16-bit Canon Printer

[David Mann]

On Nov 7, 2006, at 7:39 PM, Antti-Pekka Virjonen wrote:

> There is a new Epson 17" around the corner (should be available
> shortly), the Epson Stylus Pro 3800 with 80ml ink cartridges and
> with a lot cheaper price tag (around $1200) compared to the 4800.
>
> It has 9 ink slots so you can have both the photo black and the
> matte black in at the same time (which is a problem with the 4800).
> Full set of inks (UltraChrome K3) will cost around $450-500 (so the
> inks will be slightly more expensive per printed area than the
> 220ml 4800). No roll paper support/cutter though.

OK I've had a quick look through the PDF.  This does look like a nice  
printer, but if it doesn't support roll paper I wouldn't think about  
buying it.

Regarding the matte/photo black, you may not need to change the  
cartridge but they still share a channel on the head, which means  
that the printer will purge the line and switch inks automatically.   
Photo to matte uses 1.5ml and takes 2 minutes; matte to photo uses  
4.5ml and takes 3 minutes.

Ethernet as standard is a good thing.  So is the user-removable  
maintenance tank.

- Dave