On Nov 7, 2006, at 7:39 PM, Antti-Pekka Virjonen wrote: > There is a new Epson 17" around the corner (should be available > shortly), the Epson Stylus Pro 3800 with 80ml ink cartridges and > with a lot cheaper price tag (around $1200) compared to the 4800. > > It has 9 ink slots so you can have both the photo black and the > matte black in at the same time (which is a problem with the 4800). > Full set of inks (UltraChrome K3) will cost around $450-500 (so the > inks will be slightly more expensive per printed area than the > 220ml 4800). No roll paper support/cutter though.
OK I've had a quick look through the PDF. This does look like a nice printer, but if it doesn't support roll paper I wouldn't think about buying it. Regarding the matte/photo black, you may not need to change the cartridge but they still share a channel on the head, which means that the printer will purge the line and switch inks automatically. Photo to matte uses 1.5ml and takes 2 minutes; matte to photo uses 4.5ml and takes 3 minutes. Ethernet as standard is a good thing. So is the user-removable maintenance tank. - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
