Product Description
Designed to exceed all expectations in the area of photographic image quality, the Epson Stylus Pro 3800 incorporates an all-new, 17-inch wide printer design, along with a radical new photographic screening technology and combined with the breakthrough Epson UltraChrome K3 Ink will deliver your creative vision without compromise. Even more remarkable is the latest high performance, one-inch wide print head, which incorporates a new Auto-sharing Black Ink technology allowing both Photo and Matte Black ink to be installed and switched automatically.
Capable of handling virtually any type of cut-sheet media up to 17 inches wide, the Epson Stylus Pro 3800 incorporates a high-capacity paper feeder that can accommodate sizes from 4x6 up to 17x22. Continuing to set standards in media flexibility, this printer has various ways of loading media, including a front-loading, straight-through path capable of handling media up to 1.5 mm thick and even a second, top-loading, single-sheet feeder optimized for fine art papers. Pigment-based Epson UltraChrome K3 Ink technology Two Auto-sharing Black Ink Modes for Photo Black or Matte Black BorderFree Printing Paper Feeder - Up to 17 x 22, up to 120 sheets plain paper, 20-photo paper Printer Interfaces - Standard High-Speed USB 2.0 (1.1 compatible) and 10/100Base-T Ethernet port Operating Systems Supported - Macintosh OS X 10.4.7 or higher, Windows 2000 or XP Dimensions - Width 27 x Depth 15 x Height 10 inches Weight - 43.2 pounds
Customer Reviews:
EPSON 3800 PRO BAD NEWS!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-12-30
My wife purchased the Epson 3800 Pro Printer as a Christmas Present. I printed less than 10 photos and got an error message. The message said to contact the Service Repair Center which is only open from 6-6 M-F Pacific time. Not the level of Customer Service or Performance that I expected for the price of the printer.
The quality of the few prints was excellent.
Epson pro 3800.......2007-12-28
Fantastic printer! I have used the Epson pro 2200 for the past four years and love it, but the 3800 is FASTER and produces the best photos.
Pro 3800 vs R1800.......2007-12-12
I now own both the R1800 and the R3800 printers. I bought the R1800 a few years ago, shortly after it came out. This fall I attended a photo trade show in NYC. There were prints on display that were stunning and I got excited about upgrading my printer. There were two or three things I wanted. I wanted larger ink cartridges, so I wouldn't have to order replacements after printing just a few large prints and I wanted a reduction in the cost of the ink. I wanted better quality in the grey scale. I wanted to not have to perform maintenance on the printer (cleaning etc) so often because this wastes ink. I wanted the best quality ink I could get. The thing that really tipped me over to buying this printer was the discovery that the R1800 does not use the same ink set as the professional printers and that the R1800 cannot produce good quality when printing black and white images because it lacks the additions black cartridges. The reason I didn't go with the R2400 was that I did not like the idea of having to switch black cartridges and the waste of ink involved. The 3800 produces great prints and the quality of the greyscale is a noticable improvement over the R1800. But I have to say that it is not as easy a printer to use. While the R1800 came with profiles that were right on target out of the box, I have had to make sure that my monitor is calibrated correctly for the prints to match and I even calibrated the printer. This was somewhat expensive, but I believe that these are necessary steps if you really want to have control over color and the quality of your prints. So, I would recommend this printer for people who want to take their work to the next level, or certainly, for professional photographers. But it is more work to really make use of the extra quality by fine tuning the profiles. I think in the end it will be worth it. The printer has a much larger footprint than the R1800 and it is quite heavy. It does not take a roll which is one downside. but it is able to take many types of paper and can be adjusted in ways the are impossible on the R1800. So, if you are a serious photographer or would be photographer and you want to print your own work to get the quality you want, then I recommend this printer. The R1800 is also capable of beautiful stunning output, but it feels more like a toy next to this printer. Also, one other thing. It comes with Epson support and the support is very very good. The first time I called I talked to them for almost an hour while they taught me about the various aspects of using the printer. You dont get that kind of support when you buy a printer targeted at the consumer market.
Outstanding for 17" x 22" large format prints.......2007-12-07
I bought this printer because I wanted to print 17" x 22" genealogy charts in color. I also wanted pigment-based inks because they are much more fade resistant than dye-based inks. The 3800 has exceeded all my expectations. Setup was easy and the quality of photos printed on Epson media is superb. I'm delighted with the product!
