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Epson Stylus Photo R2400 Inkjet Printer
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Short Description: The Epson Stylus Photo R2400 printer is the successor to the Epson 2200 printer. It has a similar form factor and handles the same sizes of print media. ...
Content Inside: PRODUCT TEST: Epson Stylus Photo R2400 Inkjet Printer N o t p e r f e c t , b u t g e t t i n g t h e r e by Ctein Epson’s latest wunderkind, the little “bump plate” that fits into the feeder to support papers like Epson’s Stylus Photo R2400 printer Enhanced Matte, so you don’t have to (hereafter referred to simply as the back them up with stiff cardboard any longer. There is a front-to-back R2400) brings to mind the well- straight feed slot for printing on really known witticism:“Faster, cheaper, heavy media, up to 1.3 mm thick. On the downside, the front catch tray is better ... Pick any two out of three.” several inches shorter than on the The successor to the justifiably pop- 2200; I’d rather it supported large ular and praised Stylus Photo 2200, prints more completely. Also, the auto- Figure 1. The Epson Stylus Photo R2400 printer is the successor to the Epson 2200 printer. It has a the R2400 is definitely faster and matic roll print cutter and catch bas- similar form factor and handles the same sizes of better. But hold on to your wallets ket are history. print media. Big improvements: A new “light light- because it’s priced at $850, substan- Open the printer’s lid and you’ll see black” ink, higher-quality black-and-white tially more than the 2200. So you’re a row of print cartridges that look a printing, and much faster printing than the 2200. going to pay a premium for this printer. lot like the ones in the 2200. But Should you? they’re different—they contain the Yes, I think so. It’s not yet the new Ultrachrome K3 inks and they’re The ink cartridges are the same size perfect pigment inkjet printer and in not interchangeable with the 2200 car- as the ones in the 2200 but they are some ways, which I’ll elaborate upon, tridges. Epson claims they produce about 25% more expensive. The per- it’s no better than the 2200. But in more scuff-resistant prints and a better print price, though, isn’t any higher. I many aspects it is much better. surface finish on glossy and semi- determined that by printing one of my glossy papers. There are also eight inks monographs, “Chasing the Sun,” What you get instead of seven: Epson has added a which I felt had a good representative Physically the R2400 has a lot in com- “light light-black” ink to the set for variety of photographs in it (you can mon with the 2200 (figure 1). It’s vastly improved monochrome print- see what that test set of photographs about the same size and weight. ing. Otherwise it’s the same color set looked like by going to http:// Although its boxier lines make it look as in the 2200: two kinds of cyan, ctein.com/Baja_portfolio.htm). I’ve considerably larger, its footprint is magenta, and black inks plus yellow. printed that book enough times that I exactly the same (12×24 inches, not You still have to change the black know quite accurately how much ink counting the paper trays), and it’s only cartridge from “photo black” to it takes on the Epson 2200. Printing an inch taller. “matte black” when you switch the same material on the R2400 used The R2400 takes roll and sheet (up between glossy or semi-glossy and about 25% fewer cartridges worth of to 13×19 inches) paper just like the matte papers. That brings me to the ink. That coincidentally (?) balances 2200. The rear sheet-feeder now han- first cool thing about the R2400 out the higher cost of the cartridges. dles all kinds of paper, including the printer. When you change an ink car- It turns out that the R2400 does not special art papers that previously tridge, the printer doesn’t prime all consume any less ink per print than the required hand-feeding through a slot. eight ink channels, only the one with Epson 2200; the difference in capacity The feeder is improved in many small the new cartridge. I’ve always been a happens because the R2400 com- ways that make it clear that Epson little reluctant to switch between pletely drains the ink cartridges. When paid attention to the quirks in the papers with the 2200 because I really they register as zero on the ink gauge, 2200 paper handling. There’s even a hate wasting ink. The R2400 won’t they are really empty. The 2200 leaves waste anywhere as much ink as the about 30% unused ink in the car- 2200. On the other hand, I had more tridges when the “fuel gauge” says problems with blocked nozzles with empty. Penurious folks like me bought the R2400 than I’ve had with the chip resetters that reset the “fuel 2200. About one out of four or five gauge” on the cartridge back to 100% cartridge changes, I’d have to run a so that we could use all the ink. I’ve cleaning cycle, which wastes a couple done that for literally hundreds of car- of dollars worth of ink. tridges of ink, and I’ve saved the cost of All photographs are copyright 2006 by Ctein except Figure 1 which is copyright Epson.
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