Epson R1900 Large Format Photo Printer | 
| Brand: Epson
List Price: $549.00
Buy New: $495.00
You Save: $54.00 (10%)
New (50) from $495.00
Rating:  26 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Apple MacOS X 10.4.x
System Memory: 0.064
Modem: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 29
Dimensions (in): 30 x 12 x 14
nv:Print Method: Inkjet
Resolution: 5760 x 1440 Optimized dpi
Dimensions: 24.3"W x 31.4"D x 16.3"H
Connectivity: USB 2.0
Standard Paper Input: 120 Sheets
Paper Sizes Supported: Letter
Paper Sizes Supported: Legal
Paper Sizes Supported: A4
Paper Sizes Supported: 4" x 6"
Paper Sizes Supported: 5" x 7"
Paper Sizes Supported: 8" x 10"
Paper Sizes Supported: Super B
Paper Sizes Supported: A3
Paper Sizes Supported: B
Paper Sizes Supported: 11" x 14"
Paper Sizes Supported: 12" x 12"
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: R1900
Model: R1900
UPC: 010343866058
EAN: 0010343866058
ASIN: B0011G47PQ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Get superior glossy prints with Epson UltraChrome Hi-Gloss 2 pigment ink | | • | Print photos with greater vibrancy and better facial tones with Epson s new Red and Orange ink cartridges | | • | Maximize the color gamut and achieve better print quality with Radiance technology | | • | Produce gallery-quality prints faster with improved print speeds | | • | Create amazing panoramas with included roll paper support |
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Product Description
Create amazing albums, full-size scrapbook pages and professional glossy photos up to A3+ at high speed, and on a wide range of media. Images are vibrant and long lasting with the new Epson UltraChrome Hi-Gloss2 ink.Print and share superb photos with the Epson Stylus Photo R1900 and achieve quality, color and flexibility to create your hobbies and crafts. Make use of the creative potential of the wide range of media and formats up to A3+. Achieve more life-like colors and skin tones with the new 8-color Epson UltraChrome Hi-Gloss2 ink.Whether you print borderless photos or design entire album pages, your precious creations will last a lifetime. You can even print onto CDs and straight from your digital camera.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 21 more reviews...
 State of the Art March 3, 2008
Howard W. (Santa Clarita, CA)
99 out of 101 found this review helpful
I'll start with a short review since I just got the printer and have only run 5 prints through it. I will update in a week or so with more information.
Setup and installation was easy. I have it on my network for my Windows machines and it is connected directly to my Mac Pro. The install documentation said to get the latest driver for Leopard off of their site, which I did and installed with no problem. The latest Windows driver was on the installation CD.
The reason I called this review "State of the Art" is Epson developed Radiance, the new color-matching technology built into the R1900. This is the first printer with it, even the current Epson Pro printers don't have it. Printerville.net has an article about it.
The few pictures I have printed are beautiful and they printed very fast.
I printed 3 on Epson's Ultra Premium luster 8.5 x 11 paper using Photoshop CS2. I tried different settings for each print of the same standard color matching target. All three printed very nice and as expected, a little different. Using "Photoshop Determines Colors", "Printer Determines Colors" and "No Color Management", with appropriate settings on the printer driver. So it will be up to you to decide which settings you want to use.
Next, as a test I printed a photo, of my daughter, on plain HP Bright White paper. WOW, is all I can say. Plain paper and it looked great.
For my last test I picked a random paper size, 12" x 12", that I cut from a 13" x 19" sheet of matte paper. I changed the paper size in the driver and printed. No problem, it printed just fine and also was beautiful.
I plan on getting a roll of paper too. I've wanted to print some banners, something I couldn't do with my current Canon I9900.
So far it is everything I expected it to be. However, I do plan on keeping the I9900 because sometimes I know I will want a dye (not pigment) print (and I still have Canon ink and paper left).
I will post more soon.
Update 3-10-08:
I have been playing with the settings on the driver to see which I like best. It is a good/bad thing that there are so many settings to play with. I figure I will eventually figure out which I like best. There are subtle differences in color, skin tones and gray scales on the gray scales. If you are interested in the test targets, you can download the printer test images I used from http://www.drycreekphoto.com/tools/index.html
I will start printing some of my real pictures to compare with the I9900 versions. So I will post another update in a week or two.
I tried a roll in the printer. It was surprising easy to set up and use. You put the holders on the roll, mount it on the back of the printer, then feed the paper into the printer in the slot on the back. The printer recognizes you are doing it, then grabs the paper to feed in to the proper starring point.
If you print multiple images, the printer spaces them 1" apart. Unfortunately, Epson still has it's artificial limit length of 44". There are expensive RIPs (raster image processors) that will allow you to printer longer images, but unless you are going to do this a lot, it can't be worth it. The cheapest I found is $500.
I've decided that I probably will not use the "roll" on the printer. I want to printer banners every so often, but to use the roll for one print wastes about 10" of paper. That is the initial feed of about 4" and when you cut it on the back to free it, another 6". If you are printing many prints on a roll, then it will be worth it and easier. I suggest (and what I did in my second test), was just cut a 44" of paper (from the roll) and feed it though the (normal) auto paper feeder and that worked fine for the banner without any waste.
