Comments on: Epson announces the Stylus Pro 3880

By: Pat Stannard

Pat Stannard — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:12:15 +0000

Wow, I am ready to update printer from Epson Stylus Photo R800. wanting a larger format and one that meets standards for archival prints. Do you still suggest 3800? Thanks a words of advice!!!

By: frank

frank — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:00:54 +0000

Is this a higher end printer to the Canon Pixma Pro9500? How would you compare these?

Thanks

Frank

By: Rick LePage

Rick LePage — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:52:48 +0000

I have not received a test unit yet, but I have done a number of prints on a shipping 3880. In most images, I saw little difference between the 3800 and 3880. However, there were a couple of prints where the wider gamut of the Vivid Magenta inks gave a bit more color.

Print speed seemed about the same, although I didn’t run any time tests.

Rick

By: Katherine

Katherine — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:07:37 +0000

Have you had a chance to test a unit and comment about quality of the images? I am looking to start printing and home and want the lab quality without buying a dye sub printer (if possible).

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:40:42 +0000

Jazz: its not really meaningful to compare the Cannon Pixma Pro Mark II because it only prints to 13×19. While the Epson 3880 and 3800 can print up to 17×22.

A better comparison is the Epson Stylus Photo R1900 Ink Jet Printer which is also a 13×19. As how it does compare I do not know.

By: Jazz

Jazz — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:32:33 +0000

How does the Canon Pixma Pro 9500 Mark 11 compare with the competition?

Thanks

By: Rick LePage

Rick LePage — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:03:11 +0000

On costing out jobs, Epson provides an application with the 3800 that tells you exactly how much ink was used on each job, which helps calculate the ink costs (and you can use your per-sheet costs to get a total cost per page).

The 3880 will use Epson’s new Web-based system, myEpsonPrinter.com. Unfortunately, that’s still in beta, so it’s hard to get a good sense of how good it will ultimately be.

By: Rick LePage

Rick LePage — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:58:38 +0000

I would imagine that Epson will have compatible drivers for SL by the end of September, which was when SL was originally supposed to ship.

I know they’ve been working on entirely new drivers for the Mac, and I bet that SL was part of the impetus there.

By: David Poulos

David Poulos — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:26:57 +0000

If the Epson 3800 was such an important product for Epson, why didn’t they bother to create a driver for”Snow Leopard”?

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:20:03 +0000

Can you provide a cost analysis of these printers or perhaps point to a site that has them? I am setting up a studio that needs to print constantly for clients and not sure how to calculate these things.

Thanks.