I received the Epson R2000 to provide you with this review. This post is not a paid post and all opinions are my own.
I have been the “camera lady” for as long as I can remember. I have had an interest in photography since I was a child. I think my first camera was one of the 110 cameras but I loved taking pictures with a Polaroid. If I wasn’t taking pictures with my own camera I was taking them for my mom or grandma.
One thing about taking pictures back in the day was having to pay to have the film developed. Once the digital cameras came into play, I kind of lost interest in paying to have pictures printed. I figured I could just print them from home on a printer. I have printed pictures, but they didn’t look like a professional print. I have longed for a printer that would print pictures that I could put in a frame and hang on the wall.
And then I received an Epson Stylus Photo R2000 Printer to review. I will be honest. I let it sit in my room for a couple weeks before I opened it. I was so excited about getting the printer that I wanted everything to go perfect when setting it up. I wanted to find the perfect place to place it and I wanted some time when the kids were not home to put it together.
Once I started to put the printer together, I realized it was easier than I thought. I normally hate putting together things that require me to read directions but the instructions for this printer weren’t too bad. After I plugged in the printer, I had to install 8 ink cartridges. I was a little shocked that I had all 8 installed in less than a couple minutes!
After the ink was installed, I installed the software on my printer, loaded a piece of Epson Ultra Premium Glossy Photo Paper and was ready to print a photo. I found a portrait I took with my Nikon D5100 and hit the print button. When it started printing I was so excited.
I was even more excited when it finished printing. I was really thrilled with the quality of the photo it printed that I printed another photo I took of all of my kids on the first day of school. I then had to take a picture of one of my friend’s daughter and print it out to show off what my new printer could do.
Epson Stylus Photo R2000 Features
- Industry-leading pigment ink technology — Epson UltraChrome Hi-Gloss 2 pigment ink for colorful, vibrant prints, beautiful skin tones that are highly water, smudge and fade-resistant
- Individual, larger ink cartridges — change cartridges less often and get up to 50% more prints1
- Professional media versatility — accommodates cut-sheet and roll paper in sizes up to 13″ wide; supports photographic and fine art paper, canvas, 1.3 mm thick board and inkjet printable CD / DVDs
- Unparalleled connectivity — Hi-Speed USB 2.0, wireless 802.11n and 100 Mbit Ethernet support1
- Auto-selecting Black inks — achieve optimal black density and superior contrast on glossy, matte or fine art papers from either Matte or Photo Black ink
- Leading-edge image-quality architecture — smoother color transitions and outstanding highlight and shadow detail with AccuPhoto™ HG imaging technology
- Precision 8-channel print head technology — innovative MicroPiezo AMC, one-inch wide print head with ink-repelling coating for more accurate dot placement and reduced maintenance
The reason I am really excited about this printer is that I took a digital photography class for the last few months and I had to pay to have each of my photo assignments printed. Printing one print may not sound expensive but I had to turn in print assignments every other week and a portfolio at the end of the semester. I used the photo center at Walgreens and was always happy with the quality of the prints I received. I am excited now to have a printer that prints just as good as the professional photo center.
Right now I have only printed 8×10 photos on the glossy paper. I will keep you posted on what else this fun Epson photo printer can do. 🙂
Wow great photo for an at-home printer! I wish my printer could create photos like that.
There is a lot of cartridges in that beast. I think I will keep this in mind for my next printer when my current one rests in peace. I have noticed printers like this DO print amazing photos with better quality than others.
I love a printer that can print pictures this well. Granted, that is a lot of cartridges, but so worth it with the end result.
That looks like a pretty nifty printer!
Oh I need this SO bad!! Mine is almost shot and this looks really nice!
This looks great. I have the Epson Workforce 845 and have been very happy with it.
his looks like a great quality printer for photos. Very nice.
I’m actually in the market for a new printer and this one looks awesome! Love the quality of the prints.
That picture quality looks great. I need a new photo printer and will definitely consider this one.
Looks like a great printer!
Love this printer! What great photos. I never knew there was a printer with so many color choices.
Currently, I have a black and white laser printer which is not cut out for photos! This is ideal for all the millions of snap shots I take of my little ones.
This is a great photo. I honestly wouldn’t have known it was from a printer!
that’s a nice looking photo from a printer! holy moly! when i think of printing pics at home i guess i think of what we had 10 years ago.
what a cool little pinter and LOVE the way the photo turned out… thanks for sharing, I’m currently in the market for a photo printer and always loved Epson.. will have to look at it.
Oh those photos came out super crisp!! I’ve been needing something like this!
I need a new printer. I have been trying to find one that I can fall in love with
I need a new printer and definitely one that could print great photos. Thanks for this review. Do you know where you can buy the refill cartridges?
That’s a lot of ink! But worth it if it’s a good printer. I never seem to have much luck with home printers. I’ll bookmark this one, because I’ll be looking soon.
hat los nice. Ve rofesional.
This printer would be perfect for the gift projects we want to do for birthdays! I prefer to print from home
We need to make a decision on a printer for our daughter’s dorm room for this fall, not having to change the cartridges a lot would be a bonus for us since I’m pretty sure mom & dad are going to be footing the bill for supplies like that 😉
I could really use one of these! I like to change out the pictures in our frames… quite often. Being able to print them at home would make this so much easier.
This would be perfect for you then!
Looks like you got the right printer for your photography bug. 8 cartridges?? Expensive!
Definitely the right printer for me. As far as the ink, I think I should be good for a while. Since there are 8 colors I think they should last longer than if it was only using a few.
prints nice and crisp photo’s, wow 8 ink cartridges! We have an Epson too and we like it!
Hopefully since there are 8 colors, they will last longer than when you only have a few. What Epson model do you have?
I have an Epson very, very similar to this and I absolutely LOVE it! It prints beautifully and does a great job of scanning bunches of things at once.
What model do you have? I also have the Epson Workforce 840 and love it for when I just need to print a document or scan a picture.
I have an Epson Stylus. They are fabulous printers!
I love all of the color choices for the printer. It looks like it prints beautiful pictures.
I have never had an Epson printer… But it looks like it prints an amazing photo. I’m sure after baby arrives, we’re going to be printing out more photos. I’ll have to look into this one.
WOW!! That is so clear!! I can’t believe it printed a picture that well!
They really have come a long way to print photos! I want to get this printer!
Very nice printer. I really need a photo printer. The one I have is a small portable one that prints ehh.
I love the single inks feature. It is way cheaper to replace one color than the ones with multiple colors. Especially if only one color runs out you have to replace the whole thing, and those are around $40 when the singles are under $10.
I would love one of these to print pictures off of my grandchildren We are in different states so all I get is pictures and this looks like it printed great