Christine -
I've had an Epson R2000 since shortly after they were introduced and am
quite satisfied with the prints it produces. The R2000 is till
available and as you're award they've introduced the "P" series of photo
printers. Epson has some good rebates running until Dec 31.
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/BuyEpson/rcDetail.jsp?UseCookie=yes&cp=C&coid=-13586
Red River Paper has some good printer evaluations.
http://www.redrivercatalog.com/infocenter/articles/index.htm
I've not read a lot of complaints about this, but my R2000 has a glitch
that I've had to be deal with a couple times. The EPROM on the mother
board picks up and retains some spurious voltage that causes it to go
through the head cleaning cycle with each print job you send to it. If
this happens, you have to unplug the power cord and leave it unplugged
for at least four hours - it's gotta be unplugged, just turning the
power switch off won't fix it.. The problem dissipates and you're good
to go again.
Godfrey recently bought one of the "P" series Epsons - the P600, I
think. I'm sure he'll be chiming in with some thoughts about it.
The wireless printing is handy. I have three Epsons running all
wirelessly - two multi-function printers and the R2000. They're easily
set up and run without a hitch.
HTH
-p
On 12/20/2015 1:54 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
Hi All:
My R2880 had a fussy moment the other day; the rollers wouldn’t grab the paper.
We duked it out, I finally won, and obedient behavior has resumed! Yea!
But, the experience did inspire a quick look-see on what Epson has on offer
these days. To my surprise, the R3000 has been discontinued (Already? Didn’t
that just come out?), and I learned there’s the new Epson SureColor P600 Wide
Format Inkjet Printer, which looks like it would be a replacement for the
R2400, R2880, and R3000.
Anyone have any buzz on the new Epson P600—and, for that matter, the direction
of photo dedicated printers in general?
I see wireless printing is big now, which would be fun to have if I wanted to
print straight from my iPad Air. Has anyone done a lot of wireless printing?
Thoughts? Frustrations? Recommendations?
I printed some photos on Velvet Fine Art paper just now and had no problems.
Per Epson’s recommendation, I’ve ordered some cleaning sheets to give those
rollers a good soothing, so they don’t act up again. They should be here
within the week. Will be interesting to see if they do any good.
Not much shooting lately—just work related stuff. I did have a few shots of
the high altitude balloting project published in DePaul University’s Science
and Health alumni magazine titled Scientia. The production quality of the
magazine was a little disappointing (paper and printing quality), but the
editor was really nice, and it was very sweet of the magazine team to ask.
I have shot a little with my iPhone 6. For a good long while I’ve thought it
odd shooting with the phone—just doesn’t feel natural—very awkward, but I am a
bit more comfortable with it lately.
Slowly, trying to get back into photo-flow! Feels good! Actually, feels
great! Hoping to have something for the PDML annual if that’s still on—but
could be tough to find something—not much shooting this year.
Cheers, Christine
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