Digital BW, The Print

Last year Epson introduced a "film only" Brit-nominclature "3200-
sumthin'" (not similar to the US 3200 flatbed) and didn't even 
bother to mention it in the US (no surprise...photo-i reviewed it as 
equal or inferior to the 4870..at far bigger L$).

 Epson's an ace, but they're not nearly as adept at advertising as  
HP ( constant highly aggressive HP printer radio ads on my state's 
most expensive station). 

Seems like that film-only machine was a leaden trial baloon...maybe 
we'll never see a 2400 or 4800 in the US, instead a 2500 and a 5000? 
Maybe they're reading this group, aware of the enthusiasm for glossy 
and B&W :-)

Is "Shutterbug" generally considered credible? Serious question.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "steve_bye" 
<steve_bye@c...> wrote:
> There was a very brief article in Shutterbug magazine, so the new 
printers
> are for real. I think it was the June issue, which was not on the 
stands
> last week, but I think was mailed to subscribers. Rumor says the
> introduction is in May.
> 
> A copy of the 4800 Reference Manual was available on the UK Epson 
site, but
> it has now been removed.
> 
> I'm pretty much an Epson junky, and have owned all their top 
consumer
> printers since the PhotoEX. I guess I missed the 1200. I'm somewhat
> skeptical about the new 4800/7800/9800 printers though. You still 
need to
> swap out the photo black and matte black inks, and there is no 
gloss
> optimizer, so glossy prints are questionable. Maybe the new K3 
inks will fix
> bronzing and gloss differential, even without gloss optimizer
> 
> It's ironic that Epson has chosen to attack B&W printing with this 
new K3
> inset in the 2400/4800/7800/9800, since B&W is one of the things I 
am very
> happy with on the 2200. Maybe the three black inks will give us a 
better
> Dmax. That would be very nice.
> 
> Steve
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sven Hafner" <sven.hafner@g...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 5:33 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] EPSON 4800 ?
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> does anyone has news about this new model to share ? seems still in
> the rumour and pre-announcement stage !? Just was on the way to buy
> 4000 when the dealer told me to wait until end of month. 
(Singapore).
> cheers
> Sven
> 
>