Epson SP7880K3 SP7880K3 Stylus Pro 7880 Inkjet Printer Details:
The Epson Stylus Pro 7880 Inkjet Printer incorporates a durable, 24-inch wide printer engine design and uses UltraChrome K3 Ink technology - now enhanced with Epsons breakthrough Vivid Magenta pigments - to produce archival prints with amazing color accuracy, gloss level, and scratch resistance; all while providing consistently stable colors that significantly outperforms other professional printers. Furthermore, the use of three levels of black ink provides neutral or toned black-and-white prints with impressively high density levels and virtually no metamerism or bronzing.
Description:
The Epson Stylus Pro 7880 Inkjet Printer incorporates a durable,
24-inch wide printer engine design and uses UltraChrome K3 Ink technology - now
enhanced with Epsons breakthrough Vivid Magenta pigments - to produce archival
prints with amazing color accuracy, gloss level, and scratch resistance; all
while providing consistently stable colors that significantly outperforms other
professional printers. Furthermore, the use of three levels of black ink
provides neutral or toned black-and-white prints with impressively high density
levels and virtually no metamerism or bronzing.
With an even higher level of ink droplet accuracy than found on previous
Epson printer models, the MicroPiezo AMC print head has been enhanced with an
exclusive ink repelling coating technology to dramatically reduce nozzle
clogging. And, when combined with the Epson AccuPhoto HD screening technology
youll be able to print at an astonishing resolution of 2880 x 1440 dpi, and
obtain extremely accurate fine color blends and photographic transitions.
Capable of handling virtually any media type, in roll or cut-sheet, up to
24-inches wide, the Epson Stylus Pro 7880 sets the standard for professional
media use. It also incorporates a front-loading, straight-through path capable
of handling fine art paper and heavyweight media up to 1.5 mm thick. Never
before have Creative Professionals had such a powerful tool, (whether producing
sellable color or black-and-white photography, fine art reproduction, or
producing color accurate proofs for client approvals), allowing them to produce
their vision without compromise.
Features:
- Eight-Channel MicroPiezo AMC Print Head with Ink Repelling Coating
Technology
- The Epson MicroPiezo print head, combined with variable sized dot
technology, and Active Meniscus Control (AMC) technology delivers unprecedented
image quality, reliability, and print speeds. Unlike thermal-type print heads
that use heat to spray droplets onto a page, MicroPiezo print heads use
electrical pulses that provide greater ink droplet size control and the ability
to place smaller ink droplets onto a page. Furthermore the AMC technology
precisely controls the curvature of every ink droplet within each nozzle before
releasing it onto the media for extreme precision and accuracy in regards to
droplet placement and shape. This results in amazing print quality that thermal
technology cant match. The large print head used in the Epson Stylus Pro 7880
is about 1" wide, with 180 nozzles per channel so a larger swath of your image
can be rendered at a time, and that naturally results in faster print speeds. In
addition, the use of a cutting-edge ink repelling coating dramatically reduces
nozzle clogging, for more consistent print output.
- Epson AccuPhoto HD Screening Technology
- Epsons breakthrough AccuPhoto HD screening technology uses a radical
different algorithm for determining dot placement, resulting in exceptional
photographic image quality with superior color and clarity. Its ability to
compensate for various ink densities between resolutions enables a single ICC
profile to be used for a particular media type, thereby improving productivity,
and this system allows for a maximum print resolution of 2880 x 1440 dpi for
incredibly sharp text and line art. Furthermore, this highly precise screening
technology allows for extremely accurate fine blends and photographic
transitions, even in bi-directional and lower resolution print modes.
- Automatic Head Alignment and Nozzle Check
- The Stylus Pro 7880 printer includes an Automatic Print Head Alignment
system that utilizes a built-in sensor inside the printer to provide unmatched
accuracy and automate the process of printer head alignment for increased user
convenience.
- Epson UltraChrome K3 Ink with Vivid Magenta
- The acclaimed Epson UltraChrome K3 ink system utilizes an 8-color
pigment-based professional ink set has been improved in the Stylus Pro 7880 with
the addition of the revolutionary Vivid Magenta pigments. This latest generation
of ink technology utilizes high-density pigments for an extremely wide color
gamut, while the Vivid Magenta pigments provides improved representation of
extreme blues and purples. The superior color and clarity provided by this ink
formulation gives your images an almost three-dimensional look that far exceeds
what a traditional color silver halide photograph can produce. Furthermore,
Epson has improved their Microcrystal Encapsulation technology to further reduce
the gloss differential thereby reducing metamerism while improved pigment and
resin chemistry provides prints with superior scratch resistance.
