Epson Stylus Photo R800 Inkjet Printer :: Education by Design Store

Editorial Review
With the R800 inkjet photo printer from Epson, you can print professional quality photos from the comfort of your own home. With its fine 1.5-picoliter droplet size, the R800 delivers resolutions up to 5,700 x 1440 dpi for exceptionally detailed and accurate prints. You can also print directly onto inkjet-printable CDs and DVDs, adding a professional look and feel to your media.

Print speeds are as fast as 17 ppm, while a 5-by-7-inch photo can take as little as 45 seconds. (All reported speeds are maximums. Actual speeds will vary.) The R800 can print borderless photos in a number of popular sizes, and accepts a wide variety of plain and photo papers, as well as transparencies and envelopes. The input tray holds up to 100 sheets of regular paper, up to 20 sheets of photo paper, up to 10 envelopes, one transparency, or one printable CD/DVD.

Designed to last, Epson's UltraChrome Hi-Gloss pigment inks deliver photos with an expected life of up to 80 years. The software bundle includes Epson Software Film Factory as well as the PRINT Image Matching II Photoshop plug-in, designed to optimize prints from a wide variety of popular digital cameras.

The R800 connects to your computer via either USB or FireWire and has a 25,000-page monthly duty cycle. Compatible with both PC and Mac operating platforms, the R800 comes backed with a one-year parts and labor warranty.

Customer Reviews

Epson Stylus Photo R800 Inkjet Printer

2008-05-04
Broke down out of warranty, cost another $105 to find out that it could not be fixed. Junked it.

Worse Printer Ever

2008-03-02
I bought this printer when it was new so I paid full list for it.
After having it for 2 years.. I have manged to get less that twenty images printed on it.
Paper loading is imposable, when you do get it to print it
eats ink like crazy.
It always seems to need "cleaning" i.e. I want you push a button that empties your print cartridges at a frightening rate.
My total cost of ownership for this pile of poo with the purchase price,
ink replacements and printer repairs has been over $900.00.
For that I've only been able to print 15 images.
I just a few moments ago disconnected this thing from my computer
and later today I'm going to beat it into a flat pile of plastic and metal, look for the vid on youtube. Don't buy this printer you'll be sorry. I'll never buy an epson printer again.

Great at first, but...

2008-02-19
I have had this printer for a couple of years. For a while it produced nice prints, although it did have some trouble feeding paper. However the print heads are now clogged and won't print properly even after loading brand new ink cartridges and running multiple cleaning cycles. All printouts have streaks and gaps and I have to print three or four pages just to get one good copy. And get this - every time you run a cleaning cycle on this printer it uses up about 10% of the ink in EVERY cartridge. It costs about $100 to replace all the cartridges, so every time you do a cleaning cycle it costs you $10! Maybe you will have better luck than I did, but I do not recommend this printer.

Very Dark Prints

2008-02-17
Bought this printer hoping it would give clear wonderful pictures. WRONG! What a dissappointment! The pictures come out dark! Had to get Adobe 7.0 to print pictures, still dark, went on Epson web site and downloaded the improved program because of dark pictures, Still DARK. I have to lighten all my pictures by 45% just to get a decent picture. NEVER AGAIN! I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PRINTER!

DO NOT BUY

2007-12-08
I purchased an Epson Stylus R800 photo printer approximately two years ago. It was shortly after the warranty expired that it quit working (would not turn on). I took it to a local repair shop and was told it would be more expensive to repair than to buy a new one. I did in fact buy a new one a year ago (11/09/2006), it too quit working (same problem..would not power up) but was still under warranty (barely). I was advised by Epson Support to take it to a repair shop in Salt Lake City Utah. I did take it to the AUTHORIZED repair shop and according to them, they replaced something in the control panel. That repair is barely two months old and my printer has failed once again to power up. Does Epson have that poor of a product that one fails three times in two years, and once almost immediately following a repair by an authorized facility? I recently bought a photo printer and went with an HP model because of the problems I had with my Epson printer...It's junk and I can not rely on it.

Printer SN: FMJEO28173

Worth every penny

2007-11-11
With the R800 inkjet photo printer from Epson, you can print professional quality photos from the comfort of your own home. With its fine 1.5-picoliter droplet size, the R800 delivers resolutions up to 5,700 x 1440 dpi for exceptionally detailed and accurate prints. You can also print directly onto inkjet-printable CDs and DVDs, adding a professional look and feel to your media.

What's in the Box
Epson Stylus Photo R800 inkjet printer, one cyan ink cartridge (T054220), one magenta ink cartridge (T054320), one yellow ink cartridge (T054420), one photo black ink cartridge (T054120), one matte black ink cartridge (T054820), one red ink cartridge (T054720), one blue ink cartridge (T054920), one gloss optimizer cartridge (T054020), CD print tray and Epson Print CD software, roll paper holder accessory, printer documentation, Premium ICC profiles, CD-ROM containing printer drivers and software (Windows and Macintosh); printer cable not included

Mistake, Mistake, Mistake - Will Never Buy Epson Products Again 2007-08-18
If I could give this piece of junk printer 0 stars, I would. First of all, I can't believe that Epson says this is Vista compatible when they do not and will not ever support the firewire interface on this printer. Beyond that, this thing uses ridiculous amounts of very expensive ink. Try printing a CD label on a printable CD, and use the "darkest" setting, which is the only setting that will produce acceptable results, and you can literally see the ink capacity in your cartridges go down by 5-10% per CD. So, when you factor in the cost of the ink, you're paying probably $5.00-$7.00 to print a single CD. That may be a slight exaggeration, but trust me, it's slight. On top of that, the build quality of this printer is terrible. The paper feeder mechanism will not grab the paper, no matter how fully I load the paper tray, and even getting a single page printout can turn into a maddening exercise in frustration. And it's not because of wear and tear; I am certain that I have printed a total of less than 150 pages with this printer in the entire time that I have had it. As far as photo printing, the results aren't bad, but if you try to handle the prints without letting them dry for at least a day, you risk ruining them due to smudging. I have had much better results with a small Sony dye-sublimation printer. The Sony prints put those produced on this printer to shame, and can be handled immediately after leaving the printer. If you need larger (than 5x7") format photo prints, you're better off ordering them online or going down to the local drugstore. You'll save a lot of money over trying to produce them on the Epson. I have owned mulitple color printers, and this is far and away the worst of them. I foresee an "Office Space" like disposition of this clunker in the near future.

Paper Won't Load! VERY FUSTRATING 2007-08-12
I don't know how I missed the numerous reviews complaining about how this expensive printer won't load paper but I did. And now I have the same problem. The first few prints were beautiful but all of a sudden I cannot print a thing, regardless of the size or type of paper. I keep getting the same, stupid "Media Loaded Incorrectly" message -- no matter what I do.

I'm through with Epson. I am going to purchase a Canon.

Brace yourself for ink cartridge shock... 2007-06-20
Supplies for the R800 are pricey. $15-$18 for OEM cartridges, and they don't last very long. There are 8, and you'll need 2 or 3 sets of replacements handy to continue working. Most retailers to not carry these specialized cartridges, and you'll be stuck buying 3rd party, or direct from Epson.

No more Epson 2007-06-13
1. after only three weeks print pause the print-head was blocked
2. Its only wasting the time to clean a printing-head
3. Its expensive and worst Service I ever saw
4. After all nervous breakdown I learn something: NO MORE EPSON!!!