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Manufacturer: Epson Part number: C11C603021
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- Bottom Line:
- The Epson Stylus Photo R2400 printer's excellent monochrome printing further solidifies company's hegemony of the enthusiast and professional photo printer markets.
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CNET editors' review
Epson Stylus Photo R2400 price range: $949.99
- Reviewed by: Lori Grunin
- Reviewed on: 02/10/2006
- Released on: 05/18/2005
The good: Class-leading black-and-white printing; extremely flexible paper handling; long-lived prints.
The bad: Expensive; large footprint; requires that you swap matte-black and photo-black cartridges.
The bottom line: The Epson Stylus Photo R2400 printer's excellent monochrome printing further solidifies company's hegemony of the enthusiast and professional photo printer markets.
User reviews
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Excellent A3+ photo printer
by Roaring Bearcub on April 20, 2006
Pros: Accurate colour, high quality, relatively fast, great black and white (and colour), wide selection of papers available.
Cons: Switching between matte and 'photo' inks... maybe a little expensive to run, but you have to expect that. Options in the printer driver dialogue could be a bit better, but it's okay.
Summary: I upgraded to this printer after using two previous Epsons (Stylus 1160 and C82), in order to supplement my new DSLR.
Excellent quality of prints from the start - colours ...Summary: I upgraded to this printer after using two previous Epsons (Stylus 1160 and C82), in order to supplement my new DSLR.
Excellent quality of prints from the start - colours are accurate and predictable. Black and white work is very easy, with neutral tones from the printer.
If you're getting a printer such as this, you have to realise that you'll be paying quite a bit for the 8 inks it uses, and a bit more if you change the matte/photo often. It's definately not for the novice or weak of heart...
Only real drawbacks are the changing of matte/photo inks, although personally I tend to use matte paper exclusively. Also, it is slightly annoying to have some options missing based on choice of paper and print quality (such as Advanced B/W mode).
Personally, when chosing between this printer and the R1800, I was worried about losing things like the gloss optimiser ink, and the CD printing capacity. But now, I can see no need whatsoever for those features - glossy prints are excellent on this printer, and the higher quality you can expect surely makes up for the extra price. I also heard that the R1800 is better for colour, due to red and blue inks, but the R2400 is truly brilliant in this regard as well. If you are worried about any slight differences between the two, then you're probably looking too hard... Get the R2400 over the R1800 - only a bit more expensive, but far more capable.
Apart from these minor points, it is a high quality, professional-grade printer that should suit anyone who won't be printing above A3+, and who wants the very best quality available. Congratulations to Epson for giving me all the features I could want with this machine. No regrets with this purchase! (and I've had it for more than a year)10 out of 10 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Very servicable printer - Recommend
by Mahoner on February 23, 2006
Pros: Quieter, more vibrant colors than Stylus 2200
Cons: A little slower printing than Stylus 2200
Summary: As a Network Administrator, I forsee most IT purchases for my company. In this case I bought the Epson Stylus R2400 because our Stylus 2200 broke down and our design ...
Summary: As a Network Administrator, I forsee most IT purchases for my company. In this case I bought the Epson Stylus R2400 because our Stylus 2200 broke down and our design department needed a replacement. Based on reviews from CNET as well as recommendations from a client, we purchased this printer.
PROS - Granted, I don't use the R2400 all the time but I from what I seen and done it's a very good printer. The new K3 ink cartridges produces a much better color that it's predecessor. This I've seen and has been reported back to me by the design crew. Also the printer itself is relatively the same size as the 2200, but prints much more quiet. The manual feed tray is always a nice addition, as is the extra part for the roll feeder. It is network, USB, and firewire compatible. Setup was really easy, and I had it networked within about 10 minutes to all 3 computers in the department. As with any purchases I would recommend though an extended warranty. The 2200 we found had numerous problems with inks and such. This so far has none of those issues.
CONS - The only real issue (and even this isn't that bad) is that it seems like it printers a little bit slower than the 2200. So if you found the speed on the older printer bad, then you might not be excited to read that. But really, I don't think the speed is all that bad. That is the only issue thus far we've had, and we've had the printer going into it's 2nd month now.
CONCLUSION: The Epson Stylus R2400 has been really a well made upgrade by Epson. If you're a person printing photographic images are just looking for a rich prints I would highly recommend this printer.
