edmund ronald <edmundronald@gmail.com>: I think there was a huge change about 2 generations ago, and now the big Epsons are very stable and have good drivers and good profiles; this is a surprise to those of us who owned the previous generations and smaller inkjets. I used to run a 9600, and now have an Epson 3880 sitting on my shelf, and there is simply nothing bad I can say about it apart from the ink costs.
This has been pretty much the same experience of a friend of mine whose last inkjet printer was an Epson 1270. She has been hemming and hawing about buying a new inkjet printer for eons and a few weeks ago, finally bit the bullet ordering the 3880. Her reaction to her first test prints using Epson paper and Epson profiles was "Oh my! This is ever so much better than I expected". I was kind and didn't say "I told you"...'-}} I haven't yet warned her of the mac side (I'm pc based) issues with OS upgrades and Apple/Epson's penchant for totally mucking up one's workflow but I suspect as annoying as that is, she will deal with and and she's still going to be significantly happier with the 3880's output than she was with her 1270. Terrie http://tlbtlb.com/ tlbtlb@mail.com