#Epson 3880 printer rebate full

They were a disaster: under heavy use, i.e. I teach photography at a university and, when setting up a digital lab a few years ago, bought two 3800s. I have to disagree with the recommendations to buy the 3880.

#Epson 3880 printer rebate full

If you want to use the full 37.5' print length it's probably the only way to go anyway. As Stephanie points out above you can use the paper, you just have to cut it first before feeding it in because there's no roll paper attachment. If you go for the 3880 don't be put off buying roll paper. However if the extra length is the only reason for buying the RIP you might as well put the RIP cash towards buying the 4900 and get all the extra benefits of that machine, e.g a hernia. Unless, that is, you pay for a RIP to handle the 3880 output in which case the 37.5' limit can be overcome. If however you were wanting to print full carriage width from a neg/slide taken on a Fuji 617 camera (a well known panorama camera, others are available) you'd be out of luck because the 37.5' length restriction on the 3880 would stop you achieving the 17' x 48' print size required. If you think that's a pano then it's a pano.

If you consider a 1:2 ratio is a pano then the 3880 can use its full carriage width to print a 17' x 34' picture. The ratio of length to width is what will determine a pano but there's no set size. What varies is how big you want the pano to be. First of all, it is perfectly possible to print panos on ANY printer. How you define panorama pictures will decide for you whether the 3880 is a pano printer.