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Epson Stylus Photo R800

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Pros
Prints on rolls of photo paper
Cons
Slow print speeds

$249.99 - $434.95
From 4 Merchants

Pricing: Very Expensive: $399.99 (4/11/2008)
Performance: Fair: 62
Features: Fair: 61
Design: Superior: 93

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Pricing

Very Expensive: $399.99

Performance

Fair: 62

Text Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Text Speed (ppm)	2
Three-Page Word Document (secs)	83.23
Ten-Page Word Document (secs)	293.78
Text Output Quality	Very Good

Color Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Color Speed (ppm)	1.8
Two-Page Excel Document (secs)	65.54
Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs)	106.72
Color Photo (secs)	28.66
Color Output Quality	Poor

Color Photo Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm)	0.4
5 x 7 Photo (secs)	151.69
Color Photo Quality	Superior

Grayscale Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs)	29.22
Grayscale Output Quality	Superior

Lineart Printing (Plain Paper, Best Settings)
Line Art Output Quality	Poor

Features

Fair: 61

Dimensions
Dimensions	19.5 by 12.1 by 7.8
Weight (pounds)	17.6

Vendor Rated Speeds
B&W Pages per Min.	B&W PPM:17

Resolutions
Max. B&W dpi	5760-by-1440
Max. Color dpi	5760-by-1440

Interfaces
Parallel Port	No
Serial Port	No
USB 1.1	Yes
USB 2.0	Yes
Ethernet	No
Media Card Readers	None
PictBridge	No
Other Interfaces	FireWire

Drivers
Macintosh	Yes
Windows 98	Yes
Windows NT	No
Windows 2000	Yes
Windows XP	Yes
Linux	No

Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts)	20
Standby Power Draw (watts)	2

Paper Handling
Number of Input Trays, Standard	1
Number of Input Trays, Maximum	1
Tray Capacity, pages	100
Maximum Sheets With Optional Paper Trays	100
Manual Feed Slot	No
Maximum Paper Size	Banner
Output Tray Capacity	0
Auto Duplexer	No

Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years)	One
Parts Warranty (years)	One
Weekday Support Hours	12
Saturday Support Hours	0
Sunday Support Hours	0
Toll-Free Support	No

Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category	Epson didn't make a great showing overall. Readers weren’t pleased with the reliability of Epson’s printers, and the vendor’s support received average to low marks. One bright spot: the company's printers have relatively fewer out-of-box problems.

Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products arriving with problems	Better than Average
Reports of products with any significant problems	Average
Reports of problems that render a product unusable	Average
Buyers' rating of products ease-of-use	Average
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category	Worse than Average

Service & Support Quality
Time spent holding for phone support	Average
Overall quality of vendor's phone support	Average
Reports of problems unresolved after contacting service	Worse than Average
Overall quality of service	Worse than Average

Design

Superior: 93

Epson Stylus Photo R800 Review

by Dan Littman

- The Stylus Photo R800 adds red and blue inks to the standard set of cyan, magenta, and yellow inks; but it omits light photo cyan and light photo magenta. Other cartridges supply photo black, matte black (for text), and a gloss overcoat. The matte black helped the R800 produce text that looked bold yet clean even at small sizes. While gray-scale photos exhibited punch that other printers' output lacked, they also displayed precise detail and realistic shading.

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User Reviews for Epson Stylus Photo R800

Reviewed by: scottegos2

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: great colorslong photo life

Weaknesses: slowexpensive

Overall Evaluation: I bought this as a third printer -- I have a high speed b&w laser printer (the great e450dn) & a general purpose inkjet printer (the canaon ip4500) already. However, the colors for phto printing on the canon weren't quiiiite good enough. There are also concerns about the longevity of the dye based ink in the Canon. We bought this pigment-based printer, which has resolved those isssues. However, because it's a lot slower than the Canon and with much higher ink costs, it seems like a better supplemental printer than primary.
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Strengths: Print quality is superb. I don't need to go to Walmart anymore for great digital prints. Prints cd's and DVD's as well.

Weaknesses: None experienced so far

Overall Evaluation: I bought one about two years ago as I needed another printer for our companys cd's. I do about 9000 a year. Since it worked so well and I needed a faster turn around time, I bought another. I've also printed pictures on the 4 x 6 sheets of paper and quality is excellent. I put the pictures in direct sunlight and still have no major fading. I would however recommend using the EPSON high quality Ultra paper for prints as other papers, like Kodaks, seemed to take longer to dry and didn't lay as smooth.