Fast, Beautiful Prints
Strengths: Fast, great prints, easy setup, comes with full ink cartridges, compact footprint
Weaknesses: Expensive to run, need to switch matte and photo black, no USB cable, short FireWire cable, requires a lot of space
Summary: (Edited August 14th by gooru) I once swore to myself that I'd never buy another Epson product again after having dealt with their awful warranty service. However, let's face it: Epson makes the best printers and scanners out there. If you want great print quality, then you buy Epson with an eye on the R2400. This sub-$1000 printer makes absolutely gorgeous, archival quality prints, and if you know what you're doing, you'll easily be printing within half an hour after getting the printer. Within an hour, I had several great 13x19 prints made from RAW files taken with my Canon 5D. Setup was ridiculously simple and fast on my MacBook, and I was very happy to see that full ink cartridges (rather than some starter set) were included. Unfortunately, what's not included is a USB cable, which is mildly annoying, and the FireWire cable is rather short. Other annoying things include the need to devote a lot of space to the printer in my office and the very stupid requirement of switching photo and matte black inks. What were they thinking here? It's a huge waste of ink to switch, and it's a very common need to switch between matte and glossy paper. I found myself throwing away a couple sheets of matte paper when I had forgotten that the ink inside was photo. The other major annoyance is the cost. The printer itself isn't too expensive at less than $800, but the paper and ink costs add up quickly! However, if you want guaranteed archival quality prints, then that's really the only way to go.

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