A stunning A2+ desktop exhibition quality printer (Epson Stylus Pro 3800)

Member Name: tengreenmen

Product:	Epson Stylus Pro 3800
Date:	20/12/08 (102 review reads)
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Advantages: Superb print quality, even at 180 dpi resolution; auto gloss/matte changes

Disadvantages: Does not have a roll feed media option

If you are trying to achieve exhibition quality photographic printing up to a 2+ size in both matte and glossy papers, including Epson's excellent Ultrasmooth Fine Art paper, as well as the Ultra Gloss without any metamerism, then Epson Stylus Pro 3800 is an extraordinarily good printer. It uses the K3 inks (although not the new bright magenta option), which combined with its printing mechanism is an eliminates the problem of printing blacks on high gloss paper. It also automatically recognises your matte or glossy paper choice and changes the cartridge fairly economically, a seriously useful facility. Another bonus is that it only needs one ICC print profile for both 1440 and 2880 DPI printing, which will save you time and/or costs preparing profiles. The out-of-the-box Epson profiles are also very good. If you print black and white, it also has an excellent advanced black-and-white option which you can tune to produce stunning results. Although it costs more than smaller printers such as the Epson 2400/2880, it may work out cheaper if you print any volume because its larger cartridges represent lower costs per page printing. And although it prints up to A2+, it is footprint is comparable to an A3+ printer. One drawback for some people is that it does not have a roll feed media option.

Summary: A proper professional fine art printer

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