Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 The World’s Greatest Images are Printed on an Epson. Epson Professional Imaging Division Sales Reference Guide 9.27.
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What Defines an Epson Stylus® Pro Branded Printer? 1 2 “To develop printing technology that exceeds the expectations of professionals.” “To allow any print to be sold.
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Feature Set Key Product Features Epson UltraChrome K3™ Ink Technology NEWProfessional Cut-Sheet Media Handling from 4” x 6” up to 17” x 22” NEWMain Top-Loading High-Capacity Paper Feeder NEWSecond Top-Loading Manual Feeder – Optimized for Fine Art Front-Loading Straight-through Manual Feeder up to 1.
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Walkthrough Top-Loading High-Capacity Paper Feeder 4” x 6” up to 17” x 22” (120 Sheet Input Tray) 5
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Walkthrough Second Top-Loading Manual Sheet Feeder Letter up to 17” x 22” (Optimized for Fine Art Papers) 5
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Walkthrough Professional Connectivity Standard USB 2.
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Walkthrough Front Straight-Through Manual Sheet Feeder Letter up to 16” x 20” (Single Sheet Loading up to 1.
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Walkthrough Closeable Front Media Output Tray 5
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Walkthrough Front-Loading High-Capacity Inks Nine Individual 80 ml Ink Tanks 5
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Walkthrough Backlight LCD Control Panel Latest Interface Design 5
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Walkthrough Front-Loading Ink Maintenance Tank 5
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Walkthrough Compact Design / Narrow Depth 6
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Size Comparison 7
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Size Comparison 8
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Size Comparison Total Print Weight = 43.2 lbs.
The World’s Most Precise Print Head Technology Advanced MicroPiezo® AMC™ Print Head 2.5” 3.
The World’s Most Precise Print Head Technology Advanced MicroPiezo® AMC™ Print Head AMC™ Variable-Droplet Piezo (Active Meniscus Control) Extremely Accurate Droplet Placement as small as 3.
The World’s Most Precise Print Head Technology Advanced MicroPiezo® AMC™ Print Head One–Inch Wide Print Head 180 Nozzles x 8 Colors 10
The World’s Most Precise Print Head Technology Advanced MicroPiezo® AMC™ Print Head 8-Channel Print Head Technology 10
The World’s Most Precise Print Head Technology Advanced MicroPiezo® AMC™ Print Head Auto-Sharing Photo & Matte Black Channel 10
Auto-Sharing Black Ink Technology or PK MK This latest Epson technology allows the printer to share the same physical ink channel between both Matte and Photo Black inks - This allows Epson to reduce the overall printer cost by only having to use a single print head The correct black ink mode is automatically used depending upon the driver selection The process of switching between black ink modes is completely automatic and does not require any user intervention Black Ink Conversion Conversion Time
New Ultra-modern Screening Technology All-new radical algorithm for determining dot placement and screening, resulting in an extreme-level of photographic image quality Produces extremely fine photographic prints even in bi-directional and lower resolution print modes Compensates for various ink densities between resolutions – allowing for a single ICC profile to be used per media type 01100101001001 00100011001001 11100001101010 10001100101110 01011000101110 SP4800 従来法 SP3800 SHT-PS 01001010010110 1010
Performance Benchmarking Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 – Most Popular Print Modes Epson Driver Print Mode 4” x 6” 5” x 7” 8” x 10” 11” x 14” 16” x 20” SuperFine - 1440 dpi HS 1:00 1:14 2:03 3:18 5:32 SuperFine - 1440 dpi 2:00 2:29 4:08 6:39 10:59 SuperPhoto - 2880 dpi HS 1:53 2:19 3:50 6:04 9:46 SuperPhoto - 2880 dpi 3:51 4:43 7:47 12:15 19:40 Based upon print engine speeds only | Total throughput times depend upon front-end driver/RIP, file size, printer resolution, ink coverage, ne
Epson Professional Media Line Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Epson Media Type 4” x 6” 5” x 7” 8” x 10” Letter 11” x 14” 13” x 19” 17” x 22” S041407 S041828 S041289 S042092 S041327 TBD Optimized for Photo Black Ink Premium Luster Photo Paper S041405 Premium Glossy Photo Paper S041727 Premium Semigloss Photo Paper S041982 S041464 S041465 S041667 S041466 S041331 Proofing Paper Commercial Semimatte S041744 Optimized for Matte Black Ink Enhanced Matte Paper S041341 S041339 S041908 Velvet
Industry Leading 8-Color Pigment-Based Ink Technology 1 Photo Black 2 Light Black 3 Lt Lt Black 4 Magenta 5 Light Magenta 6 Cyan 7 8 Light Cyan Yellow Auto-Sharing 9 Matte Black Average Pigment Particle Size is ~ 0.