As for ink usage, I've hardly made a dent with the 10 8x10s, 1 12x12, 3 8.5 x 44 prints I've made. The banners were not printed at high resolution to save ink for my testing. I love Amazon, but it's ink prices for this printer are currently way out of line. Even the Epson store has them for way less. I hope that changes soon.
Update 3-26-08 (my last update).
After printing 25 more 8x10 high resolution (and in slow mode for better quality), I finally ran out of ink in one cartridge (and it was the gloss optimizer). After more reading, I think I used the wrong setting for the gloss and was wasting it on white area outside of the image. I'm still learning.
Some of the other inks are pretty low, so I have stocked up.
I still have not printed on a DVD/CD yet, but I'm sure that will be fine.
There is not much more for me to say except I am very happy with this purchase and expect to use this printer for the next 3-4 years, when I'm sure something else out there will get my attention.
Howard
 Not for designers on Mac April 25, 2008
Victoria B (Washington, DC United States)
24 out of 43 found this review helpful
Be warned - the printer driver on this thing does not work with Adobe products on Mac. I spent a total of 3 hours on the phone with both Epson and Adobe trying to get it to print larger than letter size. When I went up to 11 X17, it just kept cutting the image in half. Epson was NO help at all. They knew nothing about Adobe products (Hellooo... Photoshop, Ilustrator, InDesign...) and basically said tough luck. If you're a designer, don't buy it!
Now it's going to cost me big bucks to send this turkey back.
 Good printer with some flaws that take some work March 18, 2008
L. Rosencrantz (USA)
22 out of 29 found this review helpful
Epson R1900 Large Format Photo Printer
My previous printer was an HP that did not have the larger format and other capabilities of the R1900. In terms of print quality I did not see a major difference using the Epson supplied profiles for this printer with Epson paper. What showed up as bright on my monitor (it is calibrated) was less bright and less saturated in the prints. I then had to waste a great deal of paper and ink tweaking the settings to get closer to the screen image with a modified printer profile. To add to the issue when I contacted Epson support about the flat printing he directed me to their website for additional information and then noted that it had not been posted yet. There simply is not enough helpful information for the amateur from Epson yet, so if you are not thoroughly familiar with color management and color profiles you may be frustrated with the results. The shipped instructions are also not clear about using the roll feed attachments and the single sheet feed.This big printer takes up a lot of real estate and takes quite awhile to warm up, but once on it prints fairly fast. And once you have tweakd the printer profile for your tastes and the paper you are using it can produce very nice output. It just takes some work to get there.
Think twice about buying this printer. August 11, 2008
NO MORE EPSONS
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
I'd think seriously before buying this printer. I purchased this printer about 6 weeks ago after NAPP members were offered a discount. I purchased it directly from the Epson Store. I watched the video tutorials on how to get the best results using the R1900 and printing out of Lightroom that were provided on www.photoshopuser.com. I was DELIGHTED at the output and the quality. Never had my printer output so closely matched that of my calibrated monitor, and the 13x19 inch glossies were stunning. I was THRILLED...
UNTIL...about 5 weeks after purchasing the printer I had to replace the Gloss Optimizer cartridge. This runs out fairly quickly as it is applied to the entire photo regardless of colors. Fine, I had extra genuine Epson cartridges I had purchased from a national retailer. Even though it was the correct cartridge the printer would not recognize it, then remembering that Epson had sent an extra Gloss cartridge, I dug it out thinking I had indeed bought the wrong one. I replaced it with the one Epson sent and all was good. I confirmed I had the RIGHT cartridge, and chalked it up to a defective cartridge. No biggy, it happens...THEN the Cyan ran out. I replaced it with a cartridge that I bought directly from the Epson store and had the same issue. The printer says it's an incompatible cartridge. IT is NOT. I called Epson support on Friday and they said they would send me a new cartridge and that it would be 3-5 days. Fine, but in the meantime I had prints that needed to be printed, so I again went to a retailer and bought a cyan cartridge. Not recognized. I googled the issue and found that other users had had the same issue, and that Epson had replaced their printers with brand new ones. I called Epson again. They said that they would only replace with a refurb since I was past the 30 day mark since I purchased, AND according to the Epson Warranty, I'LL be on the hook for shipping the defective printer to them. Problem is, I'm sure this printer was defective from day one, but since I didn't print a WHOLE lot right away, the cartridges didn't need replacing until after the 30 day return was up,and consequently I didn't find the defect until then. I'm extremely upset. I now have a bunch of defective cartridges and/or printer, no way to print the work I need to get out, and the best I can hope for is to get a REFURBISHED printer to replace the BRAND NEW printer I paid for. Do yourself a favor, look at the Canon and HP equivalent printers. If you search for issues on Epson cartridges, you'll find TONS. Not necessarily with the R1900, but with almost all Epson printers. This is the first, and LAST Epson I will buy.
Terrible! February 23, 2008
Empty Ache
15 out of 146 found this review helpful
A lawyer, CFO and two other white collar professionals stood around this printer for six hours, coaxing it to print on a sheet of 12 x 12 paper for scrapbooking. Still, the printer would only print 8 1/2 wide. It may be possible to go bigger, but we don't know how. Maybe HP is easier to use.
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