Epson 3800 -- between the 2400 and the 4800 (duh!) $1300

[jdc]

still no replacement to the 3000 -- which had 120 ml carts, as opposed to 13 ml carts...

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/WideF...Cookie=yes&infoType=Specs&oid=-14081&category=Wide+Format+Printers&menuSpec=8679

[mattkime]

bah! we're still swapping black inks!

[papercup]

[quote mattkime]bah! we're still swapping black inks!
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"•Auto-sharing Black Ink Technology"

[mattkime]

ah you're right!

[jdc]

yeah, 3 black tanks

- Three-Level Black Ink System: In addition to cyan, magenta, yellow, light cyan, and light magenta, Epson UltraChrome K3 features a unique three-level black ink system that simultaneously uses black, light black and light-light black inks to produce professional quality black-and-white prints that rival traditional silver halide. This technology is designed to create professional neutral and toned black and white prints without color crossover, metamerism or bronzing

http://www.layersmagazine.com/092506_epson.html

[laarree]

The 3800, unlike the other x800 epson printers, allows you to have both
the matte and photo black inks installed at the same time, in addition to
the light light black and light black inks. That makes it much less time-consuming
and expensive to switch between printing to matte and glossy/luster type
papers. I've swapped matte and photo black cartridges on an Epson 4800--
there are many many steps, including watching a walkthrough of the process
on an LED, pulling levers up and down, and the consumption of over $50
of ink and a half hour of time.

Apparently one of the new large-format Canon printers has the process even
more seamless--both Canon and HP have gotten much more competitive with
Epson in the digital photo and fine art printing market, with the new printers they
introduced at Photokina.

[Dik2]

It holds 9 ink tanks but only has 8 printheads. They use about $5 worth of ink each time you switch glossy/matte.