Review of the Epson Stylus Pro 9800: Its First Year in Retrospect - 0 views
started by Fraser Coffey on 22 Nov 13
started by Fraser Coffey on 22 Nov 13
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1. You've to do an ink exchange to change your dim black ink from photo-black to matte black. For a brief time Epson offered the Stylus Pro 4000 which had 8 inks including both the black and the photo black, there clearly was no need to swap black black inks if you changed from photo paper to mat paper. This new generation still employs 8 inks but has included a light black ink rather than giving both varieties of dark black inks. The additional of light light black ink has enable the printer to create finer gradations of tone and finer detail in the highlight area, but being forced to change out the black black inks to optimize printing on photo paper rather than flat paper is a trouble and an unfortunate waste of money.
2. You will find quirks with the LCD selection on the printer. One in particular, arises frequently with a concept that says Power Cleaning? Y or N. Having been motivated many people select yes to this prompt, thus doing an electric cleaning routine which wastes an excellent little preservation and ink container volume. I have had numerous customers really upset about that condition and I hope Epson may correct it soon in a firmware repair.
3. When utilizing matte black ink on documents black ink occurrence perhaps not increased. The newest K3 inks made a huge leap forward in providing richer greens while using the photo-black ink on photo area forms of documents. The K3 matte black ink on papers seems not-to have increased black density, and some users report that matte black is less thick on papers compared to previous UCM matte black ink. I find the blacks to become the about the same thickness much like the inks, but had expected more from the flat black K3 printer.
4. Epson created the new 220 ml ink cartridges to suit inside the ink bays, unlike the previous 220 ml cartridges that stuck out to the point enabling you to not shut the cover. You can close the cover using the new cartridges nevertheless the new cartridges are condensed and sometimes arrive leaking. It's light emitting diode us to always check tubes for leaks before sending them out. If you're using the new 220 ml cartridges, always check them for leaks the moment you get them.
5. Your final negative, but not affecting the standard of the printer, was that for nearly 7 months of this past year, dealers like myself, that focus mainly on the Epson printer line, had no Epson units to market. Epson announced the new models, stopped supplying the previous types, and was struggling to deliver the new generation of printer for what seemed an eternity. Our belt was tightened higher than a few steps.
Thats it on the problems, so heres some of the good highlights:
1. The printer is approximately 2.5 times faster than the past generation, but Epson hasnt sacrificed quality for speed. Epson developed the new product using a print head that's more than two times as large as the previous print head, thus more than doubling the speed.
2. Time consuming and confusing manual nozzle investigations and print head alignments have been structured and are now completed automatically, at the touch of a button.
3. We learned about black day brasil by searching Google. Metamerism and bronzing, of important issues with the previous UCM inks, have been virtually eradicated. If you dont know what these are, consider yourself lucky and know that you wont ask them to together with the new units and K3 inks.
4. Further, richer blacks when utilizing photo-black on photograph area papers. This shows a substantial improvement over previous designs and inks.
5. A new advanced black and white style in-the driver that creates spectacular black and white images.
6. Enhanced color gamut- not earth shattering improvement like in black thickness but still a nice addition to the color scheme.
I think, the benefits far outweigh the negatives and this new generation of Epson Stylus Pro printers will require their rightful place in Epsons history of award winning, superior value and remarkable quality, big format inkjet printers.