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Epson R2880 A3+ printer
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Hi there, does anyone have this printer or have any experience/opinions on it. I am thinking about buying an A3 printer but I am constricted by budget. I would be printing as many B&W as colour so its important that the printer can produce great results in both mediums.
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
Mark.
I picked up a second hand R2880 a couple of months ago on this very forum for about €420. The seller kindly also threw in a mix of about 40 sheets of A3/A3+ paper as well!
Working great, with great results. So much so, a mate gets me to print his entries for club competitions every month.
I’m also using an Inkjeffly Bigfoot continuous ink supply system, with the V3 photo black. I’ve it profiled using a Spyder3Print specrocolorimeter, and the results are great. I did have concerns about the black level, but that was sorted by a setting in the driver, where you can lay down up to 50% extra ink, I set that to 10-12%, and it’s just enough to get the black down to the way I like them.
Because I’m using 3rd party pigments, it’s very important to calibarate, but if you stick with the OEM inks, you should be fine with the profiles that come with the printer.
I’ve printed a few 13″x30″ panoramics using rolled paper, and it looks great.
On colour prints, the gradients of twilight shots is great, very smooth.
I haven’t printed any matt B&W shots, cause I dont have suitable paper, and anyway, you need to change the cartridge from Photo black to Matt Black, so I havent bothered. But the B&W prints on Epson Lustre using the Photo blacks still look superb.
Rgds,
Dave.climberhunt wrote:
…I’ve printed a few 13″x30″ panoramics using rolled paper, and it looks great…
I’m really interested in this feature of the Epson machine. How good are the actual roll holders? Did you had any problems loading the media and align it properly in the printer? …and if it’s not too much hassle for you…can you tell me how many prints you’ve managed to take out of a set of cartridges? I am interested in printing my images and I’m not yet decide between DIY or asking for a 3rd party service.
Thanks,I didnt use the roll holders yet, I cut the paper and fed manually without much hassle.
I don’t use OEM cartridges, I use a Continuous Ink system. They’re continually fed via pipes from external tanks. So I’ve no idea how long a set of carts would last printing big panoramics.
Rgds,
Dave.I’ve had a few questions on CISS, so I’ll answer them here. They may be of interest to others:
Does it void the warranty of the printer.
Most probably. My printer is out of warrany, so I don’t mind so much.Do you use Epson inks ?
You cannot get Epson ink in bulk. I use Inkjetfly pigment inks formulated for the R2880. Very close to OEM inks in colour gamut and very good longevity also. Different pigment give different lifetimes, so be very careful which inks you choose for your CISS. I’m a member of a research program which measures ink longevity of various OEM and 3rd party inks. The inkjetfly inks comes out on top of the 3rd party inks.
More information at http://www.aardenburg-imaging.comDoes it save much?
AN Epson cartridge with about 8-10ml of ink is about €10 (roughly). A bottle of 100m of Inkjetfly pigment is about the same, €10. So it’s about 10% of the cost of OEM inks.
Is it difficult to set up ?
Yes and no. If you’re good doing fiddly stuff, DIY, etc, then you’ll have no problems with it. If not, then it can be a nightmare. Worst thing that can happen is that you don’t connect the tubes to the cartridges properly and you flood your printer with ink….
If you do it right, it’ll save you a fortune, and it’ll be even better if you calibrate your printer with the OEM inks. I use a Spyder3Print spectrocolorimeter for that, and the colours are indistinguishable from OEM.Rgds,
Dave.I ordered mine from InkJetFly.com in the states.
http://www.inkjetfly.com/product_info.php?cPath=201&products_id=238″ onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;
Oh, and dont’ skimp on the ink, That’s already 90% cheaper than OEM inks, and the longevity research is positive for that ink. Other inks under test are fading far more quickly, so I went with this one because it performed the best. There may be better out there, but they’re not under test in aardenburg-imaging. I went with the one I could trust based on the data from that website.
Rgds,
Dave.As the only photographic based Epson Express Centre in Ireland we sort out loads of problems with Epson printers. Most of these are caused by 3rd party inks and recently we have been advised not to support printers under warranty with 3rd party inks in them. If the 3rd party inks do work many printers experience an ink bleed with both refilled and CIS systems, and this leads to a pd in the base of the machine filling up which in turn requires a major repair to the machine. My advice would be to save a little harder and buy the 3880 if you are worried about the cost of ink.
A further note is that we have the Epson 2880 on a promo till the end of March €730.00 all in to PI members.
Epson R2880 A3+ printer
pros and cons of this model??? i might get a second hand of it for a really low price with extra epson ink cartridges stock included.. quote a good deal..
http://www.inkjetsuperstore.com/epson-ink-cartridges
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