Epson Stylus Photo R800 Printer

I have been using this printer in...

Strengths: High print quality, fast for this quality, brilliant color on most paper types, best I've seen for a consumer level printer, especially on photo quality glossy paper.

Weakness: Demands to be default printer (changes itself to defualt consistantly), won't work if ANY ink is out, so must constantly have spare ink.

I have been using this printer in my genetics lab for over 2 months now and can say this is the best printer I've seen at a consumer level. The print quality of this machine is hard to beat. We print pictures of cell organelles to full people on this printer, using 2 megapixel microscope cameras up to the 13.89 megapixel Kodak DNS camera- the print quality never fails to impress. And when we use...
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I have been using this printer in my genetics lab for over 2 months now and can say this is the best printer I've seen at a consumer level. The print quality of this machine is hard to beat. We print pictures of cell organelles to full people on this printer, using 2 megapixel microscope cameras up to the 13.89 megapixel Kodak DNS camera- the print quality never fails to impress. And when we use the high gloss photo paper, you would think we sent it to a photo lab.

This printer is not without faults mind you, it does have a nasty habit of setting itself as the default printer. So you have to check that setting pretty often (but this maybe be a network issue). It also has it's own print software that pops up and tries to decide how to print pictures, which can be annoying if you don't turn it off. Finally it will go through certain colors quickly (cyan and yellow- in our case) and if you don't have replacement ink for the empties it won't work at all (even if you want strictly black text). So keep spares always handy.

But outside of that I have no complaints. Other reviews have said for photographs it never does "bronzing"- I'll admit I don't know what that is, but I'm glad, by their reactions, that it doesn't. :)

To give you an idea just how good this printer is, I'm now going to spend the extra money and buy one for myself at home for personal use. I'm generally a person that goes for the best cheap brand you can buy (Hey I'm a grad student- little money here), but this is a printer I know I'm going to get my money's worth out of.

By gatorrock - Jun 1, 2004

i chose this printer because i...

Strengths: easy to hook up; looks sleek, easy to work with printer options; quiet and solid running. on "best photo" and premium glossy paper, it printed the best picture i've seen thus far

Weakness: twice it just stopped printing and ran into some "error" duirng my first week of use. i'm not sure what this is about.

i chose this printer because i wanted the best digital photos possible and a specialized printer, meaning i did not want a fax, scanner or copier builit it. It costs a lot more than most printers on the shelf. I was willing to try this and see if it met my expectations. when i printed on epson premium glossy paper under the highest setting possible, it produced a spectacular picture. twice,...
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i chose this printer because i wanted the best digital photos possible and a specialized printer, meaning i did not want a fax, scanner or copier builit it. It costs a lot more than most printers on the shelf. I was willing to try this and see if it met my expectations. when i printed on epson premium glossy paper under the highest setting possible, it produced a spectacular picture. twice, however, during my first week of use, the printer froze on an error message and i'm not sure what this is about.

By Amethyst327 - Nov 21, 2004

So good I got another

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.

Weakness: None experienced so far

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...
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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.

By Turtlej; - Oct 5, 2006

I recently purchased an epson...

Strengths: superior quality, amazing versatility, fair speed.

Weakness: NONE!!!!

I recently purchased an epson R800, and let me say, I WAS BLOWN AWAY!! this printer did so much for the price. printed professional quality photos, cd's, mini cd's, dvd's you name it! this printer is your all in one device for all your printing needs. awesome product, highly reccomended

By jonger - May 30, 2005

The first one I purchased 2 weeks...

Strengths: Excellent color rendition

Weakness: Much difficulty feeding standard Avery note cards

The first one I purchased 2 weeks ago, died suddenly. I just setup the new one and find that it doesn't like feeding Avery Matte Ivory Embossed Note Cards - even though it did so fine last night. Now, it's a laborious process - one by one. I'm convinced that the paper feed mechanism is somewhat flawed. This is one area that is not addressed adequately in the printer reviews.

By annsnotecards - Apr 27, 2005