Epson Printer Stylus 3000

[Michael Stern]

Anyone have an idea as to the quality of the new Epson Stylus Pro 3000 printer? And would like to buy a good printer. Up to now I have been sending all of my printing to a lab.
The max 13 x 19 print size is ok.
Best,
Michael

[John Chardine]

I've heard a lot of good things about the Epson R2880 printer:

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/j...sku=C11CA16201

[Michael Stern]

Thank you John I will look at it.
Mike

[Ian Cassell]

Do you mean the Stylus Photo R3000?

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2380347,00.asp

[Alan Melle]

The Epson Stylus Photo R3000 looks like a winner! Much larger ink cartridges (25.9ml) and MK and PK inks both loaded with auto switching. $800 at Atlex which includes about $240 worth of ink. Well worth considering! If this one had come out before I got my 3880 I might have gotten it instead.

[Michael Stern]

THANK YOU!!! That is my feeling as well!!
Mike

[John Chardine]

I have yet to take the plunge into home printing but it is in the future! I have an old Epson Stylus Photo 960 (6-colours, 2880 dpi) at work for printing seabird colony photographs for counting purposes, and an old Lexmark at home for basic printing. One thing I have noticed is that the Epson is very bad for drying up on one or more ink cartridges if it's not used regularly. This results in throwing away a cartridge with ink still left in it, which I hate to do for obvious reasons. The crappy Lexmark on the other hand seems to go forever on a fill-up. It is also used intermittently but I do not have problems with the nozzles drying up.

A big issue for me in jumping to home printing is the unit cost. The printers are reasonably priced but the consumables are not. The Lexmark tells me that manufacturers can solve the drying up problem. When I make take the plunge I'll be looking at unit costs of printing very closely and will try to avoid any printer that makes you throw away half-empty ink cartridges.

[Ian Cassell]

I'll second your concerns, John. I've wrestled with the thought of buying a printer for some time (I have a color laser for other stuff and a small canon iP6700 for the occasional mid-quality photographic print), but the cost of consumables has totally scared me off diving into this. Even if the ink doesn't dry up, a full complement of ink costs as much as some printers. MPIX does pretty well for me when I do get things printed, but I would really like control over this side of the process too (sending out for printing, to me, is like taking film to Walmart after spending a lot of energy to get a good image). I'm watching and waiting.

[Mark Perry]

I have the Epson R3000 and the prints are outstanding! I really like this printer.

I also have the R 1900.