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6.5

out of 10

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For People Who Loves Photos Only

Mar 25, 2006

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: The Best Photo Printer in Every Area
Cons: Does not Have Unnecessary Consumer Features
Opinion:
For those who are looking at printers I have this to tell you: The photo qualities of all the major printer manufacturers are top notch.

When one looks at a picture, the whole scene is taken in and no one would want to look up close to see if there's any dots. This is year 2006 and inkjet has come a long way and therefore the difference between 1 picolitre and 2 picolitre is really not worth the effort to compare.

So the only difference between the R800 (Asia Cnet Editors' Choice) and the Canon Pixma IP8500 (US Cnet Editors' Choice) lies in these two areas:

a) Consumer features: Duplex printing, LCD Pictbridge printing so on so forth

b) Ink Longevity: Canon uses dye and Epson uses Pigment inks. By pure definition Pigment will last longer than dye most of the time.

Conclusion:

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Never has been good

Aug 7, 2005

Rating: 4 out of 10 (Mediocre)
Pros: 
Cons: 
Opinion:
I have tried everything I know and have been told to do with my R800 and nothing seems to work. I am selling it and going back to HP after two long years of fooling around.

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