If you print mono text pages, 2p per page should please the bank manager too.Įpson’s driver software remains as user-friendly as ever: advanced users won’t have difficulty navigating through the software to access features such as gamma control and colour management, and obvious features such as ink levels and maintenance are even easier to understand. Even factoring in the cost of Epson’s Premium Glossy Photo paper, these prices reflect gigantic savings on high-street prices for similarly sized prints. A full-page A3 photo will cost £2.58 per print, while an A4 print will cost £1.29. You’ll save some serious money at higher print sizes, though. It’s a vicious circle, as replacing the newly expired cartridge causes the same flushing process, which can kill off another cartridge and so forth. Installing a new ink cartridge causes the machine to flush a substantial quantity of ink from all of the installed cartridges, which can cause almost-empty cartridges to run out. The R1800 prints relatively cheaply at 6 x 4in – 34p per print – but this doesn’t make it an efficient runner. What’s more, this is backed up by Wilhelm Research ( Its testing suggests a print on glossy paper will last for 104 years if displayed under glass. Greyscale ramps printed with slight banding, but even at A3 you’ll have to get close to notice it.Īnother plus point is the longevity of the prints produced: a claim of 80 years for glossy paper and 100 or more on matte archive paper is excellent. An A4 mono print took two minutes, 16 seconds, and scaling it to A3 lengthened print time to three-and-a-half minutes. On a high-resolution image, you’ll be hard-pushed to spot any grain, and colour reproduction was incredible, thanks to five colour cartridges, two black cartridges and a gloss optimiser cartridge to give photos a professional finish.Ī full-page A3 photo emerged in four minutes, 29 seconds, which is more than respectable considering the magnificent quality. A text document was easily identifiable as inkjet-printed, with feathery output.īut what matters is that the R1800 prints photos beautifully. Epson has built the R1800 for photo printing, and it was no surprise to see that mono text printing isn’t a strong point. Getting the limitations out of the way is an easy task.

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