DavidWeller
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Loc: Southampton. UK
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Very little difference in the price is there much difference in the two machines ?
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Monobod
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Does the R1900 have the same ink set as the R2400? Does it have the Light Black and Light Light Black? Does it have matt Black and Photo Black? If not then the R2400 will be the better choice, especially if you print monochrome images (black and white).
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DaveS
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My understanding (Probably imperfect) is that the R1900 is the top of the Amateur / Enthusiast line whereas the R2400 is the entry level of the Professional line. As such the R1900 uses a gloss inkset, whereas the R2400 uses the ultrachrome K3 inkset, and should therefore produce the "better" more archival prints. I do not think the R1900 has the PK / MK choice or the LLk ink. though it may have an Lk equivilent. Just checked Wharehouse Express cat, R1900 has an Ultrachrome gloss 2 Pigment set, PK,MK,C,M,Y, Red, Orange, no LK, LLK, LC or LM.
BTW, I just blew £450 on a R2400, so may be biased 
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Monobod
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yes, I would think that the R2400 gives better black and white, but I have seen the high gloss output from the 1800 and, if you like glossy photos, it is impressive.
I print quite a bit on Matte Paper now so ultra glossy is not my thing.
I now use a Pro 3800, which has the same inks as the R2400.
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DaveS
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I've recently discovered Harman Gloss FB Al, which has a surface very like a "traditional" glossy unglazed silver-gelatin print, mono looking very like a traditional darkroom print. It may become my paper of choice, though I havn't yet tried the Ilford Galerie Gold. The print colour of a straight mono print on Harman has a very slight green tinge, similar to Ilfobrom Galerie before selenium toning, and, no, I don't recomend trying to selenium tone an Inkjet print .
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Lounge Lizard
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Loc: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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The Harman is a very nice paper but, apparently, more susceptible to surface damage than other papers. I get a very neutral black with my K3 inkset. I mostly use Innova FibaPrint Ultra Smooth White Gloss which is similar and I also use PermaJet Fibre Base Gloss which even more of a darkroom fibre-paper texture to it.
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