Epson Stylus Photo R1900 Review

Mark Goldstein | PhotographyBLOG | March 31, 2008 | 4 Comments |

The Epson Stylus Photo R1900 is a new A3+ inkjet printer, offering durable, superior quality photos on a wide range of media. The R1900 features Epson’s new UltraChrome Hi-Gloss 2 ink system, with a wider colour gamut, natural skin tones and consistent colour with a smooth gloss finish. With a recommended retail price of £399.99 / $549.99, is the Epson Stylus Photo R1900 a worthy successor to the popular R1800 model? Jon Canfield put the R1900 through its paces to find out…

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#1 al Reiner

Good review I got the 1900 this week and agree with all that was said. I upgraded from the r-380 and no comparison at all. I use Paper from Red River out of Texas and have had no problems with their profiles.
Printers ink dries rapidly, only problem has been in border less printing . With current $100 rebate from Epson camera cost me $ 449

5:51 pm - Monday, April 14, 2008

#2 Brandon Smith

Your review does not mention that roll paper operations are lousy at best. The quality of the print is excellent, but the printer controls for rewinding the roll back don't work -- at least not the way the manual says they are supposed to. Instead you end up pushing the entire roll through the printer and having to re-roll it by hand.

I thought I saw somewhere 3d party drivers that corrected this, but I can't find anything about it now.

10:29 pm - Tuesday, September 16, 2008

#3 RICH PETOCZ

Thanks for the great detail and coverage in this review. Hunting for a new photo printer is incredibly intimidating. I presently own the Epson RX500. It did a great job for the last 5, (yes 5), years. I bypassed the ink pad overflow error 3 or 4 times and now it’s time to move up to a bigger paper and I’ve been reading and studying for the last 6 months. Your interview put me over the top. I’m primarily a ‘color man’ myself, (photo-artist), and I just want to let folks like yourself to know that your reviews and the extra mile you put in on them is what makes you all the real ‘hero’s’ of consumers! Thanks again.
Rich Petocz

6:38 pm - Friday, April 10, 2009

#4 James Copeland

I bought this printer (r19000) IN April 2008 to replace an Epson 1280 that had been a fine printer for about 5 years. This printer prints some of the most beautiful photos I have seen.
In January of 2009 it would not recognize one of the cartridges and a call to tech support got me a replacement unit under warranty.
Today (7/8/09) it has several of the nozzles on the orange cartridge plugged and after cleaning the nozzles 5 times, changing about 6 ink cartridges (cleaning takes a lot of ink) and 45 minutes on the phone with a tech support, I was told that they would sell me a refurbished unit for $350.00.
The original price was T9.99 and I think that is a little much for a printer that lasts less than a year.
Buy something else.

11:11 pm - Wednesday, July 8, 2009