Customer Rating: 
Summary: Not Mac Friendly
Comment: I bought this printer thinking that it was going to be as great as my past epson printers. Boy was I wrong! Unfortunately, I've had nothing but trouble with this printer. So far, I've only been able to print basic documents, but nothing fancy. It turns out that the driver doesn't support Intel Based Macs. So although it can print real simple documents, I can't choose the print quality when I need to print higher resolution pictures, so all my art prints are coming out horrible. I went online and downloaded the driver for the Intel based Mac and I followed the directions that Epson posted, but I still can't choose the print settings. I've had it for a couple of weeks and I'm about ready to throw it out the window! It's very frustrating and it has set me back with work because I can't print and sell my art prints. I'm sure if the driver worked, it would be a great printer, but so far I could've bought a $90 cheap printer and have gotten better prints.
Customer Rating:
Summary: unreliable
Comment: I've read the other bad reviews of this printer on Amazon as of July 29, 2007, and all of them mention the same problem that I have with it: It gives me an "out of media" or "media not properly loaded" error message at random. I can't print with it now at all( the error messages always appear), but up until this time, for no particular reason, it would not accept the paper loaded into the paper tray no matter what I tried. It has produced prints in the past, but VERY unreliably for an over-$500 machine!!!!! I've hooked the printer to 2 different Mac's running Tiger, and to a PC running Windows XP Pro - same problem no matter what computer is driving it or what efforts I make to reload drivers, etc.. My conclusion is that a percentage of the printers shipped, perhaps 5 to 10% , have the media problem, but Epson is willing to accept the risk that you get a bad one. I would never buy an Epson printer again.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A professional grade printer.
Comment: This printer will do justice to the photos and graphics that a person spends so much time and labor on. Colors and textures are just the way we planned the job. Epson ink quality is excellent.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Can't be beat!!!
Comment: I won't mention any names but I personally compared the output of this printer with that of two other brands in this price range before my purchase. Once I got mine home and hooked up, I knew that my research was valid. as a lifetime shutterbug(brownie thru instamatic, 35mm and now digital SLR), I find myself most concerned with the quality of my images. That is really what matters in a photo-printer. (right?) It's not cheap but If you have a camera of 4mp or better and want to print larger images or create panoramic shots, this is the printer for you.
Customer Rating:
Summary: What a big mutha... :-)
Comment: This printer replaced an Epson Stylus Photo 960 which served me faithfully for several years. While I was impressed with the 960's output, a side-by-side comparison versus the R1800 shows the R1800 to be the superior printer. (Well, I guess there's no suprise there...)
Yes it's big, yes the ink is expensive and so is the paper, but you get what you pay for, and it's the cost of doing business. If you want to see *real* expensive setups, go back to chemical darkroom photography. To me, today's cost of inkjet printers and supplies are *cheap* compared to enlargers, chemicals, silver halide/azo papers (not to mention the trays, smell, temperature control and dozens of other things I disliked about traditional darkrooms), and I don't have to work in the dark!
The 13"x19" prints are gorgeous, and is (ahem) forcing me to upgrade my camera. I have yet to fully play with the 13" roll paper (which was a primary reason I bought this printer) but I have no doubt the'll look as good as the 13"x19" prints I've been playing with.
Yes, it's a big printer, but only about 4-5" wider than my 960. The 960 already took 7 ink carts, so the jump to 8 seperate carts doesn't bother me.
And I'm not a fanboy of Epson, I still have my HP970c I still use (since it has a duplexer) but nothing HP, Canon or anyone else has on the market comes close to the R1800...
With the current $[...] from Epson, this printer is a no brainer if you need a larger format printer that can do borderless, roll paper and CD/DVDs.
Summary: Not Mac Friendly
Comment: I bought this printer thinking that it was going to be as great as my past epson printers. Boy was I wrong! Unfortunately, I've had nothing but trouble with this printer. So far, I've only been able to print basic documents, but nothing fancy. It turns out that the driver doesn't support Intel Based Macs. So although it can print real simple documents, I can't choose the print quality when I need to print higher resolution pictures, so all my art prints are coming out horrible. I went online and downloaded the driver for the Intel based Mac and I followed the directions that Epson posted, but I still can't choose the print settings. I've had it for a couple of weeks and I'm about ready to throw it out the window! It's very frustrating and it has set me back with work because I can't print and sell my art prints. I'm sure if the driver worked, it would be a great printer, but so far I could've bought a $90 cheap printer and have gotten better prints.
Customer Rating:
Summary: unreliable
Comment: I've read the other bad reviews of this printer on Amazon as of July 29, 2007, and all of them mention the same problem that I have with it: It gives me an "out of media" or "media not properly loaded" error message at random. I can't print with it now at all( the error messages always appear), but up until this time, for no particular reason, it would not accept the paper loaded into the paper tray no matter what I tried. It has produced prints in the past, but VERY unreliably for an over-$500 machine!!!!! I've hooked the printer to 2 different Mac's running Tiger, and to a PC running Windows XP Pro - same problem no matter what computer is driving it or what efforts I make to reload drivers, etc.. My conclusion is that a percentage of the printers shipped, perhaps 5 to 10% , have the media problem, but Epson is willing to accept the risk that you get a bad one. I would never buy an Epson printer again.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A professional grade printer.
Comment: This printer will do justice to the photos and graphics that a person spends so much time and labor on. Colors and textures are just the way we planned the job. Epson ink quality is excellent.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Can't be beat!!!
Comment: I won't mention any names but I personally compared the output of this printer with that of two other brands in this price range before my purchase. Once I got mine home and hooked up, I knew that my research was valid. as a lifetime shutterbug(brownie thru instamatic, 35mm and now digital SLR), I find myself most concerned with the quality of my images. That is really what matters in a photo-printer. (right?) It's not cheap but If you have a camera of 4mp or better and want to print larger images or create panoramic shots, this is the printer for you.
Customer Rating:
Summary: What a big mutha... :-)
Comment: This printer replaced an Epson Stylus Photo 960 which served me faithfully for several years. While I was impressed with the 960's output, a side-by-side comparison versus the R1800 shows the R1800 to be the superior printer. (Well, I guess there's no suprise there...)
Yes it's big, yes the ink is expensive and so is the paper, but you get what you pay for, and it's the cost of doing business. If you want to see *real* expensive setups, go back to chemical darkroom photography. To me, today's cost of inkjet printers and supplies are *cheap* compared to enlargers, chemicals, silver halide/azo papers (not to mention the trays, smell, temperature control and dozens of other things I disliked about traditional darkrooms), and I don't have to work in the dark!
The 13"x19" prints are gorgeous, and is (ahem) forcing me to upgrade my camera. I have yet to fully play with the 13" roll paper (which was a primary reason I bought this printer) but I have no doubt the'll look as good as the 13"x19" prints I've been playing with.
Yes, it's a big printer, but only about 4-5" wider than my 960. The 960 already took 7 ink carts, so the jump to 8 seperate carts doesn't bother me.
And I'm not a fanboy of Epson, I still have my HP970c I still use (since it has a duplexer) but nothing HP, Canon or anyone else has on the market comes close to the R1800...
With the current $[...] from Epson, this printer is a no brainer if you need a larger format printer that can do borderless, roll paper and CD/DVDs.
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