The Hi-Gloss ink set comprises six primaries: cyan, magenta, yellow, red, and blue, plus a choice of photo black or matte black, which both reside in the printer full time-no cartridge swapping required. It's virtually identical to its letter-size counterpart, the equally impressive Stylus Photo R800, but its UltraChrome Hi-Gloss ink set lacks the monochrome chops that Epson put into the new UltraChrome K3 inks, which debut in the Stylus Photo R2400. But if you also want to print text and graphics on a regular basis or print on optical discs, the R1800 may be the better match for your needs.A perfect printer for the budget-minded photo fanatic, the medium-format Epson Stylus Photo R1800 delivers long-lasting, exhibition-quality color prints. The i9900's photo speed still gives it the edge as our Editors' Choice among photo printers. The R1800's speed for photos is good, but nowhere near as impressive, with an average 1:18 for each 4-by-6 (compared with 30 seconds for the i9900) and 2:42 for each 8-by-10 (compared with 1:05 for the i9900). The current Editors' Choice, the Canon i9900, was far slower, at 25:19.
We've clocked only five faster ink jets, and the R1800's time was within 25 seconds of four of them.
Performance on our business applications suite (timed with QualityLogic's hardware and software, was faster than most standard ink jets, with a total of 16 minutes 13 seconds. Text is at the high end of good, with most fonts easily readable at four points, but one highly stylized font needed 12 points. In addition to excellent photo quality, the R1800 offers very good graphics, which is a high rating for an ink jet. By comparison, silver-halide photos last roughly 25 years.
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