Epson R800 Vs. Canon Pixma ip8500

[eastonphotography]

Hi all;

Well my Epson 1200 finally died and I am in the market for a new

printer.

 

Over the weekend I went to the Photo Expo here in New York and was

able to get an image I brought in on a CD printed on Both the Canon

Pixma ip8500 and the Epson R800. (Close Portrait, beauty shot, of a

young woman, with dark hair)

 

Here is my question... On the print from the R800 the detail in the

hair is all black(No detail) and the colors are off, while the print

from the canon has all the detail(but does have some horizontal

banding). Here is where it gets tricky... I also had the same print

done on a Epson 2200 at the Kodak booth with the new Kodak Pro

Luster paper, and the detail in the hair is AWESOME! and the color

matches perfectly with the Canon and original image. Do you think

when the person at Epson loaded my image up, he assigned a wrong

Color profile in Photoshop and THAT messed up the detail in the hair

and color? The reason I say that is the Epson 2200 uses the same

inks and the detail and color is perfect(Different paper though,

Epson printed on Premium Glossy as opposed to Kodak Paper)?

 

Do any R800 users find loss of detail in dark areas or shadows??

 

Thanks and any input is well welcomed -Craig

[steven_clark]

Sounds like the color management was screwed up on the R800 and the ip8500 probably needs a head cleaning.

[nathanael_galler]

Maybe it's a question of the profile... (speaking of loss shadow detail)