07-24-2009, 03:16 PM
The Epson 3800 is pretty darned good--I have one in my home studio. It is, however, slightly hobbled by its need to go thru an automatic internal techno-ritual if you wish to switch from printing with the photo black ink to matte black ink or vice-versa. This is an improvement over other larger x800 Epsons, which require manual black ink cartridge swaps and lots of lever flipping, taking a much longer time. I believe the x900s are redesigned and this annoying requirement is a thing of the past, but I don't think there is a 3900 yet.
Eric Chan's webpages devoted to the 3800 at http://people.csail.mit.edu/ericchan/dp/...index.html are extremely useful.
The devilish part of fine art printmaking is color management-- it can take much learning and investment in additional tools like a display calibration device to get a reasonable sync between what you see on your monitor and what pops out of your printer.
Eric Chan's webpages devoted to the 3800 at http://people.csail.mit.edu/ericchan/dp/...index.html are extremely useful.
The devilish part of fine art printmaking is color management-- it can take much learning and investment in additional tools like a display calibration device to get a reasonable sync between what you see on your monitor and what pops out of your printer.