Epson Stylus Pro 3. A2 width. The loading slot you can see above is not for heavy matte papers. There is a warning sign to remind you, although its worth pointing out that the printer driver settings will enforce certain page size restrictions for different media types. Its worth remembering that you have to get this right when setting the print size in, for example, the Photoshop print dialogue. Ill show some more details of this stage later, but you should remember that this is not the sort of printer that you just load a pack of paper into and then forget. OK, it can take 1. Id not normally think of using the 3. The quantity of paper of any type that you can stack, is limited by both the size and type of paper. For photo paper PGPP, the limit is 2. A4, 1. 0 sheets at A3 and only one sheet at A2. As an experiment, I loaded 1. A2 Premium Glossy Photo Paper for those wedding pictures. All fed through perfectly well Id not recommend this, but it helped confirm my impression that the sheet feeding of this printer has been improved from the 3. Best Rip Software For Epson 4880 Stylus Pro' title='Best Rip Software For Epson 4880 Stylus Pro' />Kilauea Mount Etna Mount Yasur Mount Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira Piton de la Fournaise Erta Ale. This website has been created with technology from Avanquest Software. Epson Stylus Pro 7880 printer review. Large format printer, 24 inch print width, takes roll paper and sheet, photo fine art papers. For single sheet feeding of heavier papers you have to use the rear slot. When you insert a sheet of paper, it is detected and loaded into the printer. I found that it needed a slight pressure to reliably load every time. After loading a few sheets of paper Id got the knack of getting it right, and had no loading problems with sheets of Velvet Fine Art paper, and some miscellaneous third party papers I tested. I didnt print enough fine art sheets with this printer to get a truly meaningful measure of whether it had improved from the 3. I did make sure that sheets were not showing excessive curl before loading. I remember from testing the 3. I had a few minor issues with paper curl, but its difficult to compare the precise behaviour of two review machines which get shipped about a lot over two years apart. Ive since heard of some people with problems loading 3rd party art papers, where errors are thrown up and the paper wont load. One suggested fix apart from making sure there is no curl or dust to build up is to turn off paper size detection. Go to the printer Menu then Printer Setup then Paper Size Check. Turn Paper Size to Off. I didnt try this but it might be of help for persistent load errors with some papers The A2 box of Epson PGPP paper Id been sent from Epson, had been dropped at some time, resulting in a slight bending at one corner. As I said, the wedding prints were just for sending around as samples, so I wasnt too bothered about the crumpled corners. However, this is what can happen with non flat paper. The print head has hit the paper surface. You really do need to make sure that paper is flat. Paper can also be directly at the front of the printer. Install Mysql Using Inno Setup Error. This is primarily intended for extra thick media up to 1. You should note though, that using such a feed path requires plenty of space at the back of the printer with large media. There is no roll paper support with the 3. Note that 3rd party print drivers such as a RIP will often allow longer prints. You just need to be very careful with paper feeding. Using the 3. 88. 0The 3. Here are just a few for A2 size paper. Mac users should remember to select the 3. Photoshop page setup, or you will get a subset of paper sizes, and potential layout errors. Remember too that the Windows versions just look a bit different to the screen shots here functionality is the same. In the example below, Ive selected a printer profile in the Photoshop print dialogue back window and the correct paper type Premium Luster in the driver setup. Ive picked No Color Adjustment in the colour management settings, since Im printing with an ICC profile. Ill return to colour management issues later, but suffice to say, I found the supplied Epson profiles produced very good results. For larger prints I often prefer a lustre finish paper, which here, matches the printed area very well, with no undue gloss differential. Apart from liking this particular photograph Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Oregon, I know that it shows up printer deficiencies quite readily. If you are looking at a new printer, Id always suggest a test print or two with known good test images, as well as your own work. For looking at colour and black and white performance Ive initially used the Datacolor test image for colour, and my own black and white printer test image. The images and many others are available for free download on this site. Youll notice that the driver offers 1. ABW mode. Of course, the original image has to be in 1. I still have to admit that Ive not come across an image of mine that clearly showed the difference. However, I take the general attitude that any small step that improves quality is potentially worth takingif it does not hamper other aspects of my work. I still see debates about whether to work in 1. Ive seen banding appear in 8 bit BW files after applying extreme curve adjustments to parts of images. This didnt happen at 1. I take 1. 6 bit working as one of those minor steps often not readily visible that contribute in a positive way to total print quality. Others may think differently, but I believe they helpOne option that I did decide was not worth the extra print time was printing at 2. With a few quick tests I couldnt see any visible difference, however like with most alternatives, Id seriously suggest you do your own testing. Just remember that real people who might buy your prints dont take out a magnifying glass to study fine detail. Colour printing. Its very difficult and as I mentioned, getting more so, to be able to say that printer model X produces better looking prints than printer model Y, particularly when looking at an evolutionary step, such as the 3. Its even more difficult to show differences here in an article on the web. Ill limit this discussion to a more qualitative one, since Im firmly of the belief that people who just look at numbers for describing print quality, run the serious risk of missing the whole point of why you choose to print an image in a particular way and on a particular media. Ive now printed many dozens of prints with the 3. They have all looked just fine. I use a 7. 88. 0 for much of my commercial work, so I know the sorts of images that suit different types of paper. The picture of Southwold beach to the right looks great printed on Premium Lustre, where its captured the feel of a brisk March day on the Suffolk coast. The photo of the beach huts below, comes from my ambivalent view of the traditional English seaside holiday. You have to have a degree of optimism to spend time on the North Sea coast, and its no surprise that amongst the key items youll find in one of the beach huts, will be the stove, the kettle and the teapot. Although, since its Southwold, I should probably include an espresso makerLook, its brightening up a bitPrinted on Velvet Fine Art paper. These images are also part of a recent article I wrote, concerning the difference between prints you like and prints that sell. Profiling. I tried profiling a number of different papers, to see how the printer performed with other art papers. The prints below are profiling test targets, printed from my G4 laptop OSX 1. Photoshop CS3. Just as with the 3. I found that it was important to get the correct media settings before profiling. Ill not go into detail of my testing, other than to say that results confirmed how you really do need to experiment with media setting before profiling, and that the suggestions for settings from the paper suppliers should be treated as suggestionsThe sample to the right shows over inking in a target I printed with the Velvet Fine Art media setting, as opposed to the Water Color Radiant White that I found the best. If you are profiling papers, Id still suggest a look at one of the articles on media settings selection I wrote when looking at the 3.