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Originally Posted by Steve Rotset
Im looking for a good printer for us at home. Not looking for anything to specific just a all around good printer that wont really break the bank. Ive been looking at an Epson r1800 and 1900 and have seen lots of good reviews. Just curious to hear other peoples comments on printers before i actually make a purchase.
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The R1800 is a wide body printer and has been discontinued for quite some time. The R1900 is its nearest replacement. The R1800 is a fine printer and its fairly durable. We hauled two around in a trailer based operation for a couple of years. They do have a built in life expectancy, you'll even get a notice in its software that it has reached the end of its service life and it will die.
The R1900 uses a different ink set with fewer and slightly smaller ink tanks. I worked for almost a month with one in a similar trailer opeation with no issues. The printer runs slightly faster than the R1800 and the prints were suitable for on-site action sports customers. I cannot say it would make gallery prints as we did not do any printing that was that crucial.
If I were about to buy a printer I'd get a R1900.
Steve