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Epson Stylus Photo R2000 photo printer

Epson's Stylus Photo R2000 is capable of handling the needs of photography enthusiasts who want to print their digital images in A3 or A3+ sizes. The roll paper feed means panorama printing is a breeze (although there's no automatic cutter to ensure maximum paper savings). Print quality is as good as Canon's mid-range A3+ model -- unless you're looking for microscopic detail you'll be more than pleased with the R2000's output.

The Epson Stylus Photo R2000 is an A3+ photo printer with integrated 802.11n Wi-Fi and roll media printing. It's a great choice if you're interested in printing panoramas, but it's also adept at A3 and A4 photo printing as well. Unless you're doing extensive greyscale printing where a larger variety of black inks is preferable, the Stylus Photo R2000 is more than capable for high quality prints with excellent colour accuracy and vibrancy.

Epson Stylus Photo R2000: Design, connectivity and setup

The Epson Stylus Photo R2000 has two paper feeds — there's a top cassette that can hold A3+, A3, A4 or smaller paper ( which we had no problems fitting 20 A3 sheets or about 30 A4 sheets in) and a rear feed that can be used for individual sheets of fine art paper, thicker stock or a roll of photo paper. Epson gave us a spool of A3+ glossy photo roll paper to test the R2000's roll feed, and although it takes a little bit of customising in the printer's driver the results are worth the effort.

The Epson Stylus Photo R2000 adds Wi-Fi over the old Stylus Photo R1900 , which made do with wired Ethernet. The new R2000 has Ethernet as well, although for most of our testing we used the printer's inbuilt USB 2.0 for trouble-free connection. We had no problems connecting the Stylus Photo R2000 to our test Apple MacBook Pro via Wi-Fi or wired Ethernet (through a Linksys E3000 router ), though.

Setting up the Stylus Photo R2000 is reasonably simple — you don't have to insert any print-heads or unlock anything, with the only requirement the installation of the printer's eight ink cartridges. There are about twenty pieces of protective tape holding all the printer's components securely in place, some slightly hidden, so setup becomes an Easter egg hunt for a few minutes.

Epson Stylus Photo R2000: Print quality and speed

We ran through around two dozen A3 test prints, a dozen A4 photos and three metre-long panoramas with the Epson Stylus Photo R2000. Most prints were produced in the highest possible quality settings with the printer's high speed mode disabled. Although we doubt you'll be comparing the Stylus Photo R2000 and its competitors purely based on speed, we took notes anyway — A3 prints at the highest possible quality took 8min 1sec to print completely, although enabling high speed printing (which prints on both passes of the print head, rather than just right to left) drops that down to 4min 23sec. A4 highest quality prints take 2min 35sec to complete. We didn't time the panorama prints, which were 329mm tall and 987mm wide.

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I’ve had this printer for just a week and I’m amazed at the results. It was simple to set up and is simple to use. I took a look at “Real World Color Management,” by Fraser, Murphy, and Bunting, before I started using the printer. It’s a helpful book, even if you just skim a few of the early chapters. It helped me to know the printer’s advanced options and to get the results I wanted. You could just use the printer with the out of the box settings, and I infer it would yield really nice results. I’m an artist, though, and I want to be in control. That’s why I bought this printer, I was frustrated with unpredictable results from labs. A note on ink: I have been printing on glossy paper. At $18.99 per cartridge for ink (Epson website price, with free overnight shipping if you order at least three cartridges at a time), so far, - my 8.5″ x 11″ prints are roughly $1.20 – $1.80 for ink - my 13″ x 19″ are in this area $3.50 – $5.50 for ink (Printing in “Photo” mode puts your costs at the low end of the ranges. Printing in “Photo RPM” mode costs in this area 40% – 50% more and puts you at the high end of the price ranges. I usually cannot distinguish between “Photo” and “Photo RPM” modes, so I nearly always print in “Photo” mode. Occasionally, I see banding or tones which do not appear smooth on very close inspection, then I switch to “Photo RPM.”) Warning: I believe ink use varies greatly with paper type. less ink for glossy, more ink for semi-gloss, and subdue more ink for matte and art paper. I’m not sure though. I am printing on Inkpress Glossy paper (corresponding in weight, sheen, and brightness to Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper) which I ordered from B&H Photo. It’s less expensive than Epson paper and looks spectacular. In fact, I recently gave two 8×10′s to a friend as a gift. She thought they looked wonderful and was astonished to gather that they were inkjet prints. She thought they must have been “professionally” printed at a lab. I was pretty flattered (credit to the printer, too, of course…) She also happens to be an artist and professional web designer, so she’s got a fine eye. ————— Update: I’ve used the printer some more. I’m subdue very pleased. But, I’ve looked closer at the Inkpress paper I mentioned above. From a distance, it looks fantastic, but closer up, it has many problems.Almost every piece is covered with thin stripes, and in this half of the leaves have at least a defect at all (some as large as 1 / 8 "diameter) where the gloss does not cover the paper. The defects are as small ponds on the surface. At first I thought I had caused these problems by mishandling. Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper has a surface absolutely spotless, though, and I run the prints in the same way. I do not recommend the Inkpress paper.

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