Choose my printer for me!

I have both the R800 and Stylus Pro 4800 and both are absolutely wonderful printers. Not one problem with either and as indicated elsewhere, produce great B&W prints.

CNET's review stated:
"In CNET Labs' tests, the R1800 was noticeably faster than the R800--conceivably the result of testing with different versions of the printer driver--and thus far ranks as the fastest for printing text among the medium-format photo printers. It can't quite keep up with Canon for photo-printing speed, but it clearly outpaces the HP Photosmart 8750. It printed our 8x10-inch test photo (on Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper using the Best quality option) in two minutes flat.

In nearly 90 days of use, the printer operated flawlessly except for one incident. After several idle days, it nearly stopped printing red tones. Nozzle Check revealed that about 90 percent of the red nozzles were blocked, but running Head Cleaning twice fixed the problem. Unfortunately, Epson's printheads have a reputation for this type of behavior, as we noted in the review for the R800. You should make it a habit to run Nozzle Check after several days of printer inactivity.

Like its little brother, the R800, the Epson Stylus Photo R1800 produces very good color photos, and if you're willing to put up with some finicky nozzles and imperfect black-and-white prints in exchange for speed and media flexibility, you'll find it a very solid choice. "

Great post guys...thank you so much. Very informative. My wife and I have just started a family portraiture business and have done lots of reading on equipment. One of the pieces we havent bought yet is the photo printer. Like others, we will want to be able to print certain photos at home, but in addition, we want a printer that we can take on location with us to various events (reunions, cocktail parties, etc) and print photos for clients on demand (for a fee).

We also want to be able to set up a screen...either TV or Computer monitor, with a rolling slideshow of the prints. I have read this thread completely and have lots of good info. I suspect we will be mostly printing 4x6 and 5x7's on location. Any suggestions on which printer makes sense?

I read with interest about the Canon Selphy DS700, that it can be connected directly to a TV. Any thoughts on the best machine for this use?

Looking forward to your reply!

Refreshing....

Any suggestions, anyone?

my only thoughts are that if you are doing prints on location for a fee (probably more than $1..) then the clients would probably want an 8X10 to have it worth it to them, and like wise for you...but I don't know this business and may be way off the mark...good luck with it..