- Impressive Color Stability and Archival Life
- Epson UltraChrome K3 ink provides outstanding color stability immediately
after printing, so there is no short term color shifting seen as the ink dries.
Furthermore, the print permanence ratings exceed 200 years (depending on print
media used) for truly sellable prints.
- Three-Level Black Ink Technology
- The Stylus Pro 7880 printer simultaneously used Black, Light Black, and
Light Light Black inks to significantly improves the printers gray balance
while eliminating color casts, and provide impressive midtones and highlights
for smoother tonal range. It improves overall black density for significantly
richer blacks up to 2.55 Dmax (L value of 3.90 on Epson Premium Luster Photo
Paper). This capability virtually eliminates bronzing and enhances the ICC
profiling process for ColorSync and ICM workflows.
- Advanced Black-and-White Printing
- The Advanced Black and White Printing mode is a unique Epson screening and
color management technology developed to produce darkroom-quality black and
white prints from either color or grayscale files. This unique driver takes full
advantage of the three-level black technology to produce professional
black-and-white prints from color or grayscale image files with no color
crossover or color cast. Users can also produces high-quality toned black and
white prints from a single ink set, thereby expanding creative options.
- Two User-Exchangeable Black Ink Modes
- Epson UltraChrome K3 ink provides two different black ink modes to optimize
black ink density for various media types. The standard Photo Black ink mode can
be used for any media type with professional results. However, certain Epson
media types (eg. Velvet Fine Art, Enhanced Matte, and UltraSmooth Fine Art),
produce better results using the optional Matte Black ink mode which
dramatically increases black optical density. This capability enables the use of
just one printer for all media types.
- Intelligent High-Capacity Ink System
- The printer uses eight individual ink cartridges at either 110ml or 220ml
capacity, and can even utilizes both 110ml and 220ml ink cartridges
simultaneously to optimize ink usage. Furthermore youll greatly increase
productivity because the printer allows replacement of ink cartridges on the
fly, even during the middle of a print job.
- Superior Connectivity
- The Stylus Pro 7880 Inkjet Printer is fully compatible with both Windows and
Macintosh systems and includes standard ports for high speed USB 2.0 and 10/100
BaseT Ethernet connections.
- Professional Media Handling
- Print on virtually any media type, in roll or cut sheet, with widths ranging
from 10 to 24-inches wide. All media is front-loaded via a unique
straight-through media path, and the printer provides accurate automatic loading
of cut-sheet media up to 1.5mm thick posterboard. The user adjustable Roll Media
Spindle accepts either 2-inch or 3-inch media cores, and on certain media types,
users can produce accurate impositions using a work-and-turn process. A built-in
Automatic Cutting System supporting most media types and an optional Manual
Media Cutter is available for cutting very thick media.
- Trouble-Free Printing
- A built-in sensor reads printed data for highly precise alignments of all
color channels, and functions in both unit-directional and bi-directional print
modes, plus a built-in sensor reads the nozzle check patterns and automatically
cleans the print head if required.
- True BorderFree Printing
- The Stylus Pro 7880 printer is capable of printing off both left and right
edges of roll based media, while automatically cutting top and bottom edges to
produce a full-bleed print on all four sides.
- High Performance Engine Speeds
- Utilizing Epsons latest high-performance print head technology, the Stylus
Pro 7880 is among the fastest professional desktop printers in the industry with
16 x 20" print speeds of up to 4 minutes 20 seconds in fine mode. Users can even
print 20 x 30" Prints in the SuperPhoto - 2880dpi quality mode at a decent speed
of about 24 minutes. At this speed level, photo output services and other
dedicated application environments can improve overall productivity while still
delivering a superb product.
- Epson PreciseColor Technology
- Epson PreciseColor Manufacturing Technology brings an unexpected level of
consistency to the printing process. Through this enhanced manufacturing process
that includes colorimetric calibration; Epson ensures that individual printers
of the same model produce prints that are indistinguishable from each other.
This eliminates the need for internal calibration devices since Epson evaluates
and adjusts each printers performance at the manufacturing stage
- 16-bit Printer Driver
- The Epson 16-bit printer driver gives the Stylus Pro printers the ability to
work in an entirely 16-bit workflow on Apple Macintosh OS X operating systems.
