This had long been a bugaboo with Epson’s pro line but finally seems to be a thing of the past. you don’t have to manually swap one with the other depending on which paper you’re using. Like the previous model, the R3000 uses Epson’s proven UltraChrome K3 eight-color inkset, which includes Yellow, Vivid Light Magenta, Light Cyan, Vivid Magenta, Cyan, Light Light Black, Light Black, Photo Black and Matte Black inks.īut, thankfully, unlike the R2880, the R3000’s Photo Black and Matte Black inks both fit in the ink tray and are auto-switchable, i.e. The R3000 doesn’t necessarily break new ground from its predecessor, the R2880, released back in 2008, but it does add some very handy features. Let’s face it, when you start printing at 17 inches, 24 inches, 44 inches and above, the shipping logistics are enough to give you agita. It’s also a great size for proofing shots and, not to mention, 13 x 19 inches is a totally manageable size for a basic print sale. It’s certainly the right size print to put in a portfolio. So where does that leave the R3000, a printer that shares a few of the attributes of its (slightly) bigger brother, the 3880? Well, for some photographers, 13 inches might be wide enough. In fact, the 3880 fits just fine on a desktop. But with the advent of relatively compact 17-inch photo printers such as Epson’s Stylus Pro 3880, which we named “Printer of the Year” back in 2009, going big didn’t mean having to surrender a spare room in your studio to a large-format printer anymore. There was a time when 13-inch photo printers were the bee’s knees of the inkjet world since they were capable of producing excellent, jumbo-sized prints while still being able to fit on a desktop.
The 13-inch photo printer is dead? Long live the 13-inch photo printer! That’s what I was thinking while testing the Epson Stylus Photo R3000, a very good 8-ink, 13-inch pigment printer that professionals may want to take a serious look at.
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