Page 3 - What Defines an Epson Stylus® Pro Branded Printer?; “To develop printing technology that
1 2 What Defines an Epson Stylus® Pro Branded Printer? “To develop printing technology that exceeds the expectations of professionals.” “To allow any print to be sold.” 3
Page 4 - Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Feature Set; Key Product Features; Review Units
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Feature Set 4 Key Product Features Epson UltraChrome K3™ Ink Technology Professional Cut-Sheet Media Handling from 4” x 6” up to 17” x 22” Main Top-Loading High-Capacity Paper Feeder Second Top-Loading Manual Feeder – Optimized for Fine Art Front-Loading Straight-through Manua...
Page 5 - Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Walkthrough
Page 7 - Second Top-Loading Manual Sheet Feeder
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Walkthrough 5 Second Top-Loading Manual Sheet Feeder Letter up to 17” x 22” (Optimized for Fine Art Papers)
Page 8 - Professional Connectivity
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Walkthrough 5 Professional Connectivity Standard USB 2.0 and 10/100 BaseT Ethernet
Page 9 - Front Straight-Through Manual Sheet Feeder
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Walkthrough 5 Front Straight-Through Manual Sheet Feeder Letter up to 16” x 20” (Single Sheet Loading up to 1.5 mm Thick)
Page 10 - Closeable Front Media Output Tray
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Walkthrough 5 Closeable Front Media Output Tray
Page 11 - Nine Individual 80 ml Ink Tanks
Front-Loading High-Capacity Inks Nine Individual 80 ml Ink Tanks Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Walkthrough 5
Page 13 - Front-Loading Ink Maintenance Tank
Front-Loading Ink Maintenance Tank Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Walkthrough 5
Page 14 - Compact Design / Narrow Depth
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Walkthrough 6 Compact Design / Narrow Depth
Page 15 - Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Size Comparison
Page 17 - Printer dimensions reduced by 30% and weight reduced by 51%
Epson Stylus® Pro 3800 Size Comparison 9 27” 10” 15” Total Print Weight = 43.2 lbs. Printer dimensions reduced by 30% and weight reduced by 51% compared to the Epson Stylus® Pro 4800
Page 18 - The World’s Most Precise Print Head Technology
The World’s Most Precise Print Head Technology 10 Advanced MicroPiezo® AMC™ Print Head 3.5” 2.5”
Page 19 - AMCTM Variable-Droplet Piezo
The World’s Most Precise Print Head Technology 10 AMC™ Variable-Droplet Piezo (Active Meniscus Control) Extremely Accurate Droplet Placement as small as 3.5 picoliters Advanced MicroPiezo® AMC™ Print Head
Page 20 - One–Inch Wide Print Head
The World’s Most Precise Print Head Technology 10 One–Inch Wide Print Head 180 Nozzles x 8 Colors Advanced MicroPiezo® AMC™ Print Head
Page 21 - -Channel Print Head Technology
The World’s Most Precise Print Head Technology 10 8-Channel Print Head Technology Advanced MicroPiezo® AMC™ Print Head
Page 23 - Auto-Sharing Black Ink Technology
Auto-Sharing Black Ink Technology 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 automaticall...
Page 24 - New Ultra-modern Screening Technology; 従来法
01100101001001 00100011001001 11100001101010 10001100101110 01011000101110 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-d...
Page 25 - Performance Benchmarking
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...
Page 26 - Epson Professional Media Line
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” Optimized for Photo Black Ink Premium Luster Photo Paper S041405 S041407 S041828 Premium Glossy Photo Paper S041727 S041464 S041465 S041667 S041466 S041289 Q4 2006 Prem...
Page 28 - Industry Leading 8-Color Pigment-Based Ink Technology; Average Pigment Particle Size is ~ 0.1 um
Industry Leading 8-Color Pigment-Based Ink Technology 16 1 Photo Black 2 Light Black 3 Lt Lt Black 4 Magenta 5 Light Magenta 6 Cyan 7 Light Cyan 8 Yellow 9 Matte Black Auto-Sharing Average Pigment Particle Size is ~ 0.1 um for comparison, a human hair is ~ 10 um (um means micrometer)
Page 29 - Unique high-density pigments for an extremely wide color gamut; Higher-Density Pigments
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 afte...
Page 30 - Three-Level Black Ink Technology; Simultaneously uses Black, Light Black, and Light Light Black inks; “What’s amazing is the amount of control down in
Three-Level Black Ink Technology 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...
Page 31 - Advanced Black and White Printing Technology
Advanced Black and White Printing Technology 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 elimina...
Page 32 - Advanced Black and White Printer Driver Dialog; Quick Toning Presets
Advanced Black and White Printer Driver Dialog 20 K LK LLK LM LC Y Apple Macintosh® OS X Driver Dialog Shown Quick Toning Presets Complete Tonality Control Precise Tone Control Simulated Feedback Epson Stylus Pro 3800
Page 33 - Two Auto-Sharing Black Ink Modes; Optimized black density
Two Auto-Sharing Black Ink Modes 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 Matt...
Page 34 - Color Gamut Comparisons
Page 35 - Epson UltraChrome K3TM Color Gamut Comparison; Epson UltraChrome K3
Epson UltraChrome K3™ Color Gamut Comparison CSE SWOP CMYK versus SP3800 PLPP 2880 PK 23 Epson UltraChrome K3 CSE SWOP L* = 50 L* = 50 Profile Graphing Software
Page 37 - Kodak Ultra Endura
Epson UltraChrome K3™ Color Gamut Comparison Silver Halide versus SP3800 PGPP 2880 PK 25 Epson UltraChrome K3 Fuji Crystal Archive L* = 50 L* = 50 Profile Graphing Software Kodak Ultra Endura
Page 40 - Epson UltraChrome K3TM
Epson UltraChrome K3™ Color Gamut Comparison Canon iPF5000 Heavyweight Glossy Photo Paper Highest Quality versus SP3800 Premium Luster Photo Paper 2880 PK 28 Epson UltraChrome K3™ Canon Lucia™ L* = 75 L* = 75 Profile Graphing Software
Page 44 - Print Permanence Ratings; CERTIFIED
Print Permanence Ratings Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc. www.wilhelm-research.com W W W . W I L H E LM - R E S EA R C H . C O M W IR D IS PL AY PERMANENC E R AT IN G 108 108 YEARS WITH SELECT EPSON INKS CERTIFIED
Page 45 - Professional Print Permanence Ratings
Professional Print Permanence Ratings Standard Display Conditions Permanence ratings are based on accelerated testing of prints made on the Epson Stylus Pro 4800 on specialty media, displayed indoors, under glass or UV filter. Ratings for the Epson Stylus Pro 3800 are expected to be comparable. Actu...
Page 47 - Competitive Comparisons
Competitive Comparisons Epson Stylus® Pro 4800 Canon imagePROGRAF iPF5000
Page 48 - Competitive Comparison
Competitive Comparison Professional 17-Inch Desktops Printer Feature Epson Stylus Pro 3800 Epson Stylus Pro 4800 Canon iPF5000 Maximum Printer Width 17-Inch 17-Inch 17-Inch Maximum Number of Inks 9-Color 9-Color 12-Color Maximum Number of Inks Used for Printing 8-Color 8-Color 11-Color Three-Level B...