Digital BW, The Print

> www.amazon.com has this statement in the Product Description text for
> the R1800:
> 
> "From the Manufacturer
> Note: The Epson R1800 is no longer being manufactured. You may want to
> consider purchasing the R800 instead. The R800 offers a lower price but
> does not support wide-format printing."
> 
> Epson might have have huge stocks remaining, of course.
> 

Now that is a short product life cycle.  I wonder what the problems are.

Outback photo noted some profile problems as well as issues with the Glop.
See http://www.outbackphoto.com/printinginsights/pi033/Epson_R1800.html

Perhaps Epson wants to iron out these problems on the smaller printer before
putting more eggs in that technological basket.  From what I've seen of the
MIS version of glop, I'd move slowly on that front.  I wonder also if the
smaller dot size is an issue with more clogging or other problems.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com