Digital BW, The Print

I'm not sure when I'll get mine--I have a deposit on it so that gives me a 
good shot at the early ones.  They are being shipped now in Europe.

Thought others might like this quick report from Chris, the tech at 
Inkjetart, who used one for about 12 hours and got all he/they could get out 
of it in that time before giving it back to Epson (this was at the Epson 
Print Academy in Salt Lake City, UT).
http://www.inkjetart.com/Epson_3800_Pro/report/index.html

There was a lot of question about the printing length and he confirmed that 
it will easily print 37.4.  He printed 2 cut sheets from Micro Ceramic 
Luster and printed them without problems.  There's more--and you can buy a 
sample, if they have any more, that they ran that day.

I will post my impressions of the 3800 when I get it.  I will be printing 
from a greyscale (but ARGB)--but I do a good bit of processing before 
reaching that stage.  I want to be able to do toned monos without using a 
RIP--which I use now, as I said.  I also print color--use mainly Epson 
Velvet, Hahnemuhle PR and Epson Premium Luster--but am going to try some 
other papers also--esp. those I can buy on a 3" core roll to cut 
occasionally (plus cut sheets in other sizes).  I have some new samples here 
and on the way.  Even if I revert to QTR at times, I will still have the 
newer K3 inks, printing on larger media capabilities, and (this is a 
something I'm looking forward to) less bronzing and gloss differential and 
metamerism.

Diane
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clayton Jones" <cj@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 12:21 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: My head is about to explode


Hello Diane,

>of the ABW

I'm sure many of us are eager to hear about the 3800, so I hope you
will post a report here when you get yours.

If you are planning to use the simple workflow with it I am especially
interested to hear how that goes.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm