Digital BW, The Print

Gary,

I have been only using papers that use the photo black ink. These
include Silver Rag, F-Gloss, F-Gloss warm tone, and Epson Premium
Luster.  They all print great. I created my own profiles but the Epson
Prem. Luster profile is very good and the best Epson profile I have
ever seen.

I also have an Epson 4000, which has the Ultrachrome inks.  The prints
on the 3800 are noticeably better with the K3 inks on the papers
mentioned above. I can't speak about matte papers at this point, but I
intend to keep the 4000 and use it just for matte paper printing 8 x
10 and larger.

The nice thing about the 3800 is more options for borderless printing,
smaller in size, and it can handle small paper sizes easily. I would
rather have vacuum suction and no pizza wheels but then you get into
the bigger printers with borderless and small paper size tradeoffs.
The ink is also a lot cheaper if you use 220 ml cartridges, and was
one of the major tradeoffs that I tossed around in my mind before
making a decision.  If you want to do prints longer than 22" I would
suggest buying or making a D-roller to make your life a lot easier. I
bought a D-roller and consider it an essential piece of equipment with
the 3800 if you are going to use thicker papers cut from a roll.

Andy
  

On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 08:47:13 -0800, you wrote:

>Andy,
>Are you using papers other than Epson and are they also working good? Are
>you able to compare the output of the 3800 with other larger Epson printers.
>I am planning on making 16x20s and am really excited that this new printer
>can do this size for less cost but I don't want to buy it and then think I
>should have bought the 4800 just trying to save a few dollars.
>Thanks,
>Gary W.
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