Cheers!10 out of 10 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Text printing is horrible
by Bob5736 on July 11, 2006
Pros: Easy set up and good photo prints
Cons: Only prints text documents in grey scale...no black!
Summary: I just got off the phone with Epson's tech support and was advised this printer will not print text documents with a solid black color! It will only print ...
Summary: I just got off the phone with Epson's tech support and was advised this printer will not print text documents with a solid black color! It will only print in greyscale and there's no way to compensate for this problem. When I asked why a $750 printer couldn't print a simple text letter in black the response was "it a professional photo printer". Anyone have a suggestion ? The seller won't take it back since the box was "opened".
12 out of 18 users found this user opinion helpful.
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I hate this printer.
by lilyrit on September 25, 2007
Pros: When it works it prints great photos.
Cons: Works OK with Photoshop but not well with InDesign.
Summary: One of the reasons I bought this printer is to print color comps used in my graphic design business but also to print photos. It is suppose to print to ...
Summary: One of the reasons I bought this printer is to print color comps used in my graphic design business but also to print photos. It is suppose to print to the edge of the paper which it will in Photoshop but won't out of InDesign or using the PDF print options. Epson says it's an Adobe issue and Adobe says its an Epson issue. It also uses a rediculous amount of ink and the price for each of the 9 cartridges it uses has gone up 2 bucks since I got it. It also won't print black text black (it is a grayscale). I also havne't been thrilled with the color output being true to the colors I'm picking. And one of my biggest complaints is that the print driver defauts to Letter-manual in many of the programs I use no matter how many times I try to reset the default so EVERY TIME I want to print something I need to go into the Page Setup menu and pick what paper I'm using. I've only used the higher end Epson printers in the past and am VERY disappointed with this one.
8 out of 10 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Requires daily printing
by ammartine on October 24, 2007
Pros: Great pictures and quick printing
Cons: uses ink quickly, requires you to print daily
Summary: I loved my epson stylus photo R2400 until I had a problem with a printout. I was getting a yellow/brown cast on my photos. I went spent 7 hours (...
Summary: I loved my epson stylus photo R2400 until I had a problem with a printout. I was getting a yellow/brown cast on my photos. I went spent 7 hours (on a long distance phone call to epson), went through 16 cartridges of ink to finially find out I need to use my printer on a daily basis. None of the reviews or the manual states that this printer needs to be used that often. It was determined that some of the ink lines were clogging up with dried ink and they needed to be flushed out along with repeated head cleaning. Eventually my photos came out great. One week later I went to print more photos and I am experiencing the same problem. I recommend only buying this printer if you plan on printing daily not occasionally.
6 out of 7 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Truly Black_Black and whites
by samael9 on July 2, 2006
Pros: Job-specific configurability, less clunky than the 2200
Cons: Swapping blacks (sigh; again)
Summary: The new R2400 is a madman! An elegant departure from the 2200, which I loved dearly. I used the 2200 for a little more than a year and a half ...
Summary: The new R2400 is a madman! An elegant departure from the 2200, which I loved dearly. I used the 2200 for a little more than a year and a half until it finally quit feeding Velvet Fine Art paper with out a lot of manual coaxing.
CompUSA gladly replaced my 2200 with the new R2400 under the TAP warrantee. And I cheerfully paid the difference in price between the two. Surprisingly, they took my inventory of ink cartridges for the 2200 back for a full refund against the purchase of cartridges for the R2400! Good thing too, because I had about 30 tanks on my shelf.
Set up was easy enough, until getting to the ICC profiles for Velvet Fine Art paper. They won’t come on board. VFA and a couple other paper options in the Print Settings menu remain elusively gray (read: unavailable) Neither Epson tech support, which was fabulous, btw, nor Apple Care, equally fab, could get the problem resolved. But with so many other options available, finding a work-around is easy.
After 3.5 hours on the phone with Epson and Apple, I finally said _ _ _ _ it, and printed out one of my B&W photos using the advanced options for tonality on VFA Super B.
Momma Mia!!!! My 2200 never, ever made a B&W that looked this good! All the fretting over the VFA ICC profile quickly evaporated as I gazed at my image. All the gray scale, the detail, the diffusion and the increase in perspective just left me speechless. There was always a little something lacking in the B&W’s coming out of my 2200. Such is not the case with R2400. I am extremely pleased.
This is definitely not a novice instrument. I would imagine that ink consumption on Matte and Velvet paper is something akin to driving ’74 Eldorado in need of a tune-up. At first glance, it is immediately obvious that this printer will not be cheap to run. The advanced options are highly sophisticated and without proper monitor calibration, there will be an appreciable amount of trial-and-error, which equates to usage of consumables.
I am looking forward to the journey into my image files and outputting on this glorious piece of technology.
Oh yeah: Come on, Epson! Switching inks is a serious pain, especially so because I still can’t get my favorite paper profiles to come up. Even after verifying the cartridges, re-loading the drivers, etc. Back on my 2200, I had to delete the printer from the printer list, re-start and add the printer back when switching cartridges. There’s gotta be a better way……..4 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.
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An outstanding quality, expensive 13 x 19 inch format printer
by mwhigham on April 21, 2007
Pros: Excellent B&W, dramatic color
Cons: Expensive, inks wasted during changing from matte to glossy
Summary: I am delighted with the output from this printer. The B&W draws raves from everyone who sees them. The color is vibrant and accurate. Wonderful printer if you ...
Summary: I am delighted with the output from this printer. The B&W draws raves from everyone who sees them. The color is vibrant and accurate. Wonderful printer if you need greater than 8 x 10 output
2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Fantastic workhorse!
by HollisterBulldawg on February 11, 2012
Pros: Excellent color rendering
Flawless printing for the last 7 years
Works well with PS CS2Cons: Expensive ink (K3 Chrome)
Summary: I would buy this ;printer again. I would recommend this printer to any photo enthusiast. Just don't use it for pure text printing.
Summary: I would buy this ;printer again. I would recommend this printer to any photo enthusiast. Just don't use it for pure text printing.
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Excellent printing, horrible paper handling
by printer2020 on December 4, 2009
Pros: Incredible resolution, color, vibrancy and detail.
Cons: Worst paper-handling of any printer I've owned.
Summary: I call my R2400 "PJ," for "paper-jam" because that's one thing it's really good at. Not paper jams exactly - I have to baby-sit this machine while it ...
Summary: I call my R2400 "PJ," for "paper-jam" because that's one thing it's really good at. Not paper jams exactly - I have to baby-sit this machine while it correctly loads a piece of paper about one out of every five times. It seems that Epson had their best working on the output, inkets, etc - while they hired a team of monkeys to design the paper feeds, gears, etc.
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paper loading is a pain
by icherus on January 17, 2009
Pros: The color is perfect, rich and deep. the blacks are phenomenal. I also like the new featured that allows you to exchange ink cartridges mid-print in case you run out of ink without losing the print!
Cons: the inks are indeed expensive - $12 a cartridge! - but what I absolutely despise about this printer is the feeder from the back, which you must use with high quality archival paper - it rejects 3 out of 5 sheets!
Summary: I prefer my reliable 1280 over this printer and often opt to use it when I can squeak by. Is the 1280 archival? is the 1280 as rich in color ...
Summary: I prefer my reliable 1280 over this printer and often opt to use it when I can squeak by. Is the 1280 archival? is the 1280 as rich in color and deep blacks? no way. But unlike the 2400, I don't find myself ready to punt the thing across the room by the time I am done working with it for the day. C'mon Epson, you can do better than this! We're happy you figured out inks now do some work on the actual working components.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Epson
- Part number: C11C603021
- Description: Create stunning color and black and white prints with the Epson Stylus Photo R2400. A welcome addition to any photo studio, this revolutionary printer delivers large, archival prints worthy of gallery display. Its professional level ink set, the 8-color Epson UltraChrome K3 inks, includes three levels of black and sets a new standard in fine art photography and black and white prints. With its expanded ink set, this printer ensures a wider color gamut and superior midtones, highlights, neutrals and shadow details making it ideal for professional quality prints. With its Black, Light Black and Light-Light Black inks, anyone can easily achieve amazing black and white prints. And, since the inks are pigment-based, they deliver fade-resistant works of art that stay brilliant for up to 108 years in color and over 200 years in black and white. The Epson Stylus Photo R2400 delivers studio quality results on virtually any artistic media. Three convenient paper paths support matte, glossy, canvas, roll, posterboard, and many artist papers, so it's easy to expand your creativity. And, with its powerful production speeds, the Epson Stylus Photo R2400 lets you create brilliant displays in no time at all, and quickly move on to your next show-stopping exhibit.
