[Leica] Epson P800

[Richard Clompus]

The P800 is a significant improvement over the 3800.  I’ve had both.  The P800 is a very heavy printer.  It has been an enjoyment to use fit from 5x7 up to 16x20 prints.  The widest print width is 17”.  The only problem I have had is setting margins on prints.  It doesn’t seem to be consistent when printing margins.  Sometimes the prints are shifted slightly left or right.  I have checked with Epson and they feel its a Mac OS problem.  I’m using Lightroom and Aperture (can’t seem to give it up) with High Sierra 10.13.4.  I use a lot of paper from Red River Paper in Texas.  Great paper at reasonable prices - especially their metallic paper.  Its not a problem to throw out a few 8 1/2 x 11 prints but when you're printing with 13x19 paper, it hurts to throw away several prints to get the margins exactly where you want them.  The 80ml ink cartridges are much more economical than smaller size cartridges and seem to last forever.  I’d also recommend you have an extra ink maintenance tank on hand. It absorbs ink when you change the lines from glossy to mat black and for maintenance.  When it fills, the printer will shut down until it's replaced.  

We all have favorite printer papers.  My favorites from Red River Papers are: 66lb. Polar Pearl Metallic and the 68lb UltraPro Satin 4.0.  I also use their 7x10 60lb Pecos River Gloss for greeting arts that I give to friends for holidays. My advice is to make prints.  Digital files are more perishable than a good print that is stored properly.  The latest pigments may last 200 years.  Our current digital files will be unreadable as technology changes well before then...

Be well,
Richard Clompus, OD
Trinidad, CA   

> On Apr 17, 2018, at 4:42 AM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> wrote:
> 
> How does it stack up against the 3800?
> 
> Peter
> 
> On 15/04/2018 17:23, Tina Manley via LUG wrote:
>> PESO:
>> 
>> Does anybody have any experience with this printer??  I'm thinking about
>> buying it, but some of the reviews say that it does not handle art paper
>> well, especially Baryta, which is what I have bought.  Some say that the
>> printer leaves pizza marks across any of the thicker papers.
>> 
>> Other than that, the reviews are spectacular, but pizza marks would ruin it
>> for me.
>> 
>> Anybody?
>> 
>> Tina
>> 
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