The new benchmark in professional A3+ photographic printing

Epson R3000 A3+ Black Inks Auto Switch CD DVD Print Wired Wireless

The new benchmark in A3+ professional photographic printing. Featuring Epson UltraChrome K3 Ink with Vivid Magenta. Delivers professional features including high capacity cartridges networking and wireless connectivity plus advanced media handling.

INK CARTRIDGES Epson UltraChrome® K3 Ink with Vivid Magenta Auto switching system for Photo Black and Matt Black INK CARTRIDGES 157 Photo Black, 157 Matte Black, 157 Light Black, 157 Light Light Black, 157 Vivid Magenta, 157 Vivid Light Magenta, 157 Cyan, 157 Light Cyan , 157 Yellow

The Epson Stylus™ Photo R3000, delivers professional features including high-capacity cartridges, networking and wireless connectivity, plus advanced media handling. Epson UltraChrome K3® with Vivid Magenta pigment ink, combined with Epson's innovative MicroPiezo® print, enables the R3000 to produce gallery-quality black-and-white output, plus vivid colour prints with breathtaking blues and violets.

The Epson Stylus™ Photo R3000 is setting new benchmarks in A3+ professional photographic printing, delivering unsurpassed exhibition quality prints.

KEY FEATURES A3+ size printing — Exhibition Quality prints up to A3+ size. Superb colour photographic prints — Epson UltraChrome K3® Ink with Vivid Magenta expands the colour gamut in blues and purples, making it easier to reproduce the more difficult colours. Outstanding black & white photographic prints

— The Epson Stylus™ Photo R3000 includes three black cartridges, creating smooth tonal graduation, superior neutral grey tones and a high D-max for blacker blacks. Auto-switching black inks — A new Intelligent linking technology enables the printer to automatically switch between Photo and Matte Black inks to optimize your output, based on the media type you choose. Photo Black Ink produces rich, deep blacks on traditional photographic papers; while Matte Black Ink produces exceptional results on matte surface media. Individual High Capacity Ink Cartridges

— The Epson Stylus™ Photo R3000 includes new high capacity ink cartridges which provide 2.3 times more ink than previous Epson models. Advanced, simple media handling

— An Improved design allows precise front feeding of the fine art paper - a definite advantage that not only simplifies a delicate task, but reduces installation space. Roll paper Support

— The Epson Stylus™ Photo R3000 has the ability to support roll paper handling as a standard feature, making continuous, high quality photograph printing absolutely straightforward. This feature makes the printer ideal for photographers looking for simple yet high quality panorama with edge-to-edge BorderFree photo printing on sizes up to A3+. CD/ DVD Printing

— In keeping with Epson's precision CD/DVD surface printing tradition, the Epson Stylus Photo™ R3000 supports high quality printing directly on to the surface of compatible inkjet printable 8cm and 12cm CD-Rs and DVDs. Wired and wireless connectivity

— Out of the box compatibility with Ethernet and WiFi networks make the Epson Stylus™ Photo R3000 ideal for any photo studio, graphics house or SOHO environment, while support for USB further expands connectivity options. The Epson Stylus™ Photo R3000 also features USB connection and Pictbridge, meaning PictBridge-enabled cameras can be easily connected to the printer for direct-from-camera printing. 2.5 inch Colour LCD Display.

The Epson Stylus™ Photo R3000 features an impressive LCD display panel which allows you to check the printer status, ink levels and perform routine maintenance tasks.

WARRANTY 12 months return to base Standard Optional Additional 2 Year Warranty 3YWRR300 Epson Warranty

Review - The new Stylus Photo R3000 A3+ Printer

Review Epson R3000 Printer

Half way between the R2800 vs. Epson Stylus Pro 3880..

The Epson R 3000 A3 plus (13-inch) ink jet printer is now released in Australia uses Nine colour cartridges (all installed) it’s the next logical step up from the Stylus Photo R2880 as it was designed for smoother colours and better highlight/shadow detail.

It's all in the Ink

The R3000 with Epson's UltraChrome K3 Ink (with Vivid Magenta) now has the bonus of automatically swapping the black cartridges when changing from glossy to matte papers. Both black cartridges are on board and can if set to, swap over automatically and takes about 2-3 1/2 min depending on which cartridges are being changed over, 1-3ml of ink is used during the conversion. Intelligent High-Capacity Ink System: Nine individual 25.9 ml ink cartridges with pressurized ink technology ensures reliable ink delivery at all print speeds.

The R3000 has about 1/3 the ink capacity per cartridge of the 17 inch Epson Stylus Pro 3880 but over twice the 11.4 ml cartridge capacity of the R2880.

Resolution

Ink droplet size has been reduced 33% which greatly increases print resolution, variable Droplet Technology can produce up to 3 different droplet sizes per line. This is the smallest drop size by Epson yet and will benefit gradients / transitions. Ink capacity of is over twice previous cartridges @ 25.9 ml and they are no longer housed on the print carriage. Think of it as a CIS system without all the trouble. Paper rolls are supported as per previous models; however the Epson R-3000 still doesn't cut the paper. You can also print on DVDs with no paper loaded via a holder you place in the feed tray.

