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Epson R2880 Large Format Photo Printer (C11CA16201) | 
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Brand: Epson
Category: CE
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Apple MacOS X 10.3.9
Modem: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 37
Dimensions (in): 12.7 x 24.3 x 8.4
nv:Print Method: Inkjet
Resolution: 5760 x 1440 Optimized dpi
Dimensions: 24.3"W x 31.4"D x 16.3"H
Connectivity: USB
Connectivity: PictBridge
Paper Sizes Supported: 4" x 6"
Paper Sizes Supported: 5" x 7"
Paper Sizes Supported: 8.5" x 11"
Paper Sizes Supported: 13" x 19"
Paper Sizes Supported: 11" x 17"
Paper Sizes Supported: 8.5" x 14"
Paper Sizes Supported: 8" x 10"
Paper Sizes Supported: 8.3" x 11.7"
Paper Sizes Supported: 11" x 14"
Paper Sizes Supported: 12" x 12"
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: C11CA16201
Model: C11CA16201
UPC: 010343867857
EAN: 0010343867857
ASIN: B001A11KA2
Release Date: June 22, 2008
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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Prints up to 13x19 Photos with Epson UltraChrome K3 with Vivid magenta ink | | • | Advanced Black and White Photo Mode | | • | Professional 8-Color, pigment ink set with 3-level Black technology | | • | Advanced magenta pigments - astounding blues, purples, and reds | | • | Print Permanence ratings of 200 years or more |
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Product Description
Produce exhibition quality prints with unprecedented control with the Epson R2880 photo printer, the choice for professional and fine art photographers. With its innovative ink set, Epson UltraChrome K3 with vivid color, this powerful printer offers an astounding color gamut for brilliant reds, blues and purples.Designed to easily deliver large-format photos worthy of gallery display, the 13-inch R2880 includes Radiance technology, which ensures smooth color transitions, and improved highlight and shadow detail. Its three-level black technology offers exceptional gray balance and outstanding tonal range. And, advanced black-and-white photo mode ensures precision control for neutral or toned black-and-white prints. Take your creativity further with its versatile media handling capabilities. Print on roll paper, fine art paper or 1.3 mm thick art board. The R2880 always delivers professional performance with its one-inch wide, permanent print head. And, for more consistent printing, it includes Automatic Nozzle Check technology, plus Epson PreciseColor. Achieve professional results, with the quality, control and versatility of the Epson R2880 photo printer.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Excellent Printer October 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Received this printer from my employer as a "thank you gift." Unlike others reviewing the R2880, I have had no issues with the printer, and was making great prints immediately after unpacking and easy set-up. Ink usage at the highest quality setting seems normal (others have called it an ink hog, but I'm just not experiencing that). Looks like a few have had a bad experience, but not me. Maybe some quality control issues have been addressed?
Great Printer Epson R2880 October 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Epson R2880 Large Format Photo Printer (C11CA16201)
I bought the Epson R2880 inkjet printer about three months ago and I've printed on several types of top quality Epson paper and on Epson canvas almost every day. The R2880 has performed magnificiently. I sell my photos at Art Fairs. The vibrance is superb in color; black and white is very impressive. You have to change the main black cartridge from photo black to matte black depending on the paper you are using. Glossy paper requires PHOTO BLACK, and matte paper and canvas requires MATTE BLACK. This is nuisance but I arrange to do all one type or another for as long as I can before changing. In general I am delighted with the machine.
excellent printer October 4, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have owned this printer for only a few days. In that time I have printed over 200 prints. I have printed both 8.5 by 11 and 13 by 19 inch prints without any difficulty. I have also replaced the ink cartridges without any problem. I have not had any contact with epson's tech support because I have not had any problems.
Now for the printer itself. The build quality is solid. Setup was simple and I was printing prints within a few minutes of connecting the printer to my mac.
