Epson has come out with a wide carriage version of the highly regarded Epson Stylus Photo R800. This printer uses 8 different ink cartridges and will take paper up to 13 x 19 inches in size. Print life, depending on the type of paper, will vary from 104 to 200 years, making this one of the few printers under $1,000 in price that produce archival quality prints.

In addition to printing on paper in all the usual sizes, the R1800 will do panorama prints and print on suitable CDs and DVDs..

Cost will be around $550 USD.

Is this a replacment for the much loved Epson 2200? Possibly. There is no official word on that from Epson, at least not yet.

You can read more about this printer here.