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Epson R1800 Stylus, Photo Printer | 
| Brand: Epson
Category: CE
List Price: $642.83
Buy Used: $450.00
You Save: $192.83 (30%)
New (2) Used (3) Refurbished (2) from $450.00
Rating:  4 reviews
Shipping Weight (lbs): 43
MPN: R1800
Model: R1800
UPC: 840356467269
EAN: 0840356467269
ASIN: B000N5YR6U
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 8-color Epson UltraChrome Hi-Gloss pigment inkset for superior gloss and a wider color gamut | | • | Auto-switching Photo and Matte black inks to achieve optimum results on virtually any media type | | • | Supports glossy, luster, matte, fine art, and direct CD/DVD printing | | • | Produces 13 x 44" BorderFree panoramic prints with roll paper | | • | Fade-resistant photos lasting up to 200 years under glass or 300 years in a photo album |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Superior glossy photos and enhanced media versatility are the distinctive capabilities of the Epson Stylus Photo R1800. Revolutionary UltraChrome Hi-Gloss ink incorporates a Gloss Optimizer to ensure your glossy prints are smooth and uniform. With the addition of red and blue inks, the R1800 also offers an extremely wide color gamut for incredibly vivid prints. This printer also supports a wide variety of media including thick fine art and roll papers and allows you to explore your creativity on various textures and a multitude of sizes up to 13" x 44". Due to the high-performance piezo printhead, the R1800 also speeds through your projects quickly. Best of all, with its archival pigment inks, your images and your ideas can stand the test of time for up to 200 years.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent printer but... September 21, 2008
S. Stinson (Oklahoma USA)
The Epson R1800 is an excellent pigment ink printer. Fantastic quality, fast, and quiet. I'm a graphic designer and photographer, and have used it exclusively for design proofs and photography, most usually printing the larger 13x19 sizes. I've been through two of them in the last three years.
Here's the "but" in my review: if you're a heavy user like me, you'll fill up the waste ink tank very quickly. What's that? The waste ink is what happens when you clean your printer and/or it dumps the excess as it's printing. While I don't clean mine too often, I do use it a lot, so standard cleanings are the norm. To replace the waste ink tank runs about $150-$200, so it becomes a question of replacement, hacking your machine to install an external tank (only recommended if you're mechanically inclined and btw, it will void your warranty) or buying a new printer.
The average life of my printers have been about 16-18 months, and in my opinion, that's not long enough for a printer that costs as much as the R1800 and R1900s cost.
The ink cartridge prices are expensive, as well, so I converted mine to a bulk in feed system using Media Street's Niagara bulk continuous ink system (CIS). One caveat there: these inks tend to clog if not used on a daily basis, so again, you'll be replacing the ink waste tank sooner if you don't print regularly. However, you will save thousands in ink costs, and I'm not kidding. My yearly ink cost went down over $1,000 by abandoning the cartridges and using the bulk feed CIS.
Overall, the R1800 is an excellent printer. The colors are true, printer is fast, and you can't beat it's fairly decent price.
 Total satisfaction with the R1800 August 8, 2008
Max Oelschlaeger (ABQ, NM)
I've had my R1800 for about two years, and printed perhaps 250 8x10 and 10x12 images over that time period. The performance has been stellar in all regards. I'd rate the genuine Epson cartridge life as well above average compared to the HPs I've owned. One trick: only change the cartridge when the "red light" on the printer appears; the on-screen pop-up warning is at least 20 percent ahead of empty. I've never had to clean a nozzle. I've used Epson paper exclusively, so I can't rate the performance of other papers with this machine.
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