Introduction
There is always “buzz” in the community of photographers who still make prints when a major new printer model hits the market.

Year 2000 and the Epson Stylus® Photo 2000P marked the first assurance of long-term fade-resistant photographs from a compact home-based digital inkjet printer. Since then, through the Epson Stylus® Photo 2400, Epson Stylus® Pro 4000, 4800, 3800, 3880 and 4900, we appreciated the successive incremental improvements Epson introduced from model to model. We have seen this technology mature very quickly over the past 15 years, such that for any new model appearing over the past few years one is tempted to ask: “does it get any better”? The mark of a mature technology is that one is looking for the finer points.

The 3880 is now history, the P800 will replace it and 4900 owners may be pondering whether to renew with a P800 or keep their 4900s. Hence this discussion views the P800 in the context of the 3880 and the 4900. Yes we know, the 4900 ...