The R2400 gets high marks for design, not for its looks but for its flexibility: cosmetically, it's a large-2 feet by 2 feet with trays extended for letter-size paper-silver and dark-gray plastic that resembles all of the other printers that make their way through my office. In truth, you can be up and printing in as little as 10 minutes. Throw in the nine ink cartridges, and setup really feels like a whole do-it-yourself project. It comes with two attachments for feeding roll paper, a special attachment for the paper-input support designed for use with matte paper, and yet another paper-input support for feeding single sheets of heavy stock. Like clowns in a Volkswagen, the number of paper-handling accessories you pull out of the Epson Stylus Photo R2400's box during setup seems endless. Nevertheless, for the best in desktop photo printing, the Epson Stylus Photo R2400 is the model to beat and definitely worth the upgrade from the SP2200. Those of us who want both vibrant color prints and gallery-quality black-and-white output should be feeling justifiably peeved right about now. I still haven't forgiven Epson for integrating the monochrome-challenged Ultrachrome ink set into the R1800 and excluding the R1800's red and blue inks from the UltrachromeK3 set in order to create an artificial distinction between the two: positioning one as a large-gamut color printer and the other as a tonally adept black-and-white device. If your medium-format printing needs lean more towards scrapbooking, collateral business materials, or draft proofing, less-expensive models such as the Stylus Photo R1800, the Canon i9900, or the HP Photosmart 8750 will likely suit you better. Its flexible paper handling, long-lived and color-accurate prints, expanded gray tonal range and nth-degree driver controls are designed with enthusiast and pro photographers in mind. But when your images mean everything to you-especially if they're black-and-white-then the R2400 is the printer to own. Like its predecessor, the Stylus Photo 2200, the Epson Stylus Photo R2400 isn't for everyone: it's expensive both to buy and operate, it's a space hog, and it's a bit awkwardly designed.
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