I am using this printer in conjunction with a macintosh computer and photoshop elements. I tried other programs (iphoto) but elements gave me the truest reproduction of what I saw on my screen. This printer prints color accurately but it prints slightly darker than what you see on your screen. In other words the printer provides an accurate but dark copy of what you see on your screen when you print. The difference is slight but noticeable. Black and White printing is accurate and there is no color cast.
The only caveat that I can offer is that the printer drinks ink. I have been printing a lot at best quality and I have gone through a number of ink cartridges. Vivid light magenta in particular disappears quickly. I am very happy with this printer after a few days of extensive use. If a problem crops up after a longer period of time I will amend my review. Otherwise I am marking this printer as a five star product and giving a wholehearted buy recommendation
 Ink Cartridge Issue August 30, 2008
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I bought the Epson R2880 printer two months ago and have changed cartridges successfully. My replacement cartridges came directly from Epson's on-line store. Yesterday I changed a cartridge and received an error message, "Ink cartridges cannot be recognized".
I tried to fix the problem by turning the printer off and on. I then tried to joggle the cartridge. Failing to do any good, I made a web search on the error message + Epson and was amazed to find that this has been a problem with Epson printers for years. To date, neither the Epson site or the general web lists a decent fix. Many posts refer to the Epson help desk "advice" that off-brand cartridges are the issue, and that genuine Epson cartridges are the fix. I used only Epson cartridges from the Epson on-line store. Unfortunately, Epson and the web have no other suggestions to get my printer going again. It appears that Epson is blaming everyone but themselves for the problem. Maybe the bulk of the problems are associated with off-brand cartridges, but that is no excuse for not investigating the problems that the rest of us are having and providing us with a fix.
It is amazing to me that a multi-year Epson problem remains unfixed on this newly released printer.
Reviewing the Epson R2880 August 21, 2008
28 out of 28 found this review helpful
I ordered my Epson R2880 about a month ago from Amazon, as a replacement for my trusty old Epson 2000P which was about seven years old. My new printer arrived very promptly a few days later. The Vista software installation went smoothly except for the fact that a couple of the amber "ink-empty" lights did not work properly, one never came on and one was flickering, like on and off. (These little lights are located in the ink well, they all (should) come "on" upon printer startup, then go "off", one by one, as each ink cartridge is inserted into the well.) The first couple of prints I made were not good, but I soon discovered that with this printer use only Epson paper and be sure to select the particular type of paper on the screen before commencing printing. I then printed several color and B/W sample prints, examined them under a loupe, and I must say they were great. I was impressed with the quality.
Everything seems to run smoothly for the first week or so, although I noticed that the printer had a tendency to perform prolonged nozzle cleaning sessions. One session lasted between 6 and 7 minutes. That's when I started to look at the ink levels charts. This printer is really using the ink I thought. I then noticed large random dots, about 3mm in diameter on some of my prints, sometimes only an hour after a new start-up nozzle cleaning session. My last printing endeavor on this printer - just following a nozzle cleaning session - were eight 4x4" images where these dots showed up on five prints, some were in the margins and some right on the image itself.
Calling Epson was quite an experience. The person told me to simply do a nozzle clean. I told him I had just done nozzle cleans, but he insisted and I did it. The first print out had the famous 3mm dots on the paper and the print. Do the nozzle clean again, he said. At this point I confronted him with the question of how much ink a nozzle clean required because my ink indicators showed a decrease in ink level of about 15% with each cleaning. He had no answer to that, or to any of my other questions, including the amber light question.
I was now out of ink and had a lot of unwanted dots on many of the prints I had made. At this point I knew I would never feel comfortable using a set of inks priced at about $125. and only wind up with a handful of usable images. I returned the printer as I was still within the 30 days grace period.
One last observation: It appears to me, after reading other reviews, that the ink/nozzle picotechnology is perhaps behind the curve of where it ought to be. In the quest for smaller and smaller picoliter dots, perhaps a different nozzle cleaning technology is required. At least, upscale future printers like this R2880 should have the ability to just clean one (1) color nozzle at a time, as user required, instead of necessarily cleaning all eight colors at a cost I figure to be about $18. to $20. per cleaning session.
Tage Blytmann
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