Customer Rating: 
Summary: Works well. Very thirsty and could be wider
Comment: It does a very good job with most images. Most people are quite surprised at the quality and it does really good B&W prints as well. I produced a whole portfolio of 12"x12" B&W images and most reviewers initially thought they were produced in a wet darkroom.
Now the downside.... could this thing go through cartridges any faster? "Guzzles like a drunken pirate" is how I once heard someone else describe it. Swapping the matte/photo black cartridges is a real pain too. Thinking about upgrading to a 3800 to gain a little more size (17") and to have larger cartridges that do not need to be replaced as often.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Expensive, doesn't work with plain paper and ink is painful to find.
Comment: The Epson R2400 is a purely Photo Printer. Be sure to understand this before you buy. So if you are planning to have one printer and think this is it . . . think again. The K3 inks are not compatible with plain paper and any documents you print on plain paper are horribly color shifted and distorted. It took three calls to Epson and replacing the ICC profile before they would finally admit that the problem was the K3 ink compatibility with the plain paper. All the magazines raved about the Black and White printing quality. NOT. At least not on Premium Quality Photo Paper. Perhaps in some of the more expensive matt papers. I saw very little improvement over my Epson R320. Now if you are going to use it strictly for a photo printer then this is very nice printer. The biggest drawback is you will not find the ink cartridges at any major store such as Staples. The in stock ink guarantee there does not apply to items not carried in the strore. This is Hint #1. Hint #2 if you run out of ink on a weekend and need to have something for Monday you are SOL. The only option you have is to order the ink online. Trust Amazon as they can find and deliver. However if for some reason your lucky enough to have a large pro photo store near bye they may have the cartridges. Cartridges certainly dont last very long and at $12-$15 each with eight of them your burning $100-$125 a set. Bulk ink tanks are coming out but I doubt the K3 Inks will be imitated. IF you can stand ordering everything online and are only looking for a great photo printer than this may be just the ticket for you. However at $850 I fully expected to be able to print documents with pictures on plain paper. I haven't been happy with this printer and I plan to replace it soon. Amazon's being able to locate and ship the ink is the only reason its still here.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Wonderful
Comment: This is the best photo printer I have seen. I work at a print shop and it tops the very expensive printers that I use. I am also a photograher and image and color quality is very important to me. I get excellent results with this printer.
Customer Rating:
Summary: R2400 Rocks!
Comment: I'm a commercial photographer and in the last seven years, I've worn out two Epson 2200's. Needless to say I was a bit skeptical of the replacement model.
The profiles provided by Epson are very, very good. The black and white, when files are properly prepared, is outstanding. Every bit as good as I was getting when running the 2200 through a RIP to prevent metamerism.
Very fast, very consistent. Seems to be smoother mechanical operation than the 2200. A very good choice.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Epson R2400
Comment: This is an excellent printer. I have used it for color and black and white with good results.
Summary: Works well. Very thirsty and could be wider
Comment: It does a very good job with most images. Most people are quite surprised at the quality and it does really good B&W prints as well. I produced a whole portfolio of 12"x12" B&W images and most reviewers initially thought they were produced in a wet darkroom.
Now the downside.... could this thing go through cartridges any faster? "Guzzles like a drunken pirate" is how I once heard someone else describe it. Swapping the matte/photo black cartridges is a real pain too. Thinking about upgrading to a 3800 to gain a little more size (17") and to have larger cartridges that do not need to be replaced as often.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Expensive, doesn't work with plain paper and ink is painful to find.
Comment: The Epson R2400 is a purely Photo Printer. Be sure to understand this before you buy. So if you are planning to have one printer and think this is it . . . think again. The K3 inks are not compatible with plain paper and any documents you print on plain paper are horribly color shifted and distorted. It took three calls to Epson and replacing the ICC profile before they would finally admit that the problem was the K3 ink compatibility with the plain paper. All the magazines raved about the Black and White printing quality. NOT. At least not on Premium Quality Photo Paper. Perhaps in some of the more expensive matt papers. I saw very little improvement over my Epson R320. Now if you are going to use it strictly for a photo printer then this is very nice printer. The biggest drawback is you will not find the ink cartridges at any major store such as Staples. The in stock ink guarantee there does not apply to items not carried in the strore. This is Hint #1. Hint #2 if you run out of ink on a weekend and need to have something for Monday you are SOL. The only option you have is to order the ink online. Trust Amazon as they can find and deliver. However if for some reason your lucky enough to have a large pro photo store near bye they may have the cartridges. Cartridges certainly dont last very long and at $12-$15 each with eight of them your burning $100-$125 a set. Bulk ink tanks are coming out but I doubt the K3 Inks will be imitated. IF you can stand ordering everything online and are only looking for a great photo printer than this may be just the ticket for you. However at $850 I fully expected to be able to print documents with pictures on plain paper. I haven't been happy with this printer and I plan to replace it soon. Amazon's being able to locate and ship the ink is the only reason its still here.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Wonderful
Comment: This is the best photo printer I have seen. I work at a print shop and it tops the very expensive printers that I use. I am also a photograher and image and color quality is very important to me. I get excellent results with this printer.
Customer Rating:
Summary: R2400 Rocks!
Comment: I'm a commercial photographer and in the last seven years, I've worn out two Epson 2200's. Needless to say I was a bit skeptical of the replacement model.
The profiles provided by Epson are very, very good. The black and white, when files are properly prepared, is outstanding. Every bit as good as I was getting when running the 2200 through a RIP to prevent metamerism.
Very fast, very consistent. Seems to be smoother mechanical operation than the 2200. A very good choice.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Epson R2400
Comment: This is an excellent printer. I have used it for color and black and white with good results.