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Q Photo,
I don’t have the 1800 but I do have its little brother, the R800. I think
the quality of prints from this printer, on the right paper, is phenomenal. At the highest quality settings, it produces photographic quality prints that I can’t distinguish from the original). The claimed archival quality for the High-Gloss Ultrachrome inks it uses is up to 100 years (again, it depends on the paper type – matte is rated lower for example). I am very pleased with mine so far and highly recommend it (and by extension, its bigger sibling).
As far as I know, the only real difference between the 1800 and the 800 is
the paper-handling size.
Jake
I ran into the Epson rep at a local Best Buy a few days ago and asked some questions and was told that while the hardware is nearly the same (except for paper handling), the driver was rewritten to provide a greater gamut. (Of course, nothing says that they won’t do that for the R800.)
George