote access services for consumers and businesses, for Windows, Mac and Linux including handheld devices. Features include Network Drive Mapping using IDrive, Sharing and more! Have your product or service listed here > TechFinder Search for Software, Hardware & Solutions Enterprise Accounting Solutions Business Intelligence Solutions Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Supply Chain Management Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Project Management Solutions Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Security Solutions Systems Management Networking and Communications Solutions Sponsored links ...
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| -- Networkitweek Expert, Networkitweek 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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| One of the advantages of owning a high-megapixel digital camera is that you can print your photos at large sizes without a reduction in quality. The Epson Stylus Photo R1800 allows you to print onto paper sizes from 10 x 15cm right up to A3+ (48 x 33cm) and it uses eight ink cartridges to do so. Alongside the usual six colour cartridges, the R1800 uses two extra tanks - matte and gloss black. These have been designed to provide a better finish to prints used with Epson's matte and glossy photo papers. It sounds like just another marketing ploy, but the two extra inks do have an effect. Without any extra enhancement, the R1800 produced prints rich in colour with excellent skin tones and sharp detail. And print quality is difficult to fault. Naturally, the R1800 will print borderless photos but, using the supplied attachments, it will also print to inkjet-compatible CDs and onto paper rolls, which is good for panoramic shots. In our tests, a borderless A4 glossy photo took three minutes, 10 seconds to appear, while black text emerged at four pages per minute, which makes this one of the slower printers on the market. However, if you switch off the photo settings, the R1800 will be able to produce an A3 colour page in under a minute - good news for office workers. The only drawback to a printer of this ilk (apart from its gigantic footprint) is the cost of ownership. At £89.66 to replace all eight ink cartridges, £24.31 for 50 sheets of A4 Premium Glossy paper and an initial outlay of £350, it's not cheap. However, photo enthusiasts will no doubt be able to justify the cost by citing its excellent print quality and large variety of paper sizes it can accommodate. Permalink Comments Forward Print digg del.icio.us reddit! Related content Latest news Software Applications Hands on: Organisation in databases Organise your data by creating many-to-many relationships between multiple fields 20 Dec 2006 Network Tools Review: Peak Mpeg4 Pan/Tilt Internet Camera A low-cost way to monitor your home via the internet 20 Dec 2006 Flat Panel monitors Review: Samsung Syncmaster 225BW TFT monitor A quality 22in monitor with a good selection of features 20 Dec 2006 > More news Latest in depth Comment Lose track of time and yule be sorry The age-old problem of shopping in good time for Xmas has not been cracked by e-commerce 19 Dec 2006 Comment Barclays can?t bank on its intelligence BI systems can prove a liability if, like one high-street bank, you measure the wrong things 18 Dec 2006 Comment Will Palm revitalise its old platform? Reports of the demise of Palm OS were premature, but can it compete in today?s world? 18 Dec 2006 > More in depth Reader comments Advertising Marketplace Software License control, Windows Vista/XP Upgrade Manage Software Licenses, plan for XP/Vista upgrades, Security Audits. Click to try and whitepapers. Free Webcast: How to Profit with Remote Support Learn how to grow your IT services business. Discover how remote support can fuel your business in ways you've never thought of before, expand your geographic reach and see how the right technology can widen the gap between you and your competition. WAN based Vulnerability Assessment WAN based, automated, daily vulnerability assessments. Click here to try and request our whitepapers. EMC - The easier way to archive is here Minimize risk, control costs, and protect vital information with EMC's software archiving platform. Online Storage - IBackup IBackup offers secure online storage, online backup and remote access services for consumers and businesses, for Windows, Mac and Linux including handheld devices. Features include Network Drive Mapping using IDrive, Sharing and more! Have your product or service listed here > TechFinder Search for Software, Hardware & Solutions Enterprise Accounting Solutions Business Intelligence Solutions Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Supply Chain Management Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Project Management Solutions Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Security Solutions Systems Management Networking and Communications Solutions Sponsored links ...
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| -- T3 Expert, T3 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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| Epson Stylus Photo R1800 Get stunning A3 prints super fast. If you're not happy with prints unless you can see the nostril hairs on a full-size image of a monkey's head, you need a top-class A3 printer. And this model is certainly at the top of its ...
