Epson P-5000

You'll pay up front, but Epson's SureColor P5000 professional photo printer churns out superb photos and artwork on large cut sheets or wide paper rolls at highly competitive running costs.

Epson P5000 printer review. Surecolor 17 inch width A2, with roll support and paper cartridge for sheet media. Print and colour management

Excellent print quality and an expanded ink set are a couple of this printer's selling points. A steep learning curve and difficult front feed are downsides.

Photokina 2006: Epson has announced the P-3000 and P-5000 Multimedia Storage Viewers. Compared to previous models these new units feature better color response (thanks to a four color filter), Adobe RGB support, faster performance thanks to a new CPU, a modified control layout and a larger 4.0" LCD screen. The 40 GB P-3000 model should cost around $500, the 80 GB P-5000 model at $700.

The desktop Epson SureColor P5000 handles 17-inch-wide paper through roll, single sheet (cassette or back feed), and thick media through a front feed. I have been using Epson’s Advanced B&W Photo printing mode for many years in a series of the company’s desktop printers but always wished the print software offered a way to see my image adjustments in real time. So, when Epson announced their new Print Layout software, which offers a “live preview” (among other controls) in Advanced B&W Photo mode, I contacted them to give it a whirl.

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