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Epson - R1900 Photo Printer
Average customer rating
4.3
(259 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 259 reviews
5 Stars
161
4 Stars
55
3 Stars
18
2 Stars
13
1 Star
12
85%of customers recommend this product.
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259)
Customer Reviews for Epson - R1900 Photo Printer
Customer Rating
3
Epson 1900
on August 31, 2011
Posted by: SKSmith
I was hesitant to write a review when I first purchased the Epson R1900 Printer as I wanted to run it for awhile ... just to see. So far, I haven't been all that excited about this printer and more than likely wouldn't recommend it. True .. I do get nice prints and the overall performance is good ... not excellent ... just good.
The issues I have are as follows:
First, it was advertised to have corrected the problem with the Print Heads plugging up frequently. This was evident in my R1800 which is why I upgraded to the R1900 in the first place. Today, I question that claim (and my decision) since within a month of purchase I was already cleaning the heads and have done so repeatedly since.
Secondly ~ It runs through Ink way to fast. Especially the gloss optimizer. If I were printing on a lot of glossy paper I would grin and bear it. However, I've been printing on Epson Matt Paper with the Gloss Optimizer turned off and yet I still need to replace the cartridge.
The issues I have are as follows:
First, it was advertised to have corrected the problem with the Print Heads plugging up frequently. This was evident in my R1800 which is why I upgraded to the R1900 in the first place. Today, I question that claim (and my decision) since within a month of purchase I was already cleaning the heads and have done so repeatedly since.
Secondly ~ It runs through Ink way to fast. Especially the gloss optimizer. If I were printing on a lot of glossy paper I would grin and bear it. However, I've been printing on Epson Matt Paper with the Gloss Optimizer turned off and yet I still need to replace the cartridge.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
4
Great prints, but finicky.
on March 30, 2012
Posted by: Photo54
from Wenatchee, WA
The R1900 is my third Epson printer. It produces professional quality prints ,but is a little finicky about the media used and I had to download drivers so it will work with Mac O.S. Snow Leopard. The only real complaint I have is that the pigment inks tend to plug in the head if not used every couple of days, and the fact that when replacing cartridges it primes the whole system. Not just the cartridges changed.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
5
How my R1900 helps Costco
on December 27, 2008
Posted by: rsmorris
from Atlanta GA
The R1900 is a great printer.
Even though this is the first hardware review I've ever done, I guess I should be more complete.
I'm not a pro photographer, but I take a lot of pride in the photos I turn out. I have been using an HP C6150 … which has been good but confining. Letter size is pretty much the size limit, and color prints produce somewhat blotchy blacks. So, I've been doing a lot of my printing at Costco.
While Costco does great retail printing, sometimes it is hard to get just what you want, and the choice of papers is limiting. Plus there are those shots you would be much better not sending out to the box store to be done.
Installing on my iMac was painless. The one thing that took me by pleasant surprise was discovering that the R1900 has a second USB port for connecting to a second printer (my laptop!).
My first print in the R1900 actually took me off guard. The colors struck me as a lot more vibrant and the print glossier than I had been used to. So, I printed the same picture on the same paper on my old printer. Side by side the comparison was remarkable and more than confirmed my initial reaction.
I had, of course, read that Epson had made this a great glossy printer. So, my next print was on high quality matte paper. The results were not disappointing at all.
While I would never put anything but Epson ink into Epson printers, I've tried several brands of paper. Results on Red River 50lb Premium Matte were great. And prints on Costco's premium glossy photo paper match the output on Epson's own paper at a fraction of the price.
A couple of things: The R1900 goes through the glossy coating ink cartridge rather quickly. But the good news is that the glossy coating comes in boxes of 4 cartridges . The other thing is that this is a large machine. But it has to be to print on paper as large as it does – up to 13”x19” plus roll paper up to 13” wide.
The bottom line: With the R1900 at home, Costco is now selling me more paper and fewer prints!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
5
Fantastic results!
on November 11, 2008
Posted by: TexasEd
from Plano, Texas
Installation of the Epson R1900 Printer went very smoothly as I anticipated, having previously installed 5 other Epson printers in the last 9 years. The only surprise I experienced was the absence of a USB cable with the printer. This necessitated a trip to my local electronics store. I began the printing process using Epson’s Ultra Premium Luster using “Photoshop Determines Colors” as my preference and “WOW”; I got a perfectly matched print on a 13 X 19 sheet on the first try. My monitor and print were in sync immediately. I was almost afraid to try a second one for fear of not getting the same results.
A few days later I purchased some Epson Premium Glossy paper and used the ICC profile to print three portraits for a client. Fantastic! The colors of the skin tones were right on the money and sharp as a tack. The best glossy print I’ve ever been able to produce in all the years I’ve been printing was suddenly there.
I then selected a photograph that had strong reds and oranges to print since those two colors have been a problem in the past to create the intensity and saturation I desired. The R1900 handled them beautifully.
The only problem I encountered was the paper feeder on the R1900. The design is different than my Epson R2400 and did not feed the paper properly when using 13 X 19 sheets of luster even after placing 8 sheets into the feeder paper path. The problem did not exist for 8 ½ X 11 sheets however. I finally did a work around by placing a piece of cardboard into the feeder area and its thickness now allows the printer to grab the paper stock on the first try.
The print quality, colors and saturation is really spectacular and I’m very much pleased with the output that the R1900 is giving me. A fantastic printer for the price!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
5
Epson R1900 a Great Printer
on January 20, 2009
Posted by: jrp831
from CA USA
I needed a printer that would go large enough to produce the 12 x 12 scrapbook pages for my wife and meet my own needs of printing standard size prints from 4x6 to 8.5x11, labels and printable CDs.
