Large Wide Printer in action! Epson 9880

Ive decided to purchase an Epson 9880 wide format printer. I love this thing! Look at it go! I already printed about 10 pictures and they look flawless!

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and here we are cutting the paper at Hobby Lobby. but the printer sounds like a very clam jet engine. very professional.

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hot damn! That's amazing looking. Beautiful print too. Is that a high-gloss paper, or is there a sheet of plexi/glass on top of those prints?

Stunning.

I should add, with a printer of that quality, you really ought to invest in a high-quality paper cutter (rototrim or dahle) so that you can do all that at home. Less risk of damaging prints/messing up corners in transit to the hobby lobby. I've got a rototrim and its a joy to use.

Hey Jeff! My idol photographer

The sheet over the first print is plastic. Its the cheap frames for $15. We were in a rush and couldnt get custom framing/glass since we had a show the next morning. For the prints, we used Epson Photo paper. They also sell canvas paper and other materials for this printer. A roll of 100' ranges from $80-150. The printer does have a cutter on it. I havent learned how to use it properly. But as for cutting the other sides, I agree. We should get a high quality cutter. We were using razor blades and it cut just fine, but its risky too. I will look into the rototrim.

Wow, thanks for letting us see this! I'll dream about your printer next time I'm doing a 4x6 print on my little HP.

no problem Rimmer. it takes a minimum of 10 mins a photo to print. We timed it.

Curious, how much was the printer?

the printer retails for $5000. They have the colorburst edition for $1000 more. I got it at a better price (under $2000) since we had it under a lease at the oil/gas company I work for and got the buyout price. I've already sold 2 prints for $100/ea fresh of the printer so the money will be back in no time.

another print

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Great price

invincible569 wrote in post #11800982
the printer retails for $5000. They have the colorburst edition for $1000 more. I got it at a better price (under $2000) since we had it under a lease at the oil/gas company I work for and got the buyout price. I've already sold 2 prints for $100/ea fresh of the printer so the money will be back in no time.

At that price, I'll take 2!

That's great to hear you were able to get it at such a discount. What a wonderfully fun toy! We all spend so much time creating the images behind the camera and in front of the computer....so it's such a treat to print at that size to have such a wonderful tangible result of all the hard work.

Again, congrats!