Top of the range print quality

If you've used an R2880 you’ll be right at home with the Epson interface for best print quality we found as expected the print speed decreases and the output was equal to or (depending on the image) better than the best print you've seen from a R2880 which was already impressive. Connect me! The R3000 boasts both LAN port and Wifi connectivity. This is a great upgrade to the R2880.

Review Price Summary Epson R3000 Printer buy one?

If you’re happy with your R2880 the only reason you may want to upgrade is the combination of larger cartridges and no more swapping blacks depending on the paper. The R3000 prints are technically better we think you’ll only notice this on occasions or side by side. If this is your first professional A3+ printer you’ll be making a wise choice paying a little more, especially in a production environment.

The Stylus Photo R3000 seems targeted at professional and amateur photographers and artists, it easily fills the gap between the Epson R2880 Printer and R3880 both in terms of price and performance yet the print quality is as good as it gets this side of $5000.

In the box: • Epson Stylus Photo R3000 Photo Printer • Power cable • Photo Black UltraChrome K3 ink cartridge (T157120) • Cyan UltraChrome K3 ink cartridge (T157220) • Vivid Magenta UltraChrome K3 ink cartridge (T157320) • Yellow UltraChrome K3 ink cartridge (T157420) • Light Cyan UltraChrome K3 ink cartridge (T157520) • Vivid Light Magenta UltraChrome K3 ink cartridge (T157620) • Light Black UltraChrome K3i nk cartridge (T157720) • Matte Black UltraChrome K3 ink cartridge (T157820) • Light Light Black UltraChrome K3 ink cartridge (T157920) • Roll paper holders • CD print tray and software • Roll paper holder accessory • Accessory box • USB and Ethernet cables not included • Printer documentation • CD-ROM containing printer drivers and software (Windows® and Macintosh®)

PRODUCT NAME Epson Stylus Photo R3000 PRODUCT CODE C11CA86401 PRINTING METHOD On-demand Inkjet (piezoelectric)

NOZZLE CONFIGURATION 180 nozzles each per colour (Photo Black or Matte Black, Light Black, Light Light Black, Cyan, Vivid Magenta, Yellow, Light Cyan, Light Vivid Magenta) MINIMUM DROPLET SIZE 2.0pl

PHOTO PRINT SPEED* 8" x 10" (20 x 25cm) approx. 1 min 33sec 13" x 19" (33 x 48cm) approx. 2 min 30 sec *Colour photo speed in Superfine Mode on Premium Glossy Photo Paper measured from the start of paper feed. Actual print time will vary based on system configuration, software application and page complexity.

RESOLUTION 5760 x 1440 optimised dpi using Resolution Performance Management (RPM) Technology

PRODUCT DIMENSIONS 616mm (W) x 369mm (D) x 228mm (H) (closed) 616mm (W) x 814mm(D) x 424mm (open) WEIGHT 15kg without AC cable/bundled ink cartridge

PAPER HANDLING Main top-loading feeder Up to 13" x 19" Up to 120 sheets plain; 30 photo Front media path Up to 13" x 19" Single sheet manual feeder, designed for fine art paper and media up to 1.3 mm thick 1 CD/DVD (using included tray)

Borderless sizes 9 x 13cm (3.5" x 5"), 10 x 15cm (4" x 6"),13 x 18cm (5" x 7"), 20 x 25cm (8" x 10"), A4 (8.3" x 11.7"), letter (8.5" x 11"), 11" x 14", 12" x 12", 11" x 17", A3 (11.7" x 16.5") A3+ (13" x 19") sizes

ROLL PAPER SIZE Width 329mm (only) Length 55mm (min) / 3276.7mm (max) Thickness 0.08mm x 0.30mm

OPERATING SYSTEMS* Windows® 7 (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Vista® (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows XP, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Mac OS® X 10.5.x - 10.6.x * Drivers available are downloadable from Tech Epson

ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS RATED VOLTAGE AC 220 ~ 240V RATED FREQUENCY 50 ~ 60 Hz POWER CONSUMPTION Approx. 21W (Printing mode) Sleep mode: Approx 3.7W (240V) Power OFF: 0.4W (240V) NOISE LEVELS Approx. 38 dB according to ISO 7779

INTERFACES Wired Connection: Hi-Speed USB, Ethernet 10BASE-T/100BASE - TX Wireless Connection: Wi-Fi (IEEE802.11 b/g/n) Pictbridge

PRINTER SOFTWARE (AVAILABLE ON CD-ROM ONLY)

BUNDLED SOFTWARE Printer Driver Epson Web Support, Epson Easy Photo Print, Epson Print CD EpsonNet Setup, Online Guide, Network Guide, CD Installer

Epson Stylus Photo R3000 9 Cartridge Ink System Printer