EPSON Stylus Photo R2880 5760 x 1440 dpi Color Print Quality InkJet Photo Color Printer

Pros: Great output! Being able to make stunning prints at home is fantastic. Everyone talks about the B&W on this printer, but the color is great too. The colors are very accurate. However, you need to have a calibrated monitor and use the right color profile for the paper (I made a print with the wrong color profile and the colors were defintely off). There is no visible grain in the prints. This is taking my level of image control to another level. I now look at every detail very carefully (sharpening, chromatic abberation, etc.). This is not a bad thing...the beauty is in the details.

Cons: No bar code on the paper. This means that you have to manually enter the paper profile.

Overall Review: I am so happy I got this printer. I have tons of pictures that I have not printed due to frustration with labs not producing the same colors I see. This completes my digital darkroom (Lightroom, a calibrated monitor, and this printer). Comments about the small ink carts -- the prices are lower than HP's and Canon's replacement cartriges. Proportionally the cost per print is the same. Also, as a home enthusiast, if I don't print for a few weeks and a print head gets clogged (which has not happened yet), I'd prefer to waste a $12 ink cart than a $30 ink cart. Without hesitation, I highly recommend this printer.

Pros: Quality prints

Cons: I have had this printer since July, have problems that EPSON can not resolve. Printer stops printing half way thru page, have to start all over, wastes a lot of ink and paper. EPSON's solution, I need to conect printer to a stand alone computer with no other printers installed. Watch out for ink usage when changing the black cartridge from photo to matt, you get one change and then the cartridge is "spent"!

Overall Review: Think twice about this printer if you are concerned about wasted ink, paper, and time.

Pros: Does an outstanding job on B&W, but............

Cons: It doesn't do much good if it does a great job if it is undependable. Lots of issues with this model not recognizing cartridges and keep in mind every time you reset the cartridge to try and make it work, it flushes ALL of your colors. Epson has no interest in making you whole for your lost ink. These cartridges are fairly small so you can waste them away fairly quickly. If you don't plan on switching from Photo Black to Matte Black then this isn't as much of an issue. All in all, if you need to be able to sit down and make prints without having to coax the printer to work from time to time (mainly when you need it the most) then forget this one.

Overall Review: I've been using Epson printers for photgraphy for 10 years and the R2880 is the flimsiest build so far. Firewire would be nice. Being able to bypass the low ink warning would be really nice considering there can be 20% of your ink left when it kicks on.

Pros: It will print out on a wide variety of mediums, including photo paper, CDs/DVDs (be careful that you use INKJET printable CDs), brochure paper, plain paper (not the best results with plain however). The color gamut is very wide and accurate to the original picture. Prints are waterproof right off the printer. It works great for both my graphic design and photography. Ink cartridges are dirt cheap compared to my old HP. Pigment based.

Cons: The initial ink charging takes on par with about 5 minutes and uses up a nominal amount of ink out of the cartridges. This is typical with an Epson though. If you aren't careful with the type of media you use, you could possibly end up with a very dirty printer and/or a ruined printhead. Be careful.

Overall Review: Some people are reporting that their ink cartridges are sucked up in 5 or 6 prints. To this I say use either the "speed" or "quality" not max quality mode. Most commercial photo printers only print at 300x300 DPI, so the resolution it prints at on speed mode (1400x700) is almost overkill. It sips some ink, but it's not too bad. So far I've gotten about 50 pages worth of CD covers and 15 8x10 photographs out of it and my ink cartridges just now dipped down to the halfway mark. It's a pigment based printer, so you can't print on everything that says "inkjet" -- check compatibility with pigment inks first or you may be expensively (think: new print head) sorry down the road. Also, it takes about 24 hours for the ink to completely set into a photograph even though the ink is dry straight out of the printer. I use the luster paper. Print quality is outstanding. Not too glossy not too matte. That said, I have no complaints with the quality of prints that I am getting.

Pros: The quality of prints you will have for a lifetime.

Cons: Too much time spent printing and not shooting.

Overall Review: This is the first time I have ever felt compelled to write a review and postit online. I just received my Epson R2880 and I cannot say enough goodthings about it. The set up was a breeze! I followed the directions in the quick startguide, installed the drivers from the CD enclosed with the printer and wentto Epson¹s site to get the latest ICC profiles. Within thirty minutes I had my first print in hand. WOW! Simplyoutstanding! Epson¹s claim that the R2880 provides ³Exhibition QualityPrints² is spot on in my book. The funny thing is, I have a brand new color printer, and the first print Imade was black and white. It brought me back to being a kid in thedarkroom, when I made my first black and white print. (The ones that havehad the experience of seeing a print come to life in developer for the firsttime, know what I¹m talking about). Well, it was just like that experiencewith my new Epson R2880. The bad thing about that, is now I want to run out and buy a scanner for allthose black and

Pros: This is a very good printer. The quality is identical to the 4880. Very good B&W prints with no noticeable color casts. Seems to use much less ink than the Epson 1400 I upgraded from.

Cons: Can use roll paper but has no cutter. Bigger ink cassettes would have been nice.