I have found the printer and I need to look no further!
The Epson Stylus PHOTO R1900 answers all of my needs and goes to an even larger size of 13x19 that I look forward to exploring.
I am very happy with the user interface and found it easy to setup, install drivers, and use the provided software. It was a simple matter of installing the driver CD, following the on-screen instructions, attaching the printer via USB, and it was ready to print. The driver software interfaces seamlessly with other applications on my computer such as word processing and scrapbooking software, and it proves easy to change print settings in the print dialogue.
The Print CD software was simple to work with and it took me only about 10 minutes to start it up, import graphics, and print good quality directly to a printable CD instead of using a “stick-on” label.
The printer produces photos and pages with vibrant color. Even without calibration, the color closely matches what is on the screen. I am amazed that it takes less than 2 minutes to print out a full color 8.5 x 11 page. I have used both store brand and Epson papers to print and found that the Epson paper by far gives me the best print quality.
All in all, I give the Epson Stylus PHOTO R1900 a 5 out of 5 rating. I think it is an excellent printer for the serious hobbyist who requires more than just standard color photo printing from their personal printer.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
5
GREAT PRICE & EVEN BETTER PRINTS!
on July 14, 2009
Posted by: PhotoRichD2X
from HOUSTON, TX
This printer reaffirms why Epson is THE LEADER in top of the line photo printers! Epson knocked my socks off in 2004 when I purchased my first Epson printer. It was an Epson all-in one Stylus RX500 photo printer and it just blew me away with the 8.5 x 11 prints I was getting. I still have it and still use it. But I finally felt I could go for a 13 x 19 format and started looking, it was exhausting.
There are a lot of printers out there and many, many mixed reviews by buyers for every make of printer. I stayed focused on Epson because of the great results with my RX500 but I still was seeing mixed reviews in the 40-60 to 70-30, (good/bad respectively), ratio and so kept putting things off and reading, reading, reading. Then I finally came up on a near 100% ragingly great review winner, The Epson Stylus R1900. Nearly everything I read in the way of independent buyer and tech review articles was super thumbs up. I think the only down, (and it's not all that big of a 'down'), is the size of the ink cartridges that go to the R1900. They're no bigger than the cartridges that are made for my RX500. But if you put that point aside, the rest of the printer and its abilities are OUTSTANDING by anyone’s measure. I strongly suggest this printer if you want professional, museum quality results! The 13 x 19 size print, (sheet or roll capability), down to 4x6 snapshot with 7 color cartridges and 1 Gloss Optimizer cartridge, and specifications that rival most "professional" printers will win you over in an instant. So stop searching right here, right now and BUY THIS PRINTER! You will not regret it and that is just the plain truth of the matter, 'nough said.
There are a lot of printers out there and many, many mixed reviews by buyers for every make of printer. I stayed focused on Epson because of the great results with my RX500 but I still was seeing mixed reviews in the 40-60 to 70-30, (good/bad respectively), ratio and so kept putting things off and reading, reading, reading. Then I finally came up on a near 100% ragingly great review winner, The Epson Stylus R1900. Nearly everything I read in the way of independent buyer and tech review articles was super thumbs up. I think the only down, (and it's not all that big of a 'down'), is the size of the ink cartridges that go to the R1900. They're no bigger than the cartridges that are made for my RX500. But if you put that point aside, the rest of the printer and its abilities are OUTSTANDING by anyone’s measure. I strongly suggest this printer if you want professional, museum quality results! The 13 x 19 size print, (sheet or roll capability), down to 4x6 snapshot with 7 color cartridges and 1 Gloss Optimizer cartridge, and specifications that rival most "professional" printers will win you over in an instant. So stop searching right here, right now and BUY THIS PRINTER! You will not regret it and that is just the plain truth of the matter, 'nough said.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
2
Good for bright scenes. No so much for low light.
on October 10, 2009
Posted by: JamesJP
from Richmond
After relying on a pro lab to do most of my printing I shopped around for my own printer after the Great Recession caused many of my lab's highly skilled personnel to be replaced by people with very little training in color matching. I had high hopes for the R1900 after reading online reviews and receiving recommendations from acquaintances who rely on professional photography for a living, but what I've found after burning through an entire supply of ink cartridges using Epson ultra premium photo paper is that the R1900 is good (not great) for bright scenes with vivid color but poor when it comes to low-light, twilight, prolonged exposures with a starburst effect of available light, or scenes where dark blue is a dominant color. In such situations the sky is overrun with a grayish/green tone, pixilation occurs at the point of demarcation in the sky where the light is changing hue, and available light in a night time shot appears green. If you're looking to print photos of scenes well lit by the sun and highly saturated, I say this printer should do OK. Unfortunately, my passion is low-light photography and the R1900 will not suit my needs.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
5
Great Purchase
on November 9, 2009
Posted by: dendi
from Vineland, New Jersey
After much research and reading expert and customer reviews, I bought the Epson R1900. I am very pleased with the quality of the color prints. The colors, especially the reds, are very sharp and vibrant on the best photo setting. The facial tones are absolutly beautiful. I have an old scanner without all of the bells and whistles found in newer photo scanners. I scanned older photos with poor quality and was very pleased with the capabities of this printer with the end result being a beautiful photo. I found Epson's technical support team to be very helpful. It is my opinion that the quality of photos printed with the Epson R1900 far exceeds those printed from photo labs.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com