This highly precise driver technology overcomes previous driver limitations and
enables extremely accurate transitions and gradations in the final prints. The
16-bit Print Driver is the ultimate driver solution for use with Adobe Photoshop
and Lightroom with Apple Macintosh OS X operating systems, and takes full
advantage of Apples OS X architecture and printing window.
- World-Class Service and Support
- The Stylus Pro 7880 Inkjet Printer includes one-year of coverage under the
Epson Preferred Protection Plan with toll-free telephone support available
Monday through Friday and usually next- business day, full unit exchange
service. There are also optional Epson Preferred Plus service plans available
for 1- or 2-Years.
Specifications:
| Printing Method
|
| Printing Technology |
8-channel, drop-on-demand, Advanced MicroPiezo AMC print head with ink repelling coating technology and Auto Head Alignment and Cleaning technology |
| Maximum Resolution |
2880 x 1440 dpi |
| Minimum Ink Droplet Size |
3.5 picoliters with Variable Droplet Technology |
| Ink Type |
Epson UltraChrome K3 with Vivid Magenta pigment-based ink |
| Ink Palette |
C, LC, VM, VLM, Y, LK, LLK, PK/MK |
| Ink Cartridge Configuration |
Uses 8 individual ink cartridges (total 9 cartridges available) |
| Performance
|
| Print Speed |
16" x 20" prints: 4:20 to 12:57
20" x 30" prints: 7:55 to 23:18
time listed in Min:Sec |
| Input Buffer |
Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Printer Duty Cycle |
Not Specified by Manufacturer
Cutter life: 2,000 cuts (coated media)
|
| Print Archival Life |
Up to 200 Years (depending on print media) |
| Paper Handling
|
| Maximum Paper Witdh |
24" |
| Maximum Printable Area |
24" x 36" (Cut Sheet) with border
24" wide with length limited by application, OS, and Driver RIP used |
| Paper Sizes |
Roll Media with witdh of 10", 13", 16", 17" & 24"
Cut Sheet from 11" x 14" to 24" x 36" |
| Borderless Photo Sizes |
Borderless printing with roll media sizes of 10", 13", 16", 17" & 24"
Top and bottom edges can be automatically cut to any length |
| Paper Types |
Inkjet media approved for use with pigment based inks |
| Maximum Paper Thickness |
12.5 mil (roll, tray and top feed slot)
1.5 mm posterboard (rear manual feed slot) |
| Paper Capacity |
Cut Sheets
Front feed slots: 1 Sheet
Roll Media
Limited by total roll diameter of 4" with 2" core or 6" with 3" core)
|
| Special Media Support |
Works with non-paper based inkjet media |
| Connectivity
|
| Computer Interface |
USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed) 1.1 compatible
Ethernet (10/100Base-T) RJ-45 connector |
| Compatible Memory Cards |
None |
| Direct Print Capable |
No |
| Network Capable |
Yes (via Ethernet) |
| PostScript Support |
Optional PANTONE licensed and SWOP certified PostScript Language Level 3 Compatible RIP by ColorBurst
Supported by most leading third-party RIPs and workflows |
| System & Software Requirements |
Windows System
- Pentium4 3.0 GHz or better processor
- Windows XP, XP Pro x64, Vista, Vista x64
- 1GB RAM (2GB recommended)
- 30GB free hard drive space
- CD-ROM or DVD Drive (4x speed)
- USB Port and Shielded USB "AB" Cable (10 max. length)
or
Ethernet-equipped PC and Cat 6 cable
Macintosh System
- PowerPC G5, Intel or higher processor
- Macintosh OS X (10.4.9 or higher, 10.5 or higher)
- 1GB RAM (2GB recommended)
- 30GB free hard drive space
- CD-ROM or DVD Drive (4x speed)
- USB 2.0 Port and Shielded USB "AB" Cable (10 max. length)
or
Ethernet-equipped PC and Cat. 6 cable
|
| Physical
|
| Status Display |
2.5" Monochrome Alphanumeric LCD & Indicator LEDs |
| Image Preview Display |
No |
| Front Panel Controls |
Power, Pause/Reset, Left arrow/Paper source, Paper feed up, Paper feed down, Enter/Cut, Menu/Clean |
| Power Requirements |
110-240 V AC; 50-60 Hz |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) |
46 x 46 x 30" (1169 x 1169 x 762 mm) with stand |
| Weight |
131 lb (60 kg) with stand |
(Empty)