I do lightly toned monochrome prints on my R800. I really like the quality I get on glossy paper--great resolution and crispness, deep blacks, no weird color shifts visible to my eye, and output consistent with what I see on screen (I use Photoshop CS2 and calibrate my monitor with a Spider2PRO).
I would like the additional size of the R1800, but I don't want it badly enough to spend the $$$. Hope this helps, Mark Paul Stenquist pnstenquist at comcast.net wrote: > >The R2400 is the best printer for BW and matte finish papers. It's >also markedly superior on Epson Premium Lustre Paper and Semigloss. >The R1800 is really for glossy papers, and it's performance on any >paper other than glossy can't matech the R2400. >Paul > >On Oct 11, 2006, at 5:19 PM, Peter Fairweather wrote: > >> Hi Bob >> >> Prices have dropped since I bought my R800. Now I would buy an R1800 >> for the occasional A3+ size at the same great quality. >> >> In the UK the R2400 is a lot more expensive with no huge advantage, >> especially if you do mainly colour glossy prints. Black and white is >> another matter apparently >> >> Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
