Epson Stylus R2400 Photo Printer
by Epson
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Customer Review: COMPLETE NIGHTMARE!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I owned the R2200 for three years and never had a single problem with it. I bought this piece of junk and it's been trouble literally from the first time I hooked it up. When it DOES print, the pictures are great but you have to reload the driver EVERY SINGLE TIME you change the ink or stop a document and half the time it doesn't recognize the correct black and doesn't give you the correct paper selections. I've downloaded the driver twice (including from the web) and the same problems again and again and again. And don't get me started on their tech support - you get some person who sounds like HAL from 2001 A Space Odyssey who doesn't have a clue how to help you.Customer Review: Great Printer- but make sure you use it frequently.
Summary: 4 Stars
The output quality from this semi-pro printer easily beats lab prints. Beautiful. The major downside to this printer (and most printers with built in print heads) is that you MUST use it weekly to prevent clogging. Especially if you live in a dry climate. Expect to spend serious money on ink to keep this printer running in top form.
If the print heads do clog- you will usually be able to unclog them using the software cleaning commands. But you will likely expend 30-50 dollars worth of ink cleaning a single head if it is severely clogged. I know because I followed Epson's cleaning instructions only to find ALL ink levels rapidly declining during the cleaning process. Epson R2400 ink is not cheap (with discount, over 105 US dollars for a set of all colors in 2007).
There are 3rd party solutions for maintaining clean heads - but they are not part of the Epson package you purchase, nor are they cheap.
Unless you print many photos consistently I would avoid this printer.
5 stars for quality prints; 2.5 stars for maintenance and ink costs.
Customer Review: Amazing printer for serious photographers
Summary: 5 Stars
My partner and I are professional artistic photographers, so the quality of our prints is extremely important to us. We recently purchased an R2400 and we've been THRILLED with the results. In the first four days of owning this printer, we printed a combination of over 100 prints (50+ @ 8.5x11, 40@ 4x6, 6 @ 11x14, 100 business cards, and several photo/text documents) on a variety of Epson papers (Ultra Premium Glossy, Premium Glossy, Premium Luster, Matte Presentation) and plain paper and we were universally delighted with the results, even when compared to images we've gotten from photo labs in the past. If you're serious about the quality of the prints you make, we strongly recommend the Epson R2400 and their line of 4 star and especially their 5 star papers. Results with a wide range of color and black and white prints were just fabulous.
Strengths - true, rich, bright colors, archival prints (long lasting, no fading), fast (8.5x11 less than 2 minutes, 11x14 less than 4 minutes), easy to use, and more.
Weaknesses - didn't include USB cable, but we already had spares ... perhaps they know most of us do, so that's why they don't include, but it does seem silly to sell a printer without the data cable.
I'm not sure I'd recommend this printer to folks who aren't serious about their photography ... it's not cheap, neither are the inks and it helps to know what you're doing when matching papers to printers, etc. If you're more into snapshots than high quality photography, this printer is probably more than you need. But for us, it's JUST PERFECT.
INKS - Yes, the inks aren't cheap, but we printed well over 100 prints and used only about 50% of the ink capacity of a single batch of cartridges, which seemed OK to us. And it's possible to purchase the inks for about half the typical price of fifteen dollars per cartridge if you look around a bit.
Customer Review: high quality printer
Summary: 5 Stars
This is really a high quality printer. The reason why I bought this is because I am in college. What's more, I am deaf therefore I had to expect a communication breakdown with other students. So I ended up buying one for myself. They sent it and I got it the next day. It s so wonderful to print my homeworks! :)
Doe
Customer Review: review of epson r2400
Summary: 5 Stars
i upgraded from the epson r800 to take advantage of the monochrome quality of the r2400. i was blown out by the quality of my first several mono prints and then the color prints. the color management scheme was very easy to implement.the print-out matched almost exactly with my monitor image.i'm very pleased.