Thursday, August 18, 2005
Epson Stylus Photo R2400 Printer Review & Printer Ink Cartridges
| Epson R2400 Printer & Epson R2400 Printer Ink Cartridges
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Epson R2400 Printer Key Features:
- Borderfree 4x6, 5x7, 8x10, 8x11.5, 12x12, 11x14,13x19 photos
- Nine Epson UltraChrome K3 Inks for Stunning Black and White or Color Prints
- Fade-resistant Black and White Prints last up to 200 years
- Three levels of black -light-black,light-light black, and black inks.
- Prints and 11x14 matte photo in as fast as 2 minutes 6 seconds
- Scroll Down the page for Full Detailed Technical Specifications
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Below is the list of Epson R2400 compatible printer ink cartridges:
) OEM #: T059120 Color: Black |
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) OEM #: T059220 Color: Cyan |
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) OEM #: T059320 Color: Magenta |
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) OEM #: T059420 Color: Yellow |
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) OEM #: T059520 Color: Light Cyan |
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) OEM #: T059620 Color: Light Magenta |
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) OEM #: T059720 Color: Light Black |
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) OEM #: T059820 Color: Matte Black |
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) OEM #: T059920 Color: Light Light Black |
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) OEM #: T059120 Color: Black |
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) OEM #: T059220 Color: Cyan |
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) OEM #: T059320 Color: Magenta |
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) OEM #: T059420 Color: Yellow |
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) OEM #: T059520 Color: Light Cyan |
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) OEM #: T059620 Color: Light Magenta |
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) OEM #: T059720 Color: Light Black |
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) OEM #: T059820 Color: Matte Black |
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) OEM #: T059920 Color: Light Light Black |
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Detailed Specs (Epson Stylus Photo R2400):
Product Description for Epson R2400 (From the Manufacturer, Epson)
Create stunning color and black and white prints with the Epson Stylus Photo R2400. A welcome addition to any photo studio, this revolutionary printer delivers large, archival prints worthy of gallery display. Its professional level ink set, the 8-color Epson UltraChrome K3 inks, includes three levels of black and sets a new standard in fine art photography and black and white prints.
With its expanded ink set, this printer ensures a wider color gamut and superior midtones, highlights, neutrals and shadow details making it ideal for professional quality prints. With its Black, Light Black and Light-Light Black inks, anyone can easily achieve amazing black and white prints. And, since the inks are pigment-based, they deliver fade-resistant works of art that stay brilliant for up to 108 years in color and over 200 years in black and white (see epson.com for details).
The Epson Stylus Photo R2400 delivers studio quality results on virtually any artistic media. Three convenient paper paths support matte, glossy, canvas, roll, posterboard, and many artist papers, so it's easy to expand your creativity. And, with its powerful production speeds, the Epson Stylus Photo R2400 lets you create brilliant displays in no time at all, and quickly move on to your next show-stopping exhibit.
What's in the Box
Epson Stylus Photo R2400 ink jet printer, one cyan ink cartridge (T059220), one magenta ink cartridge (T059320), one yellow ink cartridge (T059420), one light cyan ink cartridge (T059520), one light magenta ink cartridge (T059620), one photo black ink cartridge (T059120), one matte black ink cartridge (T059820), one light black ink cartridge (T059720), one light light black ink cartridge (T059920), roll paper holder accessory, IEEE/FireWire cable, matte sheet support, single sheet guide, printer documentation, CD-ROM containing printer drivers and software (Windows and Macintosh)
MSRP for Epson Stylus Photo R2400: $849.00
Street Price: $776.00 - $850.00
CNET.com Editors' review:
The Epson Stylus Photo R2400, a highly anticipated follow-up to the medium-format Stylus Photo 2200, offers some potentially stunning improvements to desktop photo printing. Though the enhancements are likely too subtle to impress spec watchers, keen-eyed photographers will definitely sit up and take note.
Upside: Epson's new UltraChromeK3 ink set incorporates the traditional six photo primaries--CMYK plus light cyan and magenta--and supplements them with Light Black and Light Light Black inks, otherwise known to mere mortals as light gray and medium gray. Nothing revolutionary there, and irritatingly, you still have to physically swap the matte- and photo-black cartridges. But Epson claims to have resolved several notable problems it had with the SP2200's blacks on glossy paper, including a gloss deficit, bronzing, metamerism (colors appearing different under different light sources), and the tendency of all the inks to show scratches. Unlike the R800 and R1800, which apply a gloss overcoat for consistency, the R2400's UltraChromeK3 droplets are encapsulated in the glossy resin. The new inks are higher density than the old--Epson says they achieve a maximum density (Dmax) of 2.4D compared to 2.2D for the old inks. The company has also reworked the screening algorithms for black-and-white printing and, recognizing that great black-and-white has some color, created an advanced black-and-white print mode in the driver that allows you to tone your images with yellow, light-magenta, and light-cyan inks. Oh, yeah: it's supposedly a lot faster, too, and claims all its de rigueur, awe-inspiring, as-yet-unpublished longevity data from Wilhelm Imaging.
Downside: By purposefully integrating the monochrome-challenged Ultrachrome ink set into the R1800 and excluding the R1800's red and blue inks from the UltrachromeK3 set, Epson seems to be creating an artificial distinction between the two: positioning one as a large-gamut color printer and the other as a tonally adept black-and-white device. Those of us who want both vibrant color prints and gallery-quality black-and-white output should be feeling justifiably peeved right about now. And even if you don't particularly care about color, the 3.5-picoliter droplets may dampen your spirits a bit when compared against the dots produced by Canon's 2pl i9900.
Outlook: When it ships this month, the Epson R2400's high $849 estimated street price will probably drive all but the most dedicated black-and-white photographers toward capable competitors such as the Canon i9900. But we're still jonesing to test it--check back soon to see if it lives up to its droolworthy potential.
Related links for Epson R2400:
Epson R2400 ink cartridges at PrintCountry.com
Buy this printer at Amazon.com
Epson's Related Page
Remanufactured ink cartridges
Epson R2400 Printer Driver
