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Epson Stylus Pro 3800 Printer Standard Model Photo Printer
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(4.5 out of 5)
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Most Helpful First | Newest First | + Share1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Knockout prints
(5 out of 5) by David on Mar 10, 2009Couldn't be happier. Colors are rich and accurate, no matter what the subject matter or lighting conditions. Perfect.
3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Nothing but dark prints
(1 out of 5) by Thomas Russo on Aug 5, 2009 (NY, NY)I'll start by saying that for many people, this has clearly been a great printer. Just not in my case, unfortunately.
Prints come out a good shade darker than they should be.
I've tried all the obvious fixes with Epson tech support:
1) Calibrating my monitor to make sure it's not too bright, and trying other monitors (all at or below L=100)
2) Printing from other machines (one of my PCs is XP-64, the other is XP-32)
3) Letting apps manage colors and using ICC profiles
4) Random/desperate other combos of color management (printer controlled - awful, and other variants)
5) Printing from apps like MSFT paint - Here, my printer prints almost a shade darker than what i see in the file (based on the print color pallete).
6) Reinstalling xp64 drivers (for the xp-64 machine) and using 32-bit drivers for the xp-32 machine
In the end, the Epson tech admitted i have a defective unit and should return it.
Maybe that's the case. Seems likely given the number of happy customers here.
But I can't be sure, and don't want to go through this again. It won't be another Epson for me...
Just thought I'd share my story. Perhaps it will be useful for others who experience this problem. Hopefully there will not be many of you.
Good luck.
Prints come out a good shade darker than they should be.
I've tried all the obvious fixes with Epson tech support:
1) Calibrating my monitor to make sure it's not too bright, and trying other monitors (all at or below L=100)
2) Printing from other machines (one of my PCs is XP-64, the other is XP-32)
3) Letting apps manage colors and using ICC profiles
4) Random/desperate other combos of color management (printer controlled - awful, and other variants)
5) Printing from apps like MSFT paint - Here, my printer prints almost a shade darker than what i see in the file (based on the print color pallete).
6) Reinstalling xp64 drivers (for the xp-64 machine) and using 32-bit drivers for the xp-32 machine
In the end, the Epson tech admitted i have a defective unit and should return it.
Maybe that's the case. Seems likely given the number of happy customers here.
But I can't be sure, and don't want to go through this again. It won't be another Epson for me...
Just thought I'd share my story. Perhaps it will be useful for others who experience this problem. Hopefully there will not be many of you.
Good luck.
3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Not sure it's that good with Velvet Fine Art
(3 out of 5) by G. Cook on Jun 18, 2009 (Texas) Working with Velvet Fine Art and using Colormunki printer calibration. I fine that the printer doesn't seem to do well working in moderate F stop changes to the darker side in the photo. An example is an antique car under a carport at a old gas station. Gas station is fine but the car in the shade has muddled color? My R1800 seem to handle these changes fine. My advice is to test print on 8X10 paper before you jump to the 17X22 stuff. There seems to be an F stop tipping point where the printer gets it right and where it doesn't..haven't figured it out yet.
Another point is the rear feed is really a pain! 3-4 times to get it to feed right before the printer says the alignment is right..
Another point is the rear feed is really a pain! 3-4 times to get it to feed right before the printer says the alignment is right..
3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Epson pro 3800
(5 out of 5) by George E. Cook on Dec 28, 2007 (Sunland,ca. USA)Fantastic printer! I have used the Epson pro 2200 for the past four years and love it, but the 3800 is FASTER and produces the best photos.
12 of 58 people found the following review helpful:
EPSON 3800 PRO BAD NEWS!!!!!!!!!!
(1 out of 5) by Ronald F. Thompson on Dec 30, 2007My wife purchased the Epson 3800 Pro Printer as a Christmas Present. I printed less than 10 photos and got an error message. The message said to contact the Service Repair Center which is only open from 6-6 M-F Pacific time. Not the level of Customer Service or Performance that I expected for the price of the printer.
The quality of the few prints was excellent.
The quality of the few prints was excellent.