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Epson 3880 - Stylus Pro Color Inkjet Printer Broşür

The maintenance cartridge is already in place.

This collects inks discharged by cleaning pro-

cesses and by purging when the Photo Black

and Matte Black inks are swapped. The status

of the cartridge is continually monitored to give

adequate warning for replacement, an event

not likely to eventuate unless many hundreds of

prints are produced.

First Prints

With any new printer I usually start out by making

some small prints and with the expectation that

several trials will need to be run before a good

result is achieved. The Stylus Pro 3880 merely

follows through on its easy set-up routine and,

if all the settings are correct, those ﬁ rst prints

will be spot-on.

"Media choice is a very personal matter and although

semi-gloss or lustre are popular choices, it's with the

more expensive fine-art papers that the Stylus Pro 3880

really shows its potential."

I started out with Epson gloss, semi-gloss and

Traditional Fibre (Premium Gloss proﬁ le), used

the 'canned' proﬁ les and allowed the printer to

manage colour. No problems whatsoever.

Media choice is a very personal matter and

although semi-gloss or lustre are popular choices,

it's with the more expensive ﬁ ne-art papers that

the Stylus Pro 3880 really shows its potential.

Printing on papers such as Epson Fine Art

Velvet and Epson Fine Art UltraSmooth is a real

pleasure. Simply lock in the Epson proﬁ le and

select the high quality mode. Excellent results

were obtained every time without any need for

test strips, even on the A2 prints.

In the main dialogue panel of the printer the

defaults are for the Premium Lustre Photo Paper

and the sRGB colour space. However, most of

us work with Adobe RGB 1998 colour space and

prefer either a matte or ﬁ ne-art media, but once

your favourite routines are established then

all settings can be saved to convenient names

(e.g. "My Glossy Premium") and dialed up for

prompt usage.

Borderless prints are a welcome feature, but

the facility only applies to six standard paper

sizes and doesn't function on custom settings.

The auto sheet feeder can handle papers from

150x100 mm (postcard) to A2+ while the front

feed prints on paper or board up to 1.5 mm in

thickness. Custom or 'user deﬁ ned' sizing varies

from 89 mm to 431.8 mm in width and from 127

mm to 950 mm in length.

There are nine proﬁ les built-in for popular

Epson media types and settings for prooﬁ ng

paper, plain paper and "others" . ICC proﬁ les for

other papers or any custom proﬁ les can be intro-

duced. Gloss differential and bronzing on gloss

and semi-gloss media are problems generally as-

sociated with pigment printers, but the Stylus Pro

3880 test prints in colour didn't exhibit these dis-

tractions and most of the black and white prints

were satisfactory. One black and white print with

high contrast edgings did have gloss differential,

but it was evident only at an acute angle.

Quality And Speed

The level of print quality can be established and

high-speed printing may be set to 'on' or 'off'.

With all the variables available it's up to the

individual to assess the difference in print quality,

note print times and measure ink usage.

At 2800 dpi (unidirectional print head

movement) the printer uses only small droplets

compared to some large and mostly small drop-

lets at 1440 dpi (bi-directional). Printing times

almost double at the higher resolution and about

ten percent more ink is used. I found no real dif-

ference in the prints, but I'm inclined to believe

anyone using expensive ﬁ ne-art papers would

prefer to go for the maximum quality

settings. The following results were achieved

with a 370x272 mm image on A3 Epson

Premium Gloss paper.

•

Level 5, high speed off – 8:05 minutes,

1.5 millilitres of ink

•

Level 5, high speed on – 4:55 minutes,

1.4 millilitres of ink

•

Level 4, high speed off – 5:35 minutes,

1.4 millilitres of ink

•

Level 4, high speed on – 2:24 minutes,

1.4 millilitres of ink.

Printing on ﬁ ne-art papers like Epson Velvet at

maximum quality is decidedly slow, but the end

results are a joy to hold... and to behold. Few

users will be concerned about the speed and will

savour the paper's journey through the printer.

For the record a 370x210 mm image on A3 Velvet

took 9:35 minutes, while a 540x305 mm image

on A2 size paper took 17:40 minutes.

Black And White

When it comes to black and white prints the

Stylus Pro 3880 leaves little to be desired. The

three-level technology – photo or matte black

plus two greys labeled as 'Light Black' and

'Light Light Black' – allow all those subtle

tones to be revealed. In the 'Advanced Black And

White Mode' the default setting is "Neutral" ,

but "Cool" , "Warm" or "Sepia" (or, indeed, any

custom toning) can be established along with

variations in tonal brightness. Metamerism is

virtually eliminated.

Changing over from the Matte Black to the

Photo Black ink takes 3:30 minutes and purges

4.6 millilitres of ink while switching from Photo

Black to Matte Black takes 2:30 minutes with a

loss of 1.6 millilitres. This happens because the

two blacks share a common line to the print head

and one must be cleared. It's all part and parcel

A print made on the maximum paper size of

431.8x950 mm shown half-way through from the

rear manual feeder.

A monochrome LCD read-out is provided on

the 3880's top deck and includes a set of ink

level indicators.

Straight out of the box – printer, ink cartridges, rear

tray feeder, the "Start Here" sheet, software CD and

mains power cable.

of the cheaper printer price and will enforce

efﬁ cient printing sessions with mixed media.

The front feed for ﬁ ne-art media requires a

platform to be ﬁ rst lowered. The 'Down' button

on the menu panel is pressed to open the gate

and paper is fed through to a guide position.

The button is pressed to pull the paper through

(hence space is needed at the printer's rear) and

the gate to close. When printing is complete

press again to release the paper and the process

can continue for the next print. This involves a

few steps more than the standard rear sheet

feeder but it does make for a perfectly ﬂ at and

straight paper path and hence the very best rela-

tionship with the print head. Papers or board up

to 1.5 mm can be accommodated.

Maximum Size

The maximum paper size that can be established

in the User Deﬁ ned panel is 950x431.8 mm. It's