Digital BW, The Print

I have a1900, purchased for printing small-to-midsize prints and CD/DVD 
printer, and can honestly say that after 20 years of buying Epsons this 
is the only one in which I have been completely and  unequivocally 
disappointed, and the only one I deeply regret having purchased and 
would never recommend to anyone. 

It's failings are many and irksome, and while I refuse to put myself in 
a bad mood this late at night by listing them, the matter of drop size 
is important because it's something Epson blatantly misrepresented.  At 
the time I bought the 1900 Epson was touting it as using a 1.5 picoliter 
drop, and this was the factor that convinced me to buy it.  However, 
with my first prints it it became immediately evident that this was not 
the case, and that it was incapable of producing prints that met my 
standards. 

I tried for months to get a decent print out of it, and I suppose that 
for glossy snapshot lovers it may be just the ticket, but for anyone who 
demands better-- and certainly for anyone who loves matte prints-- it's 
horribly inadequate.  No, let me rephrase that:  it's godawful.

(Now, my 3800 and 7880 are different stories entirely...)

The atrocious performance of the 1900, and Epson's original 
misrepresentation of its capabilities, have caused me for the first time 
to have doubts about Epson quality as a whole and, more importantly, 
where the company is headed. 

I remember the long-ago days when Gateway made very high end, very high 
performance computers for intelligent people who knew how to use them 
and superb tech support ...and I remember when they began racing down 
that slippery slope of turning out dreck for the masses.  Does that 
company even exist anymore?  I really find myself wondering if the 1900 
is the veritable canary in the coal mine, signaling a similar decline 
for Epson. 

Best wishes,

Shoshanna
Gold Beach - South Coast of Oregon
http://www.pbase.com/shoshanna




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