I've had the R1800 for something like a year (bought just before the
R1900 was announced). I'm very happy with it - I reckon this kind of
price is where the rate of increase in quality starts to drop against
each extra $$ spent. I doubt that I would really notice enough of a
difference to warrant a printer double the price. I mostly print
around A4 size images on A3 paper, plus general letters, invoices,
etc, and ink usage doesn't seem excessive. If I ever need the
occasional bigger print I can pay to get that done elsewhere, but it
hasn't happened yet.
One major plus for me is that I just use the Epson Premium Glossy
having followed the instructions on setting up colour correctly from
this site
http://www.gballard.net/nca.html
and from the first print I've been getting great looking results with
the same colours as my (profiled) monitor with zero messing around.
For me that simplicity and time saving is worth a huge amount. Of
course I've wasted a few sheets from making daft mistakes, but none
faffing around because the colour balance is off in some way. That's
probably true nowadays for other brands of printers, but maybe not?
James
On 23 Mar 2009, at 18:33, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Pay for itself through cheaper inks? If so, how much printing would
> one
> need to do to justify that? The 3800 is $1145 vs $500 for the 2880
> and
> $350 for the R1900. That's a lot of ink... or maybe not. Maybe
> just a
> lot of ink dollars?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> SwissPace wrote:
>> I went for the R2880 because of the K3 inks as the reviewer at
>>
>> http://www.photo-i.co.uk/Reviews/printers/Epson_R2880/page-1.html
>>
>> prefers them, however on reflection if I could make the choice
>> again I
>> would pay the extra and get the 3800 which I am sure would pay for
>> itself after a year even though I don't print that much.
>>
>> Ian W
>>
>> Mike Lazzari wrote:
>>> This printer has been talked about before. On sale plus a rebate
>>> and
>>> free shipping until 3/28. $350. Seems like a pretty good deal. Of
>>> course
>>> they make it up with the ink. I was wondering how you current owners
>>> like it after using it a while. The R2880 is also on sale with
>>> rebate,
>>> $490 but I don't see any reason to pay the extra $$ given my type of
>>> use. Am I wrong?
>>>
>>>
>>> <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16828103272>
>>> <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16828103296>
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>
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