Epson R1800 or 2200?

[magic823]

I getting close to buying one of these printers. They both have their pluses & minuses for me.

2200:
Lots of experience already out there on this printer
I already have curves that work well with my Platinum Printing.
Slower & More expensive.

R1800
Newer technology
Faster & Cheaper
I'd have to redo all my curves
I haven't heard if any one has had success with this printer yet for enlarged negs (I use Pictorico OHP).

Any thoughts?

Steve

[sanking]

I getting close to buying one of these printers. They both have their pluses & minuses for me.

2200:
Lots of experience already out there on this printer
I already have curves that work well with my Platinum Printing.
Slower & More expensive.

R1800
Newer technology
Faster & Cheaper
I'd have to redo all my curves
I haven't heard if any one has had success with this printer yet for enlarged negs (I use Pictorico OHP).

Any thoughts?

Steve

I did some tests with the R1800 and mentioned the results in the recent thead "Digital Negatives with the R800."

Briefly, the pigmented ink set of the R1800 takes longer to dry than the Ultrachome set of the 2200, which increases the possility of pizza wheel marks, and the inks have less transmitted density, which means that one can not use the color picker of Nelson's PDN system. Too bad because the R1800 gives smoother tones with less grain than the 2200.

Sandy

[magic823]

Just noticed the R2400. That might be the way to go. Too many choices, my head is spinning!

[sanking]

Just noticed the R2400. That might be the way to go. Too many choices, my head is spinning!

I would hold off on the R2400 also until there is some report on how the pigmented ink set works with UV processes. I have some concern that the 2400 may use the same pigmented ink set as the R1800.

Sandy

[John McCallum]

Any word on the R2400 Sandy et al?

[Dave Miller]

My wife has an Epson R1800 (as well as a 1290 that is set up for monochrome work on a C.I.S.), as a colour printer it works very well but gobbles ink at a prodigious rate. For that reason I would recommend against buying one unless a C.I.S. can be found to suit. Two head cleans and I get to spend £80 on a set of inks.

[vet173]

I think I'm going to stay with my 2200

[John McCallum]

Thanks Dave, I suspected the cost of inks was expensive - but £80 a set, wow! btw this is all a bit new to me, what's a C.I.S. ?

Oh ... continuous ink sys?

[Thomassauerwein]

Sandy,
Have you tested the Epson 4000 yet?

[sanking]

Any word on the R2400 Sandy et al?

Not anything definitive. I did learn that the Epson 2400 does *not* use the same ink set as the R1800, which is a good thing since I was not satisfied at all with my experiments with the R1800 for making digital negatives.

Nothing against the R1800. It is great for color print, but on transparency material the inks dried so slowly that I saw pizza wheel marks, and the inks do not give much transmitted density to UV light,, which means one can not use the PDN system with it.

Sandy