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"sundance" <sundancekid17@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >>>>>>I am interested in getting the Epson R200. I wonder what is the cost
> >
> > of
> >
> >>>the
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>8x10 photos with good Epson paper and ink. TIA.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I have the R200 and I love it. I have tried about 20 different papers
> >>>>>with this printer. If you like a satin finish (try it, you'll like
> >>>>>it), Epson Colorlife 8.5x11 (20 sheets) is available from
> >>>>>www.databazaar.com for $14 including shipping. This puts your paper
> >>>>>cost at $0.70US. Ink is another matter. I estimate the ink cost for
my
> >>>>>4x6 prints (cut from Colorlife 8.5x11 paper) at about $0.20US, so
that
> >>>>>would make the ink cost for a 8x10 (or 8.5x11) at about $1 or less.
> >>>>>That puts total cost at less than $2US, which IMO is not bad for a
> >>>>>high quality, long life 8x10 print. This is why I have this printer
> >>>>>instead of an HP. YMMV
> >>>>
> >>>>What are the cost of your cartridges? and are they genuine?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I received my R200 printer along with 20-pack 8x10 PGPP and 20-pack
> >
> > 8.5x11
> >
> >>>ColorLife paper for $102 total, at buy.com yesterday. I, too, chose
> >
> > Epson
> >
> >>>due to the wide choice of paper, including panoramic.
> >>>
> >>>I won't print a lot of pictures at home as my local Costco can do nice
> >
> > 4x6
> >
> >>>for $0.19 and 12x18 for $2.99. There are time that some pictures are
> >>>embarrassed to be printed there and sometime I need a picture quickly.
I
> >>>think I'd print mostly 8x10 on the ColorLife paper so the price is not
> >>>exceedingly expensive. And I love the print quality. Ink jet has
> >
> > advanced so
> >
> >>>much since my first Epson Color Stylus many years ago!
> >>>
> >>>I am waiting for a 13" wide format of R800 and hope I can afford one!!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>Have you printed a 8x10 and then had the same print done at your local
> >>shop? How did yours compare? Where they close?
> >
> >
> > I haven't printed the same picture in R200 and minlab. I did have a 8x10
> > print done in Costco with a Fuji Frontier printer a year or two ago.
> >
> > I can say that the R200 prints can be passed as real photos but no, it
> > cannot beat Fuji Frontier or
> > Noritsu printers. Upon closer look, the ink jet cannot resolve very
light
> > color details, in area close to overblown, like faint blue sky,
overexposed
> > water. You can make out of the texture in the Noritsu print but they
become
> > practically white in the ink-jet. Color is also slightly better in the
lab
> > prints.
> >
> > For $99 list, I am impressive with R200's quality but I'd still use
Costco's
> > minilab if possible.
> >
> >
>
> I tooka couple of 8x10s to Wal-Mart I had printed w/ my Epson and they
> are not even close to the Epson's colors. The flesh tones of the
> portraits on the Epson r much warmer. I think I need to try somewhere
> other than Wally World.
The pictures I took were under daylight so I expected neutral skin tone.
Your lighting condition might be different from mine.
Here is the info for Fuji ad Noritsu printers with profiles at different
printshop location:
http://drycreekphoto.com/Frontier/using_printer_profiles.htm
My local Costco has Noritsu. I didn't use the profile though. I just save
the JPG with Adobe RGB 1998 color space and they come out very close to what
I see on screen.
The R200 print isn't bad, but in certain areas, you can easily tell it's
home printed. I have a Canon 300D. If you know about SLR, you would know it
has much shallower depth of field than small P&S cameras. The distance
blurry mountain and trees look like water-color in the R200 print, possibly
because they are much too faint. The portrait in the foreground is sharp and
is photo quality. To me, the composition is kinda interesting, but the whole
picture can't pass as a photo if one looks just a little closer. It can't
render very light color gradation well but the flesh tone of the Epson is
pretty smooth for an inkjet. I have no hesitation to use it for skin flicks
though.
Maybe my selected pictures are hard for inkjet to reproduce. I have no doubt
in most cases, the R200 can produce very good photo quality prints. But for
price and quality, nothing beats Costco's One Hour Photo for now. That said,
the R200 is pretty amazing!
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