Epson Stylus Photo R800 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Printer manufacturers have steadily been increasing the number of ink cartridges in their top of the range photo printers on the basis that the more basic colours they have to work with the more precise the overall result. Epson's new eight cartridge Styl

Award: Editor's Choice!

Review summary: Despite some finicky printhead behaviour, this excellent printer earns an Editors' Choice for photo enthusiasts.

Pros: Excellent print quality, Relatively fast photo printing, Flexible printer driver, No need to swap Matte Black and Photo Black cartridges.

Cons: Doesn't handle changes in output resolution gracefully, No PictBridge support.

Verdict: Despite some finicky printhead behavior, this excellent printer earns an Editors' Choice for photo enthusiasts.

Review summary: The Stylus Photo R800 is a 7 colour, 5760 x 1440 optimised dpi inkjet printer that offers borderless printing at print sizes up to A4 and is aimed at the professional and amateur photographer. It uses UltraChrome Hi-Gloss pigment inks, which have p

Verdict: Now, if Epson were to bring out an A3 version of the Epson Stylus Photo R800, and I'm sure they will, one day, hopefully, fingers crossed, then that will definitely be the perfect photo printer. Especially if Epson can match the speed of the Canon printer

Review summary: Despite some finicky printhead behaviour, this excellent printer earns an Editors' Choice for photo enthusiasts.

Review summary: With its extra red and blue inks, the R800 produces intense, rich photos; it can also print on CDs and paper rolls.

Verdict: If you plan on printing a lot of snapshots, you'll appreciate the R800's roll feeder; and as long as you stick with RGB files, the R800 will reward you with great-looking photo prints.