BEST EPSON UNDER $2000.......2007-11-28
I've had this printer for over 9 months now with very very heavy usage and it works flawlessly. If you only use epson ink and paper designed for inkjet printers (not just epson media, but also things like Illford, Hahnemuhle, Moab) with the downloaded ICC profiles off of their respective web sites you'll get stunning results. I've printed maybe 5k pages out of this thing (some full bleed solid browns on 17x22) and have only replaced the light light black cartridge so far. The money you save on ink versus other printers is a selling point by itself. I upgraded from a 1280 and have used the 1800 and 2400 but this is by far the best and easiest printer to use. No more wrestling with paper settings or paper sizes... it just works.
Product Description
The Epson Stylus Pro 4880 incorporates a unique and 17" wide printer design with a breakthrough, new ink technology. Epson UltraChrome K3 is now enhanced with breakthrough Vivid Magenta pigments. This technology requires only eight colors, including a three-level black technology, to significantly raise the quality levels for professional color and black & white prints. Imagine producing professional neutral and toned black-and-white prints with even higher density levels, with virtually no metamerism or bronzing. With an even higher level of ink droplet accuracy, MicroPiezo AMC print head, along with an ink-repelling coating technology that dramatically reduces nozzle clogging. When combined with Epson AccuPhoto HD screening technology, the level of image quality is at an astonishing 2880 x 1440 dpi resolution. Handling virtually any media type in roll or cut-sheet, up to 17" wide, the Epson Stylus Pro 4880 incorporates a high-capacity paper tray capable of handling cut-sheet media up to 17"x 22". Color and Monochrome 180 nozzles x 9 Droplet Technology Smallest droplet size 3.5 picoliters Variable Droplet Technology can produce up to three different droplet sizes per print line Acoustic Noise Level - 50 dBA Includes as standard one hi-speed USB 2.0 (1.1 compatible) and one Ethernet port (10/100Base-T) Complete borderless printing - 8.25, 8.5, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 17 Maximum paper width - 17 Left and right margins - 0 to 3 mm each (0.24 total) Top and bottom margins - 0 to 25 mm each Maximum printable width - 17.16 (full bleed 17 width) Roll media size - Single roll up to 17 width Roll media length - Up to 132' Cut-sheet input tray size - Up to 17 x 22 Cut-sheet media input - Up to 250-sheet tray, top and rear manual feed slots Built-in media cutter - Automatic and manual cutting Operating Systems - Macintosh Tiger 10.4.9 or higher, Leopard 10.5 or higher (16-bit), Window
Product Description
Stylus Pro 3800 TUMI Printer Cover STYLUS PRO 3800 TUMI PRINTER COVER
Customer Reviews:
Worth the money.......2007-03-13
This custom made cover is well made and worth the price to protect your Epson 3800 printer.
Very good but flawed.......2007-02-14
The cover is ruggedly made and attractive, but I find that it fits too snugly on the printer
in actual use. I have to be careful every time I remove it, or else the 3800's rear paper
guide detaches and falls off, gripped by the stiff and heavy fabric of the cover, which
is otherwise thoughtfully tailored to fit over the rear guide. One could argue that
Epson should have designed the rear paper guide to attach more securely to the 3800,
but I wonder how much testing and tweaking the cover's designer did with their product
sitting on an actual 3800. I recommend this cover with this one caveat.
Great cover.......2007-02-06
I purchased this for my new epson 3800 to protect it from dust, cat hairs, etc. It's well made and looks good, and does the job. I wish I had known about these covers for my previous printers, as it helps tremendously in keeping it clean and protected.
Product Description
Replacement ink maintenance cartridge is user replaceable. The printer alerts user when tank needs to be changed.
Product Description
Stylus Pro Replacement Ink Jet Cartridges
Ink Cartridge
For Stylus Pro 3800.
Matte Black
Product Description
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Customer Reviews:
Excellent print quality; but nothing else........2007-08-07
This printer offers excellent print-quality, and it does so in a small footprint. I'm amazed! However, Epson slacks a little in regards to reliable networking, beta-testing, shipping, and efficiency.
I have possessed two of these printers and both had some major issue:
#1 - First one was most likely damaged during packaging, because the shipping box was in pristine condition. I had to ship it back and get another printer, albeit, I didn't have to ship it until the new one arrived, but with Epson's poor tech-support, even this was no easy job for me. I ended up having to call the Headquarters to speak with someone, but the whole building was too busy with some big meeting to help me. Nobody EVER called me back during the whole experience of swapping the two printers out.
