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 - Great printerLet me start by saying: YOU NEED TO CALIBRATE YOUR MONITOR WITH YOUR PRINTER TO GET THE BEST PRINTS. Also, go to Epson and download the printer profiles. I actually won this printer in a contest, and had never really used a top of the line printer like this. The first couple things I printed looked horrible, I was really disappointed. The color contrast was out of whack, they didn't "pop" at all. Then I went through the calibration process and things are much better. Try the velvet fine art paper, it's amazing! Rating:  - A Very Good photo printer for color & B&WThis thing prints amazing color and B&Ws. If you don't need b&W's, save the $250 and get the R1800. Yep, the changing cartridges is a pain and it does drink ink, but if quality is your primary focus this is a good deal. It took me a while to get the color profiles setup between my computer and printer (make sure you have the paper profiles), but after some messing around I got it where I wanted it. I found epson luster paper to be great for color and velvet fine art paper my B&W choice (it's a bit softer than matte). When you buy this, make sure you spend another $100 bucks for the full backup color cartrigedes, it takes about 1 full set to get your colors right (or it did for me at least). But this is a professional level printer, and if you have good shots, this can be your one stop printer. I would describe this as the Porsche of printers. Not cheap to maintain, and has some quarks, but for high performance it is a good value. Rating:  - Epson R2400 Short FallsI purchase quite a bit of equipment for my company and I have to say this was one of the more disappointing ones. The deficiencies in this printer are only exaggerated by Epson's non English speaking technical people. And on top of that, Epson agrees there are issues that reduce the unit's capabilities. Wait until you have to replace all 8 cartriges when all you need is black. The drivers don't let you specify. There is an after market driver available, but get ready to put out $600. Then you have to usually special order those 8 cartriges. I could go on and on, but it would just take less time to buy a different printer. Rating: - the best printer everI have used this printer at school and decided to get one for myself since I'll be graduating. It is the best photo printer I have used and gives consistently good relults. I don't even have much of a calibration problem. The inks are expensive, but well worth the quality. Rating: - Artist's printsPerfect color, registration and reproduction of artist's colored pen and ink drawings. Really critical eye to accept these copies. Like the feature to be able to use the last drop of ink in the cartridge...the printer seems to know in advance when it doesn't have enough to do the job. I wonder why this printer is listed under the all-in-one category? All it does is print.
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