Customer Rating: 
Summary: Best all around printer, and the ink doesn't smudge
Comment: Update: the printer has serious problems feeding decorative paper (anything other than standard inkjet or photo paper). I originally gave this printer a positive review but now I am frustrated with the paper feed problems, and that Epson support does not have an answer to fix this.
I spent a lot of time deciding on the right printer, initially looking at lower cost models, but I am so glad I picked the R800.
My favorite feature is that these inks do not smudge when the paper gets wet. With a typical ink jet, the ink will smear if you touch the paper with a sweaty hand, place a cold soda can on top, or experience an overflow watering the desk houseplant.
With the R800 the ink stays solid in these moist conditions. It means that I don't have to print documents twice. This kind of ink should become a standard for all future inkjet printers.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Printer for the Photographer
Comment: I love this printer. I purchased it to print 8X10s from my digital camera. The ink doesn't fade over time like my HP did.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Greatest Yet
Comment: I bought this printer for two reasons.
1. High dpi
2. Printing on CD's.
I own a HP1115 and HP7960. I thought the 7960 was great. This surpasses it. My son is a professional photogher and I check with him before buying any photo related gear. He was impressed with all the info he could find on the R800. As for ink costs, well you get what you pay for in this case. It does printable CD's as I expected. I dabble in scanning, touching up and printing old photos. This thing is awesome for that application. The R800 is to me worth every penny I spent for it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Ink Hog
Comment: I bought this printer based on everyone's glowing reviews. However, the one thing most people overlooked is that this is an ink HOG. And, with it using EIGHT different cartridges costing $11.30 apiece, you can easily end up buying this printer 10 times over by buying ink cartridges. After getting tired of spending all that money on Epson ink cartridges, I finally got an HP multifuntion machine. Yeah, its not quite as good a printer, but it doesn't require a home equity line of credit to finance continual ink purchases. And if I really want high quality photos, I just ship them online to ophoto. Maybe if you were a professional photographer, this printer might be justifiable. But for the average person, this thing is a money pit. You can get okay photos with an HP machine that only soaks you $30 or so at a time for ink, instead of $100. And with high quality prints just a mouse click away, I really regret this purchase. I eventually just junked it.
Plus, when I first got the printer I had an issue with print quality, and customer service had me go through several cleaning cycles which used up all my ink the first time around, and then said that was too bad, but I had to replace all my ink cartridges. So I had to drop over $100 on ink cartridges just to get my first pictures out of this thing.
So, unless you REALLY have a burning need to print high quality photos at home, there are a lot more economical options.
Customer Rating:
Summary: better than expected, esp. for a novice
Comment: granted this is my 1st dedicated photo printer, i still think this printer is great in every way. ive seen other printers at work, such as the canon i990 or whatever it is, and i can say this is very comparable.
initially i had troubles with the colors, but after i downloaded a newer driver i can honestly say what i see on the screen is what comes out of the printer.
pros- quality of prints (ive only used epson premium glossy photo thus far)
cons- looks to be the price of ink, although ive printed ~20 4X6's at best photo, ive used up (accodring to the ink manager tool) roughly 1/4 of all colors. also one thing i thought that would never be an issue for me... paper size - max is panoramic 8 1/2 X 24 something paper... with a printer of this caliber i wish i could print larger and wider prints now...
Summary: Best all around printer, and the ink doesn't smudge
Comment: Update: the printer has serious problems feeding decorative paper (anything other than standard inkjet or photo paper). I originally gave this printer a positive review but now I am frustrated with the paper feed problems, and that Epson support does not have an answer to fix this.
I spent a lot of time deciding on the right printer, initially looking at lower cost models, but I am so glad I picked the R800.
My favorite feature is that these inks do not smudge when the paper gets wet. With a typical ink jet, the ink will smear if you touch the paper with a sweaty hand, place a cold soda can on top, or experience an overflow watering the desk houseplant.
With the R800 the ink stays solid in these moist conditions. It means that I don't have to print documents twice. This kind of ink should become a standard for all future inkjet printers.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Printer for the Photographer
Comment: I love this printer. I purchased it to print 8X10s from my digital camera. The ink doesn't fade over time like my HP did.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Greatest Yet
Comment: I bought this printer for two reasons.
1. High dpi
2. Printing on CD's.
I own a HP1115 and HP7960. I thought the 7960 was great. This surpasses it. My son is a professional photogher and I check with him before buying any photo related gear. He was impressed with all the info he could find on the R800. As for ink costs, well you get what you pay for in this case. It does printable CD's as I expected. I dabble in scanning, touching up and printing old photos. This thing is awesome for that application. The R800 is to me worth every penny I spent for it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Ink Hog
Comment: I bought this printer based on everyone's glowing reviews. However, the one thing most people overlooked is that this is an ink HOG. And, with it using EIGHT different cartridges costing $11.30 apiece, you can easily end up buying this printer 10 times over by buying ink cartridges. After getting tired of spending all that money on Epson ink cartridges, I finally got an HP multifuntion machine. Yeah, its not quite as good a printer, but it doesn't require a home equity line of credit to finance continual ink purchases. And if I really want high quality photos, I just ship them online to ophoto. Maybe if you were a professional photographer, this printer might be justifiable. But for the average person, this thing is a money pit. You can get okay photos with an HP machine that only soaks you $30 or so at a time for ink, instead of $100. And with high quality prints just a mouse click away, I really regret this purchase. I eventually just junked it.
Plus, when I first got the printer I had an issue with print quality, and customer service had me go through several cleaning cycles which used up all my ink the first time around, and then said that was too bad, but I had to replace all my ink cartridges. So I had to drop over $100 on ink cartridges just to get my first pictures out of this thing.
So, unless you REALLY have a burning need to print high quality photos at home, there are a lot more economical options.
Customer Rating:
Summary: better than expected, esp. for a novice
Comment: granted this is my 1st dedicated photo printer, i still think this printer is great in every way. ive seen other printers at work, such as the canon i990 or whatever it is, and i can say this is very comparable.
initially i had troubles with the colors, but after i downloaded a newer driver i can honestly say what i see on the screen is what comes out of the printer.
pros- quality of prints (ive only used epson premium glossy photo thus far)
cons- looks to be the price of ink, although ive printed ~20 4X6's at best photo, ive used up (accodring to the ink manager tool) roughly 1/4 of all colors. also one thing i thought that would never be an issue for me... paper size - max is panoramic 8 1/2 X 24 something paper... with a printer of this caliber i wish i could print larger and wider prints now...
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