#2 - Second printer was also damaged (STRAIGHT FROM EPSON!), but I managed to reset the front tray. You can tell the machine is fragile, just from the serious amount of foam and blue tape Epson ships the device with. It takes a good 5-10 minutes to carefully unpack. Printers have never really been built like tanks, and I don't expect the manufacturers will find a way any time soon.
#3 - Bug in the software? My printer suddenly started displaying it was using Photo-Black ink, instead of Matte. So I set it to swap the blacks out back to Matte black. Soon after, it displayed Photo Black again. So I wasted two swaps to find a cosmetic BUG! Cosmetic, sure, but this is a bit over the top. Epson even mis-spelled the word, "Networking" in the Firmware update utility inside the LFP Remote Panel. If that's indicative of Epson's attention to detail, I can only imagine this is where they had to cut some jobs to give the K3-ink crew more time and materials. I'm just glad the K3-ink department got it right!
#4 - The IT staff at Epson should get more involved with the design engineers and help them understand more about RELIABLE LAN networking. This printer is among the lowest quality LAN nodes I've dealt with in my life. I'm a Cisco Network Engineer, btw. If you want to experience repeated futility, try getting this thing to regain an Ethernet connection to a Mac Book Pro after unplugging the cable and rebooting either device. I don't wish to think every Epson printer does this, but I'm surprised Epson didn't build any decent Ethernet status monitoring in the printer. No, that's something HP does well, and have proven it for the last ten years.
#5 Poorly laid out menus and buttons: Yeah I've worked with better. Question: Why do you have to reboot the printer to change it's IP address? Haven't we evolved enough to virtually eliminate reboots?
I can't boast enough about the print-quality, and to keep the price within reach, there has to be some sacrifices made along the way. Shareholders don't budge on these things, and I don't expect Seiko to, either. So, if you can live with potential issues in production as such, I think you'll be a satisfied customer, assuming your printer arrives intact and without something bent. I just wish Epson could have worked a little harder on other aspects of the printer that may not relate directly to the actual image.
btw, the whole time it took me to type this review, the Epson print software STILL hadn't figured out it cannot print due to the Printer's NIC card not communicating! How about a little better error-checking? I wish Canon were better, but they're really not. They seem to have budget issues caused by shareholders, too.
Truly Awesome!.......2007-03-14
My new Epson 3800 has exceeded all my expectations. The print quaility is
extraordinary and getting great color is much simpler than other wide format
printers I've owned. The print speed is exceptional.
Product Description
Inkjet Print Cartridge for Epson Stylus Pro 3800
Product Description
Stylus Pro Replacement Ink Jet Cartridges
Ink Cartridge
For Stylus Pro 3800.
Magenta
Product Description
Stylus Pro Replacement Ink Jet Cartridges
Ink Cartridge
For Stylus Pro 3800.
Light Light Black
Product Description
Designed from the beginning to exceed all expectations in the area of photographic image quality the Epson Stylus Pro 3800 Inkjet Printer - Professional Edition incorporates a compact 17-inch wide printer design along with a radical photographic screening technology. And when it is combined with the breakthrough Epson UltraChrome K3 Ink it delivers your creative vision without compromise. UltraChrome K3 ink incorporates a three-level Black along with color pigments that raise the bar dramatically for professional color and black-and-white prints. Even more remarkable the latest high performance one-inch wide print head now incorporates an Auto-sharing Black Ink technology allowing both Photo and Matte Black ink to be installed simultaneously. Capable of handling virtually any type of cut-sheet media up to 17 inches wide the Epson Stylus Pro 3800 incorporates a high-capacity paper feeder that accommodates sizes ranging from 4 x 6 up to 17 x 22. The Printer also incorporates four different ways to load media including a front-loading straight-through path capable of handling media up to 1.5 mm thick and even a second top-loading single-sheet feeder optimized for fine art paper. The extreme precision of an Epson Stylus Pro print engine along with the extraordinary performance of Epson UltraChrome K3 Ink technology results in your image being masterfully printed without any signs of how it was produced. Prepare to be inspired all over again. Stylus Pro 3800, Photo Quality, Tabloid Size (17" Wide), Inkjet Printer - Professional Edition. Item Type: Digital Photography > Printers & Scanners > Large (Wide) Format Printers.
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