Epson will expand its range of large format desktop printers with the addition of the compact and competitively priced Epson Stylus Pro 3880.

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September 2, 2009: Epson will expand its range of large format desktop printers with the addition of the compact and competitively priced Epson Stylus Pro 3880.
The Stylus Pro 3880 can print gallery-quality photos for professional and amateur photographers, colour accurate proofs for design studios, media agencies and printing companies, and ready-to-frame enlargements for photo studios and camera shops. It can handle paper sizes from 6 x 4 inch up to A2 size and BorderFree prints can be made on both photographic and fine art paper. Striking black and white prints can be produced with the three black UltraChromeK3 inkset.

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The new Epson Stylus Pro 3800. (Source: Epson.)

As in the previous Stylus Pro 3800 model, the Stylus Pro 3880 uses nine individual high capacity 80ml cartridges of UltraChromeK3 with Vivid Magenta pigment inks. The resin-coated UltraChromeK3 with Vivid Magenta pigment ink set has a wider colour gamut than silver halide prints and has a colour range much wider than most photographers would need to use. The ink set includes matte black and photo black, and offers the ability to print on Epson’s full range of photographic and fine art media.

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The nine-cartridge ink set. (Source: Epson.)

With eight active cartridges the Pro 3880 automatically switches between matte black and photo black ink according to the paper selected. It has three paper feeding paths for manual and automatic feeding and handles cut paper up to 17 inches (A2) wide and up to 1.5mm thick.

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Monochrome printing with the Stylus Pro 3800. (Source: Epson.)
Epson’s patented ink repelling coating technology is used on the 1-inch wide MicroPiezo printhead, as in the larger printers in the 880 range, to improve the accuracy of dot placement on media, resulting in improved print quality. The new printer also uses Epson’s Image Processing Technology, a new image half-toning algorithm that improves print speed, produces more stable half-tones, improving print quality in both high and low resolution print modes by reducing grain size. It also offers better gamut smoothing and negligible metamerism.

With Mac and Windows compatibility, and USB2.0 and Ethernet connectivity, the Pro 3880 is ready for immediate work in any studio, home office or small business. RRP for the new model is $2195 RRP including GST. The high capacity 80ml cartridges sell for $99 including GST. For more information, visit www.epson.com.au.