Epson Stylus Photo R800
Review Date: 22nd July 2004
Introduction
The
Epson Stylus Photo R800 is a 7 colour, 5760 x 1440 optimised dpi
inkjet printer that offers borderless printing at print sizes
up to A4 and is aimed at the professional and amateur photographer.
The Epson R800 uses UltraChrome Hi-Gloss pigment inks,
which have previously only been used in the Epson 2100/2200
A3 printer. The pigment inks on the Epson R800 are archival quality, offering
print life of over 80 years on certain papers. On the Epson
2100/2200, they also caused "bronzing" on gloss
papers, effectively limiting that printer to matt papers only.
Now Epson claims to have solved this problem on the R800 via the addition
of Gloss Optimizer technology, designed for optimising highly
durable gloss pigment ink prints, resulting in a smooth and
even gloss finish. As if that wasn't enough, Epson have also
introduced Red and Blue inks on the R800, which create a colour gamut
rivalling that of silver halide photos, and they have reduced
the ink droplet size to just 1.5 picolitres. So is the Epson Stylus
Photo R800 the ultimate A4 photo printer? Read my review to
find out.
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