Photo Rag 308gm with Epsons

[garri]

Hey folks. I plan to order a new A3 printer this week and am looking at the
R1400 or R1800.

So far it comes down to this:
1400 is considerably cheaper and with a CIS will be a very cheap run, no paper roll however.
1800 has a roll feed but I am not keen on the gloss optimiser as I print on matt papers. with a CIS it will be a little cheaper to run and the price I can get one for is not hugely more than the 1400.

Now I can live without the Roll feed to be honest, thing is, and this may be the real deal breaker, which one(if any) will print 308 photo rag?
Anyone here have one of these printers to let me know first hand, I cannot find a definitive answer on any of the reviews I have read and epson simply say no to both printers.

I had a 1290s before this and that printed the 308 fine despite being good only to about 285gm in the manual!!

Any help appreciated

cheers
Gari

[Greg_E]

Technically the r1800 will not feed a paper that is so thick, if the 1400 has the same paper path, then I wouldn't recommend either printer. You really need a mostly straight through path for that paper, which would mean the 2400 or larger.

Also be aware that because the 1400 is a dye ink printer, the third party inks may not last as long as the Epson inks. Testing would need to be done before commiting to those inks.

[Seamus A Ryan]

Hi Garri

my advice would be to take a long hard look at your budget and think seriously about the 4800.

I have a 2100 and a 7800 and I now just use the 2100 for printing out correspondence and internet stuff, it makes me wince when I think what I paid for the machine and how much I've paid for ink since.

the 4800 (and up) take the larger 110 and 220 ml cartridges which negate the need for a CIS, the machines are much better built than the smaller ones, built to last I suppose you could say, the canned profiles are pretty damn good straight out of the box, the 3rd party profiles are good too, I could go on and on

seriously, I know it looks expensive on day one but trust me it makes up for it in the long run

hope this helps