General
- Packaged Quantity 1
- Printer Type Photo printer - Ink-jet - Ink-jet - Color - Color
- Enclosure Color Dark gray
- Localization Canada,
United States Printer
- Print Speed up to 1.8 min/page - Photo - 11 in x 14 in,
up to 1.3 min/page - Photo - 8 in x 10 in - Connectivity Technology Wired
- Interface USB IEEE-1394 (Firewire),
IEEE1394 FireWire USB - Max Resolution ( B&W ) 5760 dpi x 1440 dpi 5760 x 1440 dpi
- Max Resolution ( Color ) 5760 dpi x 1440 dpi 5760 x 1440 dpi
- Printer Features Borderless printing
Media Handling
- Media Type Watercolor paper ,
Glossy photo paper ,
Luster photo paper ,
Matte paper ,
Velvet paper ,
Semi-gloss photo paper ,
Plain paper ,
Photo paper ,
Heavy-weight matte paper - Media Sizes Ledger B Size (11 in x 17 in),
11 in x 14 in,
Tabloid Extra (12 in x 18 in),
Roll (4 in),
A3 plus (13 in x 16.65 in),
Roll (13 in),
3.95 in x 5.9 in,
Letter A Size (8.5 in x 11 in),
13 in x 44 in,
8 in x 10 in,
Roll A4 (8.25 in),
Super B (13 in x 19 in),
12 in x 12 in,
5 in x 7 in - Max Printing Width 13 in
- Max Printing Length 44 in
- Total Media Capacity 100 sheets
- Media Feeder(s) 1 x Autoload - 100 sheets - 13 in x 44 in,
1 x Autoload,
1 x Manual load - 1 rolls - Roll (13 in),
1 x Manual load - 1 disks Telecom
- Modem None
Networking
- Networking None
Scanner
- Type None
Copier
- Copier Type None
Expansion / Connectivity
- Expansion Bays None
- Expansion Slot(s) None
Miscellaneous
- Consumables Included 1 x Ink cartridge ( Black ) - up to 450 pages,
1 x Ink cartridge ( Color ) - up to 520 pages - Microsoft Certifications Certified for Windows Vista
- Compliant Standards FCC Class B certified,
UL 60950,
CSA C22.2 No. 60950-00,
FCC Part 15 B Power
- Power Device Power supply - Internal
- Voltage Required AC 120 V
- Frequency Required 50/60 Hz
- Power Consumption Operational 20 Watt
- Power Consumption Stand by / Sleep 2 Watt
Battery
- Type None
Software / System Requirements
- Software Included Nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 Standard Edition,
EPSON RAW Print - OS Required Microsoft Windows 2000,
Microsoft Windows XP,
Microsoft Windows Vista (64-bit versions),
Apple MacOS X 10.4.x,
Apple MacOS X 10.2.8,
Microsoft Windows Vista,
Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition,
Apple MacOS X 10.3.9 - Peripheral / Interface Devices USB port (compatible with 2.0 specification)
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support 1 year warranty
- Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 1 year
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature 50 °F
- Max Operating Temperature 95 °F
- Humidity Range Operating 20 - 80%
- Sound Emission (Operating) 47 dB
Dimensions & Weight
- Width 24.2 in
- Depth 12.6 in
- Height 9.1 in
- Weight 34 lbs
Accessories
- Epson Brochure & Flyer Paper - heavy-weight matte paper - 150 sheet(s) (34926118)19.69 - 42.58
- Velvet Fine Art Paper - 20 Sheets (30207779)23.76 - 39.10
- Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte - heavy-weight matte paper - 100 sheet(s) (32888011)13.50 - 29.24
- Epson Fine Art Hot Press Bright - two-sided smooth matte cotton rag paper - 25 sheet(s) (33826421)24.95 - 39.19
- Epson Fine Art Hot Press Natural - two-sided smooth matte cotton rag paper - 25 sheet(s) (33825140)24.99 - 42.26
Manufacturer info
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- Manufacturer:Epson
- Address:
3840 Kilroy Airport Way, Long Beach, CA 90806 - Phone: 1-800-873-7766
- Fax: 1-562-290-5220
