[Leica] OT: Epson 3800 Printer Info Request

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

On 2/12/07 4:24 PM, "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> typed:

> I've had my 3800 since October. I'd guess I've printed 1500 pages with it.
> Great printer.
> 
> It is maddeningly incompatible with Hahnemuehle Photo Rag 308 paper, of 
> which
> I have a lot. I think I'll probably try to sell my unopened boxes of that
> stuff on eBay, because I don't have the patience to get it through my 
> 3800. It
> jams and misfeeds something terrible. And once a sheet has jammed a dozen
> times, its edge is buggered enough that it will never feed properly.
> 
> For glossy prints I just use the Epson Premium Glossy paper and I'm happy 
> with
> it. Glossy is glossy, after all, and prints made on fancy glossy paper 
> don't
> seem to me to look any different from prints made on adequate glossy paper.
> 
> For matte prints I use Crane Museo Silver Rag 300 paper, and I've pretty 
> much
> stopped looking because it does everything I want. It doesn't come in my
> favorite size (11x14 or 11x17) but I know how to cut down larger sizes.
> 
> I had trouble finding the Epson paper profiles for the 3800. The Museo
> profiles were on crane.com and very easy to find. I forgot to write down 
> where
> I finally found the Epson profiles. I would hope that by now they are just
> shipping with the printer.
> 
> 
> 
Is there not super gloss paper in which it looks like Cibachrome? I thought
were was. Ultra gloss like. I thought that was was the setting was for on
the printer menu. I thought I saw prints like that.


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