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Epson introduced easily the best value fine art printer available on the market today in the form of the Epson 3800 A2 sized printer. This printer prints with Epson's fantastic Ultrachrome K3 pigment inks.

This printer has 9 ink tanks, 8 of which are used on any particular print (the photo black ink is used when printing on gloss and semi-gloss papers, the matte black ink for all matte papers). All the tanks are loaded at the same time, meaning no swapping of cartridges is required when switching between materials.

The other key advantage of the Epson 3800 is sheer value - because you get a full set of ink tanks with the printer, each containing 80ml of ink, the printer includes some $899 dollars worth of ink! This means the printer itself is in fact really cheaper than the smaller models like the R1900 and R2880.

Some people worry that an A2 printer will be too big for them - but the physical dimensions are surprisingly petite given the size of print the machine can produce:

• IN STORAGE 684mm(W) x 376mm(D) x 257mm(H)
• WHEN PRINTING (withtrays out) 684mm(W) x 1042mm(D) x 550mm(H)

The K3 inks (and new drivers) have been improved in several areas. The most noticeable area is the new Advanced Black and White mode - which makes it easy to achieve high quality, neutral, metamerism free black and white prints, for the first time. Combined with quality materials like Crane Silver Rag and Hahnemuhle's legendary Photo Rag, the results are nothing short of fantastic - and archivally sound, if stored properly, for centuries - life spans now clearly exceeding those of traditional chemistry prints. Not surprising, really, as the process is essentially black carbon based ink on cotton rag papers - the same process as Rembrandt's etchings!

The other big noticeable improvement was at the edges of colour - much better behaviour with deep, saturated tones (as well as bright saturated tones!), meaning it is easier than ever to achieve superb quality colour prints with rich, accurate colour.

Epson 3800 Key Features:

• A2 sized printer can handle sheets up to 17" by 22" without trouble!
• Newly designed paper feed (much better than previous models with thick fine art papers!)
• Economical 80ml tanks (means each and every print is cheaper than with the smaller printers)
• All 9 inks are loaded simultaneously (no changing cartridges when you change media)
• Fantastic, very well tested, Epson K3 ink print quality
• K3 prints are now widely accepted by galleries, museums etc, often in preference to traditional C-type and silver gelatin prints
• 1 year Epson on-site warranty (next business day, metro areas)
• Once you factor in the ink you get with the printer, it's actually cheaper than an R1900 or an R2880!