Epson Stylus Pro 4880 17" (A2+) High Speed UltraChrome Wide Format Printer
Overall rating 90/100

Epson's new UltraChrome K3 inks have purer colours, but cannot be used on existing printers, so the company is releasing new K3 versions of all its top models over the next few months. First to arrive are the A2 format Stylus Pro 4800, and a desktop... More reviews

Verdict

Image quality is superb in colour or B&W. Although the maximum resolution of the 4800 is 2,800-x-1,440dpi, the quality is still excellent at 720-x-720dpi, which is much faster and uses less ink. An A2 image prints in about eight minutes at 720dpi,...

Pros
  • Stylus Pro 4800: Heavy duty professional inkjet with excellent colour and new dedicated grey inks for monochrome. High-quality reel and sheet feeders, edge-to-edge printing. Choice of resolutions
  • Stylus Photo R2400: Affordable desktop A3+ colour...
The SP4880 series large format printer incorporating UltraChrome K3 ink with Vivid Magenta for colour critical printing applications such as, contract and imposition proofing, photography, limited edition fine art print making.

To complement the enhancements introduced by UltraChrome K3VM, the 4880 series printer use Epson's new Image Processing Technology, a new image half toning algorithm that produces smoother tones and more detail for even better print quality in both high and low resolution print modes.

Epson's Image Processing Technology further minimises print quality differences between print modes, resulting in greater colour consistency. Smoother gradations and improve the accuracy of colour reproduction across all media.

Improved Image Processing

• Image processing in the driver has been improved providing the following benefits: Smoother halftone generation
• Consistent print quality across varying resolutions
• Improved cross printer colour accuracy

Windows System Requirements
• Windows 2000, XP, XP 64 bit or Vista
Mac System Requirements
• Mac OSX 10.3.9 or 10.4.X
Interface
• USB 2.0 (Compatible with 1.1)
• Ethernet 10/100

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