But the slightly different slant of the 2200 means it's perhaps best considered a fine art printer for use with matt papers, or for finely nuanced black and white work. It is similar to the 2200 and offers similar quality.

Overall, this is an excellent enthusiast's printer at a reasonable price. Otherwise, the inks deliver an extended colour gamut that really does the job, with no hints of the bronzing problem that marred output on earlier models. The one niggle is that with the default profile yellow seems a touch understated. With glossy paper the output doesn't just rival anything you can get from a wet darkroom, it surpasses it. With less perfectionistic tendencies you can get an A4 print in a few minutes - much faster than you may be used to.Īs for quality - it's stunning. Speed is good but if you turn on all the quality options you can still expect to have a long coffee break before an A3 print is finished. The bottom line is speed and print quality. The supplied software is uniformly mediocre - it's hard to understand why Epson even bothers with some of it - but the basic drivers seem solid and reliable. Connections are via USB, but rather faster FireWire is also built in offering a handy speed boost. Physically, like all A3 printers, it's a hefty beast, and you'll need to allow at least half a metre front to back and plenty of desk space. It can also print on CDs and DVDs using the now-familiar Epson adaptor tray. You can set up the R1800 to work with panoramic paper formats at the cost of some effort, but it's a bit of a performance and it's really much happier sticking to A3 and smaller paper sizes. It's also missing a roll feeder and sheet cutter, neither of which will be missed by many.

This won't bother most photographers, but if you were planning to print directly onto thick card or other esoteric materials the R1800 won't be for you.

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