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| -- CNET Expert, CNET 1 out of 1 found this reivew helpful |
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| A perfect printer for the budget-minded photo fanatic, the medium-format Epson Stylus Photo R1800 delivers long-lasting, exhibition-quality color prints. It's virtually identical to its letter-size counterpart, the equally impressive Stylus Photo R800 , but its UltraChrome Hi-Gloss ink set lacks the monochrome chops that Epson put into the new UltraChrome K3 inks, which debut in the Stylus Photo R2400 . The Hi-Gloss ink set comprises six primaries: cyan, magenta, yellow, red, and blue, plus a choice of photo black or matte black, which both reside in the printer full time--no cartridge swapping required. The eighth tank holds the gloss optimizer, which is applied when printing on glossy paper stock. This coating overcomes the tendency of the black pigment inks to become perceptibly less glossy soon after drying as well as preventing bronzing in those areas. Like the R800, the 13x19-capable R1800 feeds paper through an L-shaped path, loading from the top and exiting in front. This design is easy to manage, though more prone to collecting dust than are cassette or front-feed paths. It also provides a straight-through paper path for very heavy media, including CDs or DVDs. The Stylus Photo R1800 also offers roll-paper capability, which permits prints as large as 13x44 inches. The R1800, like the HP Photosmart 8750 , handles large-size output via a series of extendable plastic trays that seem rather flimsy. To protect them, consider locating the printer in a low-traffic area. In practice, the trays do work well and have the advantage of being able to retract completely into the printer body when not in use. The Stylus Photo R1800 does a reasonably good job with black-and-white output but creates composite grays, typically resulting in a slight color cast in the print. For more neutral monochrome, you'll have to opt for the R2400. Though not quite neutral, the R1800's grays show less variability under changing light sources than do those of its competitors. It also displays a very good dynamic range and color accuracy, as well as the best flesh tones of any of the photo printers we've seen thus far. Text looks extremely sharp, though under a loupe we spotted some minor irregularities. Also, graphics had some slight printhead banding in the gradient fills, as well as some slight jaggies in the curves. Wilhelm Research's initial print-life estimates for the UltraChrome Hi-Gloss ink set on various specialty papers indicate stability ranging from 64 to 200 years when properly mounted in a frame, under glass. In CNET Labs' tests , the R1800 was noticeably faster than the R800--conceivably the result of testing with different versions of the printer driver--and thus far ranks as the fastest for printing text among the medium-format photo printers. It can't quite keep up with Canon for photo-printing speed, but it clearly outpaces the HP Photosmart 8750. It printed our 8x10-inch test photo (on Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper using the Best quality option) in two minutes flat. In nearly 90 days of use, the printer operated flawlessly except for one incident. After several idle days, it nearly stopped printing red tones. Nozzle Check revealed that about 90 percent of the red nozzles were blocked, but running Head Cleaning twice fixed the problem. Unfortunately, Epson's printheads have a reputation for this type of behavior, as we noted in the review for the R800. You should make it a habit to run Nozzle Check after several days of printer inactivity. Like its little brother, the R800, the Epson Stylus Photo R1800 produces very good color photos, and if you're willing to put up with some finicky nozzles and imperfect black-and-white prints in exchange for speed and media flexibility, you'll find it a very solid choice. ...
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| Epson Stylus Photo R1800 Nearly all printers designed for reproducing digital photographs are targeted at A4 or 15cm x 10cm prints, but there are some applications, particularly posters and advertising materials, where the extra size of A3 comes in very handy. Epson uses its new UltraChrome Hi-Gloss pigmented inks in this machine, which it claims have a fade resistance of over 80 years, though inevitably this is under glass and accelerated light tests. Considering the width of A3 paper is only 1.4 times greater than A4, the Stylus Photo R1800 really makes its presence felt. It’s a very substantial machine with a huge, telescopic paper support at the back and a counter-balanced output tray that swings out from the front. You can adjust the paper guides for any paper size from 15cm x 10cm prints, through A4 and A3, to A3+, which measures 19 x 13 inches and enables borderless A3 prints. You can also fit the supplied roll paper holder at the back of the printer so you can produce banners or prints of arbitrary length. Finally, there’s a CD holder, so you can print on CDs designed for ink-jet ink. Although there are eight ink tanks in the Stylus Photo R1800, it's only a six-colour printer. The two extra tanks are filled with matte and gloss black. These extras are used to produce the best possible results on both glossy photo paper and some of the special papers Epson can supply, which include film and watercolour paper for arty prints. Down the right-hand end of the machine there’s a column of four buttons and these control the usual functions such as page feed and cartridge maintenance. At the back there's a USB 2 socket and, more unusually, a Firewire socket too. This should particularly please the Apple fraternity. Despite its size, the Stylus Photo R1800 is easy to set up. Lift the lid, plug in the eight ink tanks and wait for the priming cycle to complete. Software installation is also straightforward and comprises several Epson print utilities, for handling tasks like printing Web pages, photos and CDs. The driver covers all the bases, with multi-page per sheet, watermarks and manual duplexing, but looks a little old-hat. For example, there are no task wizards which set all the parameters for photos or plain paper print in a couple of clicks. One of the most impressive features of this printer is the speed with which it can produce an A3, full-colour page in a non-photo mode. With a wide swathe from the print heads, the page completes in well under a minute and for many purposes, such as sticking on a student bedsit wall, the print quality is easily good enough. ...
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