(Epson rates ink cartridge shelf life to be 2 years from printed production date or 6 months after it is opened.)Īccording to the specs, a 8×10 in.
Each high-capacity cartridge holds 25.9ml of ink. The ink cartridges are conveniently housed in a static housing and changing ink cartridge is literally a snap. The R3000 allows you to print even if you are low in some ink colors. The Vivid Magenta pigment ink helps bring out the blues and violets in prints. The last two cartridges mean that you do not have to change black cartridge anymore when printing on glossy or matte paper. The UltraChrome K3 ink set consists of 9 inks: Yellow, Vivid Light Magenta, Light Cyan, Vivid Magenta, Cyan, Light Light Black, Light Black, Photo Black, and Matte Black. With Epson’s ink rated to last 100 to 200 years and its paper from 110 to 300 years (when stored in the dark), it’s perfect for archival purposes.
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Output quality is impressive and is suitable for professional display. The photo results are superb though the print comes out darker than it appears on your computer screen you’ll need to apply an adjustement layer to lighten your image before printing. We test the printer using color and B&W images and print on a variety of paper types, from glossy to matte, and thicknesses. If you want to showcase your photos, we highly recommend the Epson Stylus Photo R3000 for your exhibition-quality photo printing. The Wi-Fi option works flawlessly and should prove popular to those who have more than one printer (since the R3000 will be reserved for high quality photo printing and won’t be for your everyday printing). It accepts photo papers of different weight and texture and so is ideal for the photographer who wants to print high-quality Fine Art prints. The Epson R3000 prints fast and delivers impressively high quality prints at 5670 x 1440 dpi. This 13 inch-wide printer comes with professional features including high-capacity cartridges, networking and wireless connectivity, and advanced media handling. As Woolf says, “It’s easy to use, totally intuitive, and the design of the printer means there is little, if no space wastage.The Epson Stylus Photo R3000 is a professional printer which uses long lasting UltraChrome K3 pigment inks especially formulated for archival printing.
While the front-feed also reduces the likelihood of paper damage, it keeps the printer’s footprint relatively compact by reducing the need for space behind the printer.īoth ethernet and wireless networking means the user can print anywhere in the home. The intelligent linking technology enables the printer to automatically switch between Photo Black and Matte Black inks instead of having to swap the cartridges in and out each time you change print media a feature of greatest benefit to those printing on both matte and gloss stocks.įor those who have experienced paper being ruined by the printer’s loading mechanism, the R3000 comes with a front-loading paper feed for fine-art paper, in addition to the top-loading feeder to make inserting costly materials easier. The advanced magenta pigments provide more dramatic blues and violets for an unprecedented colour gamut, while the three-level black technology delivers richer blacks, outstanding tonal range and an unprecedented grey balance ensuring outstanding black-and-white prints. Relying on Epson’s heritage of professional ink technology, this pigment ink set offers instant colour stability and longevity. The R3000 takes nine individual high capacity 25.9 ml cartridges of Epson UltraChrome K3 ink. With ink droplets as small as two picolitres, and a maximum resolution of 5670 x 1440 dpi, the R3000 dramatically reduces grain when compared with its predecessor the 2880, it produces superior colour consistency and incredibly smooth tonal changes with improved shadow and highlight detail. The R3000 utilises Epson’s proprietary look-up table (LUT) which precisely converts RGB or CMYK colour information to create the appropriate blend of inks.
Optimal placement and correct droplet size of each ink colour is crucial to image quality. One of the reasons is that Epson’s nine-colour, eight-channel MicroPiezo AMC print head is at the core of advanced inkjet technology. “As a professional photographer you need simple, effective and often quick ways of output, where colour, tone and density are rendered correctly,” says Simon Woolf of the Wellington photographic studio ‘Photography by Simon’. The award-winning Epson Stylus Photo R3000 is a sophisticated and compact A3+ printer, perfect for medium print runs, limited edition prints, updating portfolios, proofing shots and making 13-inch-wide prints for sale.