Industry Leading 8-Color Pigment-Based Ink Technology Unique high-density pigments for an extremely wide color gamut High-gloss Microcrystal Encapsulation™ Technology for reduced gloss differential Superior scratch resistance from improved pigment and resin chemistry Color is stable immediately after printing – no short-term color shifting Depending upon media – produces a black density up to 2.3 with an L* value of 4.
Three-Level Black Ink Technology K LK LLK Simultaneously uses Black, Light Black, and Light Light Black inks Significantly improves the gray balance, while eliminating color casts Impressive shadow-to-highlight detail for a perfect tonal range Virtually eliminates the metamerism and bronzing of basic pigment chemistry Enhances the ICC profiling process for ColorSync™ and ICM™ workflow's “What’s amazing is the amount of control down in the shadow area as well up in the highlight area and through the midd
Advanced Black and White Printing Technology K LK LLK LM LC Y Unique driver technology taking full advantage of our three-level black system to produce professional black and white prints from color or monochrome images Proprietary Epson screening developed specifically for black and white printing Virtually eliminates metamerism, bronzing, and gloss differential Already produced some of the world’s greatest black and white prints Cool Neutral Warm Photograph © 2006 Greg Gorman 19
Advanced Black and White Printer Driver Dialog K LK LLK LM LC Y Epson Stylus Pro 3800 Quick Toning Presets Simulated Feedback Complete Tonality Control Precise Tone Control Apple Macintosh® OS X Driver Dialog Shown 20
Two Auto-Sharing Black Ink Modes or PK MK Printer automatically switches between two different black ink modes in order to optimize the black ink density for virtually any media type Photo Black mode can produce professional results on any media type, but is optimized for traditional photographic papers Matte Black mode can produce even better results on specific matte-type media such as Velvet Fine Art, Enhanced Matte, UltraSmooth Fine Art, and more Matte Black Print on Matte Paper Photo Black Print on
Color Gamut Comparisons
Epson UltraChrome K3™ Color Gamut Comparison CSE SWOP CMYK versus SP3800 PLPP 2880 PK Epson UltraChrome K3 CSE SWOP L* = 50 Profile Graphing Software L* = 50 23
Epson UltraChrome K3™ Color Gamut Comparison GRACOL TR004 CMYK versus SP3800 PLPP 2880 PK Epson UltraChrome K3 GRACOL TR004 L* = 50 Profile Graphing Software L* = 50 24
Epson UltraChrome K3™ Color Gamut Comparison Silver Halide versus SP3800 PGPP 2880 PK Epson UltraChrome K3 Kodak Ultra Endura Fuji Crystal Archive L* = 50 Profile Graphing Software L* = 50 25
Epson UltraChrome K3™ Color Gamut Comparison Photograph © 2006 Joseph Holmes versus SP3800 PLPP250 2880 PK Epson UltraChrome K3 L* = 50 Profile Graphing Software L* = 50 26
Print Permanence Ratings Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc. Y LA SP PERMANEN CE 108 ING AT R WIR DI www.wilhelm-research.com . OM 108 YEARS WITH SELECT EPSON INKS IL RC HE L M - R E S EA .
Professional Print Permanence Ratings Standard Display Conditions Color Rating1 Black and White Rating1 Premium Glossy Photo Paper (250) 85 Years > 135 Years Premium Luster Photo Paper – Roll or Sheet 71 Years > 95 Years Premium Semimatte Photo Paper (250) 67 Years > 76 Years 108 Years > 205 Years 62 Years > 90 Years 166 Years > 312 Years Epson Velvet Fine Art Paper 61 Years > 115 Years Epson Velvet Fine Art Paper w/PremierArt™ Spray 82 Years > 178 Years Enhanced Matte Paper 76 Year
Professional Print Permanence Ratings Professional UV Display Conditions Color Rating1 Black and White Rating1 98 Years > 135 Years Premium Luster Photo Paper – Roll or Sheet 165 Years > 218 Years Premium Semimatte Photo Paper (250) 133 Years > 170 Years UltraSmooth™ Fine Art Paper 175 Years > 300 Years Somerset Velvet for Epson 128 Years > 168 Years Somerset Velvet for Epson w/PremierArt™ Spray 200 Years > 312 Years Epson Velvet Fine Art Paper 125 Years > 125 Years Epson Velvet Fine
Specifications are subject to change without notice. A Cartridge yields vary considerably based on images printed, print settings, paper type, frequency of use and temperature. For print quality, a variable amount of ink remains in the cartridge after the “replace cartridge” indicator comes on. The printer ships will full cartridges and part of the ink from the first cartridges is used for priming the printer. See www.epson.com/cartridgeinfo for more information about cartridges.
