Admittedly, the R2880 didn’t appear to chew through ink quite as quickly as our R2400 but we’d still like higher-capacity cartridges in printers at this level. This volume may be acceptable for an A4 printer – but it short-changes higher-volume users and the constant reminder of an ever-growing stack of spent cartridges only reinforces how much ink has been used.

Each one contains approximately 11 ml of ink, which is the same as the R2400’s. It’s a pity Epson didn’t fix it this time around.Īnother frustrating feature that could have been – but wasn’t – corrected is the capacity of the R2880’s ink cartridges.

This isn’t a new problem it occurred with the R2400. It’s often necessary to even re-boot the computer and by the time this happens you may have spent as much as 30 minutes trying to ‘persuade’ the printer a different black ink has been loaded so you can select the correct paper type. You have to switch the printer off and re-set the printing parameters – often several times – before the ‘message’ gets through to the driver. The most frustrating aspect of having to swap cartridges is that the printer driver initially fails to recognise a swap has been made. You still have to change black ink cartridges when you swap from printing on glossy media to matte papers.

But, although it provides some welcome advances over its predecessor, the main flaw that frustrated owners of the R2400 has not been corrected. Epson’s Stylus Photo R2880, the long-awaited replacement for the popular R2400 model, boasts a new ink set and some technological advances that should please its target market.

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