Epson has released the Stylus Pro 3800, an innovative and affordable desktop prographics printer. The Stylus Pro 3800 produces  BorderFree photos from 4×6 up to A2 in size with Epson’s UltraChrome K3 eight colour resin coated pigment ink set.

Epson Stylus Pro 3800, ERP $2195, offers photo printing up to A2

The desktop Epson Stylus Pro 3800 has many of the features available on Epson’s range of large format prographics printers at a price that small businesses and advanced amateur photographers can afford.

The Stylus Pro 3800 extends Epson’s consumer photo printer range beyond the Stylus Photo R2400 A3+ printer and complements Epson’s Stylus Pro 4800, 7800 and 9800 prographics printers.

Epson is a leading supplier of proofing devices to the graphic arts market in Australia and New Zealand, and Epson’s research shows that more than 70% of Australian and New Zealand professional photographers rely on Epson printers to produce their work. Images printed with Epson’s UltraChrome K3 resin coated pigment ink are displayed in major galleries and museums around the world.

The innovative Stylus Pro 3800 will print gallery quality photos for professional and amateur photographers, colour accurate proofs for design studios and printing companies, and ready to frame enlargements for photo studios and photographic stores. BorderFree prints can be made on both photographic and fine art paper, as well as striking black and white prints using UltraChrome K3’s three black inks.

With nine individual high capacity 80ml UltraChrome K3 ink cartridges including matte black and photo black, and the ability to print on Premium Glossy Photo Paper, Premium Semigloss Photo Paper, Enhanced Matte Paper, Velvet Fine Art Paper, UltraSmooth Fine Art Paper, and Premium Luster Photo Paper , the Stylus Pro 3800 is also economical to run and versatile.

UltraChrome K3 resin coated pigment ink has a broader colour gamut than silver halide prints and has a colour range much wider than most photographers would need to use.

Using Epson’s patented 1 inch wide MicroPiezo printhead and printing at up to 2880 x 1440 dots per inch, the Stylus Pro 3800 produces a stunning high quality image that will last up to 75 years in colour depending on media type.

The Stylus Pro 3800 automatically switches between matte black and photo black ink according to the paper selected, has three paper feeding paths for manual and automatic feeding and handles cut paper up to 17 inches [A2] wide.

The ICC profiling on the Stylus Pro 3800 has been improved to give more colour saturation thus giving greater definition of colour gradation between midtones and shadows.

For faster trouble free printing the printer driver is easy to use and flexible, and also provides a range of options and presets, including Adobe RGB. The Stylus Pro 3800 comes with Epson PhotoEnhance which takes the worry out of photo printing by automatically resolving image problems and adjusting the printer to ensure the finished print shows the full advantages of the wide colour gamut and superior brilliance of Epson’s UltraChrome K3 ink.

With Mac and Windows compatibility and USB2.0 and Ethernet connectivity, the Stylus Pro 3800 is ready for immediate work in any studio, home office or small business.

The Stylus Pro 3800 is $2195 RRP including GST and is available for purchase from authorised stockists. High capacity 80ml cartridges are RRP $99 including GST.

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