Designed to meet the needs of the most demanding professionals, the Epson Stylus Pro 4800 incorporates a unique 17-inch wide printer design with a breakthrough new 8-color ink technology, forcing us to reconsider what's possible from photographic ink jet printing.
Epson UltraChrome K3 ink technology represents a turning-point in the history of ink jet printing. Inspired by our past-generations of pigmented ink development, Epson UltraChrome K3 incorporates a new three-level black, along with eight new color pigments dramatically raising the bar for professional color and black and white prints.
Imagine producing archival prints with amazing color fidelity, gloss-level, and scratch resistance, while providing consistently stable colors that significantly outperform lesser ink technologies. Imagine producing professional neutral and toned black and white prints with higher density levels and virtually no metamerism or bronzing.
Even more remarkable, our new high-performance 1-inch wide print head produces an astonishing resolution of 2880 x 1440 dpi to deliver a level of image quality and speed that even exceeds our previous best.
Handling virtually any media type in roll or cut-sheet up to 17-inch wide, the Epson Stylus Pro 4800 incorporates a high-capacity paper tray capable of handling cut-sheet media up to 17" x 22". We even incorporated four different ways to load media, includi ng a front-loading straight-through path capable of handling media up to 1.5mm posterboard, giving you the ultimate in media flexibility.
The Epson 4800 represents a level of technology unprecedented in Epson's history. Combining the extreme precision of a Stylus Pro print engine, along with the extraordinary performance of UltraChrome K3 Ink Technology, results in a print void of any signs of how it was produced. Prepare to be amazed all over again.
The Epson 4800 employs the Ultrachrome inkset (8 color pigment inkset). By doing so, Epson has focused on solving some of the traditional problems with pigmented inksets, such as limited color gamut (particularly in the reds) and metamerism (prints shifting color in different lighting environments). The Ultrachrome ink drops are individually coated with resin, allowing them to sit on the coated media more smoothly and largely minimize metameristic effects. Variable drop size delivery ensures very smooth tonal range and gradations. And the reds (and almost all other colors) are incredible.
EPSON 4800 and Inkjet Canvas
Our very own Brilliance Chromata White Inkjet Canvas is optimally suited for use with the Epson 4800 printer. This fine art inkjet canvas was specifically designed to achieve optimum density with the new epson K3 inks. The combination of the Epson 4800 printer and the Brilliance Chromata White inkjet canvas will produce the highest quality fine art prints on the market today.
EPSON 4800 and Inkjet Fine Art Paper
Our very own Elegance Velvet Fine Art Paper is optimally suited for use with the Epson 4800 printer. The combination of the Epson 4800 printer and the Elegance Velvet Fine Art Paper produces absolutely astonishing black and white inkjet fine art prints, as well as color prints. Elegance Velvet Fine Art Paper was designed specifically for the Epson K3 inks. Epson 4800 and the Elegance Velvet Fine Art Paper should be utilized by quality driven fine art printmakers who demand nothing less than the best.
EPSON 4800 Stylus Pro Specifications:
The print head in the 4800 features 180 nozzles per channel and can yield 2880x1400 resolution. Epson claims that a 16x20” print can be output in a bit over six minutes. You can work with roll, with built-in cutter, or cut sheet up to 17x22”. If you use one of the four paper feed options, being straight-through front manual feed, you can handle up to 1.5mm thick poster board.
This is hardly a desktop unit; It isn’t lightweight by desktop standards, coming in at over 85 lbs. But setup was relatively easy, after some hefting and tape removal, as was loading the ink cartridges.
There are various media paths through this printer. You can use the supplied paper tray and manual top feed for most—check the instruction book for the differences and to match media with the loading procedure. You will use the front manual feed slot for UltraSmooth Fine Art, Textured Fine Art, Enhanced Posterboard, and Velvet Fine Art, for example. The paper tray use is pretty standard, using sliders to adjust for paper size. Roll paper requires the supplied roll adapter; note that while there is a built-in cutter, there are some media types, such as Water-Resistant Canvas, Vinyl, Banner, etc., that will not work with the cutter. It’s a good idea to check the paper configuration settings as well, especially when working with paper of various thicknesses. All this might seem like lots of backroom homework to get set up, but once you do the process all you need to do is save the settings and select the appropriate one when you switch media.
The Ultrachrome K3 inks (K3 for three black inks used) did away with the bronzing issue with glossy papers and you will generally find much praise heaped upon the R2400, 4800, 7800, and massive 9800 printers for their overall quality for B&W and color prints on matte and glossy papers. The issue is that the K3 printers now use a new Light Light Black cartridge, which helps to do away with bronzing on glossy papers. That’s now nine cartridges, but the K3 printers only accommodate eight cartridges, leaving one black as odd cartridge out. |
