I've sorted out the teething problems and I am now happily producing digital negatives with my 2400. I have a line on a lightly used 3800 for $500. I've looked around here and the reviews for this printer for making DNs seem to be mixed. Is anyone here successfully using this printer for DNs, and if so did you modify it? (remove the pizza cutters for example). This printer has no warranty, being used, and it is an attractive price for a wide format printer, hence my interest.
I've never used the front feed (didn't even know it was there for a long time - I'm not real good at reading directions) and have no problems with pizza wheels. I've made prints from many negatives that would show them, if they were there. For example.
Is there a 3rd party continuous ink supply solution for the 3800? I used to run multiple epson 1289/90's on 3rd party ink and saved a ton of cash with no loss of in quality that I could see.
I've sorted out the teething problems and I am now happily producing digital negatives with my 2400. I have a line on a lightly used 3800 for $500. I've looked around here and the reviews for this printer for making DNs seem to be mixed. Is anyone here successfully using this printer for DNs, and if so did you modify it? (remove the pizza cutters for example). This printer has no warranty, being used, and it is an attractive price for a wide format printer, hence my interest.
I missed part of your message, even though I have a message in the thread.
Not sure what you read that suggests mixed reviews for the Epson 3800 for digital negatives? Virtually everyone I know find it to be the best printer they have ever used for making digital negatives.
Regarding the pizza wheels, there should be no need to remove them. I have never seen any marks on Pictorico when printing with the 3800. And, if you are using another OHP that does not dry as fast as Pictorico you can use the front loader of the 3800, which bypasses the pizza wheels.
I can not imagine that anyone would be disappointed with the 3800 for making digital negatives. To my eye the resullts on print are as smooth and sharp as negatives made with Image Setters.
For best results I advise use of QTR with the 3800. Other systems work fine, but QTR offers maximum flexibility. Check out Ron Reeder's site for more information. http://www.ronreeder.com/
Sandy King
Hi Sandy,
The turns out I made a mistake (Me! Can you believe it?). This printer is a 4000. I knew that when I was looking for info on digi negs but misfired a neuron when I went to post this thread. The place with the printer is going to let me bring in a file to print out on OHP, so I should get some idea of its performance.
I'm sorry for asking such a simple, newbie question, but what's a digital negative as it relates to the 3800 or any printer please.
Thank you.
Tom
OK, as for the Epson 4000 this is not a printer I would recommend for making digital negatives. It is fine for making positive prints but like most Epson printers of its generation it tends to cause banding when printing digital negatives. I know three people who have tried to use the 4000 for printing digital negatives and all were disappointed.
Sandy
How about the Epson 4800? Does anyone know if it also has the banding problem or how it works for digi negs?
I don't know anyone printing with the 4800 but as far as I understand the banding issue was eliminated with all of the *800 Epson printers.
Sandy King
Which series does the 'Venetian Blinds' syndrome start at Sandy, is it the 7800 or 9800? I have access to a new 9880 however I have heard of this problem happening with this one too.
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