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Epson Stylus Photo R1900 Review - CNET

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CNET have published a review of the Epson Stylus Photo R1900 printer. 'The printer's design looks a lot like the Stylus Pro 3800. Though both use pigment inks, the pricier 3800 uses Epson's K3 inkset and doesn't support roll-feed media. It does have larger ink cartridges than the R1900, which should give you many more prints between cartridges and a slightly better dollar-to-ink-milliliter value, but the Pro 3800 doesn't include the new orange ink found in the R1900. Of course, the Pro 3800 is really designed for people who print a whole lot, plus it costs more than twice as much as the R1900.

Most of the rest of the R1900's specs are similar to the printer it replaces. It has a maximum print resolution of 5,760x1,440 dpi, a minimum ink droplet size of 1.5 picoliters, and can print on CDs or DVDs. Of course, you need to use special discs with a white coating on top if you want to do that. More important than the disc printing is that the printer holds both Photo Black and Matte Black cartridges and switches between them automatically based on the paper you choose in the driver. Some printers, including Epson's own R2400, make you switch them manually, which gets old really fast.'

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