Forgive me then...I was basing my words about the R800 being the 2200's "little brother" on a review I read from Steve's Digicams site at < http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/epson_r800_pg3.h tml#conclusion>

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Here is a quote from his review of the printer:

Steve's Conclusion
The Epson Stylus Photo R800 at $399 (as of April 2004) is a very versatile and high quality photo printer for the home or business graphics user that needs archival prints. You can consider this printer to be the narrow carriage "little brother" of the larger format Epson Stylus Photo 2200. The R800 uses UltraChrome Hi-Gloss pigment inks for longevity and includes a gloss optimizer to give your glossy prints the kind of punch that is usually only seen on prints from dye-based printers. And it has both a photo black and a matte black cartridge to yield the best possible printing on glossy and matte papers. The printer automatically selects the appropriate black ink depending on the media being used.

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Larry, in your opinion then, do you feel the 1280 is better than the 2200 then in photo quality? Based on what I had read this last week, the 1280 was the winner in image quality whereas the 2200 was the winner in longevity/archival potential of photo prints.

I am glad to hear, at any rate, that the R800 is such an excellent printer. I think perhaps that that is the way I will go then and investigate the color lasers later down the road. From what I understand, laser printers are not as color accurate as Inkjets. So I think I will get this R800 for my critical work and then a color laserjet next year for the rest of my prints that are not so color critical.
One more question...do you have any idea how well the R800 may handle text printing...this is also pretty important for whatever text there may be in my proofs.

Thanks again for your help :)

Andrew_Hayton

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