printers for photos (Page 2): The R3000 is a digital printer for making superior quality prints. Not sure what you are driving at by saying it is not a photo printer?

Kingmapix Loc: Mesa, Arizona

The R3000 is a digital printer for making superior quality prints.
Not sure what you are driving at by saying it is not a photo printer?

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

Kingmapix wrote:

The R3000 is a digital printer for making superior quality prints.
Not sure what you are driving at by saying it is not a photo printer?

You just have to look at the set of inks used, the R3000 is primarily a hard proofing printer for the publishing industry, rather than a printer for direct photographic reproduction.
If you compare ink sets of photo printers, like the R2000, 3880, or Canon Pixma Pro printers, you will see that they are very different.

Kingmapix Loc: Mesa, Arizona

Not true by friend. The PhotoR3880 is just a larger sized PhotoR3000 with exactly the same set of inks.
Case Closed.

Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago

I also have an Epson R3000 and it prints the clearest images I've seen. It was a bit pricey, but you get what you pay for. I'm very satisfied with it's performance and I get compliments on my prints all the time.

RKraatz Loc: New Castle, DE

I've been running a 6 year old Epson 1400 printer and just love it. It is a 6 color unit that will do 13 x 19 prints. I dread the day it dies!

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

Nikon_DonB wrote:

I also have an Epson R3000 and it prints the clearest images I've seen. It was a bit pricey, but you get what you pay for. I'm very satisfied with it's performance and I get compliments on my prints all the time.

I never said that it is not capable to produce nice looking prints, all I said was that is was never intended to be a printer for direct photographic production. I'm looking at a pamphlet from Epson, showing a variety, or most of their available printers and in it they have them devided by categories. The R3000 is not listed under the photo printers, but says the R 3000 has a variation of four colors of ink (cyan,magenta, yellow and black) used in commercial publishing and are necessary to make hard proofs for publishing images, while (example)the nine ink cartridges in the 3880 are optimized for direct photographic production. So, even according to Epson, the inks used are (like I said) of very different nature!

PhotoPhred Loc: Cheyney, Pa

As for Canon ink replacement, B+H has the best price that I can find. The multipack is about 30.00 cheaper than the Canon store. I have read some horror stories about aftermarket inks, so I stick with the original and bite the bullet for the cost issue.

Kingmapix Loc: Mesa, Arizona

Dear Nikon -

I think you have the wrong Epson in mind. My Epson is a Stylus PHOTO R3000 which has four blacks and the normal 5 colors, just like the Stylus PHOTO R3808. Believe me, it is intended for making quality photo prints and does a first class job!

markymark Loc: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

speters wrote:

I'm still very happy with my old (and trusted) Epson 3880 pro, it really shines in making B&W prints.

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MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Seems to be a LOT of confusion going on here. The Epson Stylus Color 3000 is a totally different printer from the Epson Stylus PHOTO R3000. Mostly Epsons fault for using the same number on two different level printers. The Stylus PHOTO R3000 is a very fine photo printer.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

Kingmapix wrote:

Dear Nikon -

I think you have the wrong Epson in mind. My Epson is a Stylus PHOTO R3000 which has four blacks and the normal 5 colors, just like the Stylus PHOTO R3808. Believe me, it is intended for making quality photo prints and does a first class job!

I think you're right and I'm very sorry for that. The R3000Photo is not even listed in here, it only shows the R3000. Again, I'm sorry, I did not know.

markjblum

this is the printer I'm looking at, how many 13 x 19 prints can you print before adding new ink cartridges.

Kingmapix Loc: Mesa, Arizona

BTW, how are things in Grangeville Idaho? My parents once lived in Pocatello. Idaho is a great state!

Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago

MT Shooter wrote:

Seems to be a LOT of confusion going on here. The Epson Stylus Color 3000 is a totally different printer from the Epson Stylus PHOTO R3000. Mostly Epsons fault for using the same number on two different level printers. The Stylus PHOTO R3000 is a very fine photo printer.

Thanks for clearing that up for some members here MT. You are correct. The Epson Stylus Photo R3000 is a fantastic photo printer. I love it and highly recommend it.

KotaKrome

I have a Epson Workforce WF-7510, bought to replace an Epson 1800, that makes beautiful ink jet photos I use for large format photos.
Probably NOT one you would want to use for photos that you sell.
My old Oki C3400 color laser printer makes STUNNING prints but only up to 8 X 10. I even bought a backup one.
As soon as I win the lottery I'm going to buy a large format color LASER printer.