Epson Stylus Photo R800 Inkjet Printer

Epson Stylus Photo R800

Stylus Photo R800 Inkjet Printer Review, by Dan Littman June 25, 2004

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• Reviewed by: scottegos2

  Strengths: great colorslong photo life

  Weaknesses: slowexpensive

  Overall: 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: 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.

• Reviewed by: johnhawk

  Strengths: Excellent printing quality - it`s very reliable .

  Weaknesses: Ink costs !!!! It keeps on resetting the print settings .

  Overall: Having used this printer for quite a few months , I can`t praise its photo output too highly - to my non-professional eyes its prints are uniformly excellent , and any duff results have always been due to bad settings on my part or some other cause not involving the printer . The main drawback is the ridiculous cost of the colour cartridges here in England - any American readers of this review who think they are hard done by should check out the comparative costs in England and the USA . A lesser annoyance is the printers habit of changing the settings you just used to print your latest masterpiece - on the very next attempt it has defaulted back to basic settings . I can`t help but feel that this is deliberate on the part of the manufacturers , but I wish they would us tell what purpose it serves .

• Reviewed by: zipmale

  Strengths: Ability to type on printable DVD, good quality pictures

  Weaknesses: Expensive cartridges, running out of ink too quickly

  Overall: I've been using my Epson r800 for 1.5 months mostly typing on printable DVDs. The quality of typing was pretty decent but unfortunately the typing surface was not water resistant so I had to protect my DVDs from wet fingers and liquid drops.

• Reviewed by: Johnwalsh123

  Strengths: Prints beautiful images.

  Weaknesses: Poor build quality.

  Overall: This printer prints beautifully. However, it is not very reliable. I have had to have repaired mine about 3 times. It was not too bad when they did they had the exchange policy. The last time I had to send it in for repairs the parts are still on back order and it has been about 3 weeks.