Epson R800

I have an R800 and have printed a few B&W prints with no complaints. My only problem was with color prints, where I found that R800 inks were incompatible with Brand X paper. They initially looked good, but, after drying for a day or two, the image developed cracks. I bought some Epson paper, and the problem disappeared.
 
I've got one; I use it for printing b&w; it's okay but not stellar. My biggest issues are slightly rough transitions among closely-spaced tones in highlight areas, and slight variation in image color across midtones. (You can avoid the latter by printing in black-ink-only mode, but it makes the former worse.)

Sorry, but I don't know any tricks for getting around these problems. I think they're just endemic to inkjet printers (I know that there are various third-party inksets that claim to solve them, and that there are people who swear by these, but I don't want to lock myself into a solution that may disappear at any time, especially when I can't see samples first.)

I'm curious to try an R2400 to see if the larger number of gray ink sets helps, but I don't want to spend that much money unless I can be SURE it helps.
 
Hi Luca.... I bought an Epson R800 shortly after it came out. I liked it for printing on glossy paper, due to the gloss coating that it adds to avoid bronzing. The black and white prints were fair but not wonderful; there were some color casts, of the usual magenta or greenish variety. I eventually bought an eye-one photo and after building profiles, the b&w prints were better. With the United States version of the Epson driver, true Black-Only was not possible. Now for b&w I use an Epson 2200 with the MIS UT7 inkset and the QTR rip. Printing on matte paper, the results are good.

Ed
 
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