I just purchased one a few weeks ago. Very happy with it. Mostly B+W
printing with a few color images, all with Epson inks. I bought it hoping it
would at least be as good as my Epson Stylus Photo - bought about 9 years
ago. So far the 4"X6" prints I've done with it are better. I have prints
from my Stylus Photo that are 9 years old and are impossible to tell from
newly print images from the R220 - framed & hanging on walls. All with
original Epson inks.
Interesting, if you go to replace all the ink cartridges at once it will
cost just slightly less than a complete printer (which includes the all ink
cartridges). Something like $99 for a new R220 & $80 for all the cartridges
at a local Comp USA store near me. I buy my inks on line for substantially
less.
Kenneth Waller
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From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Epson R220. Anyone using for sales prints
After private emails with Fred, i'v pretty much talked myself into trying
an Epson printer.The R220 seems adaqate for B&W prints with 3rd party
black ink(s). More so than my Canon which displays the green tint Fred
mentioned he had, and sems to have gone in the R220.
Just wondering if anyone is using this printer as a sales printer and if
they are happy with it and the customers. My Canons are supposed to be 25
year archival,so i'm wondering about the R220. An articale Fred sent said
22 years.
I get faint, barely visible fine scratch ,marks on my Canon papaers(most
likly from horse dirt) and i want to get a new printer, and one that does
decent B&W to replace the S800.
The price is cheap, just wondering if the prints will be over time.
Dave
Equine Photography in York Region
