I'm looking at buying an Epson Stylus Pro 3880 to create fine art reproductions. These would range from famous art pieces printed from high-res source files to plates scanned directly from antiquarian books. It's important to me that these be of acceptable quality for the consumer market.
I have a fairly solid grounding on the software side (Photoshop, etc), but I'm not very experienced with digital printing. I expect a learning curve, but what concerns me isn't what I know I don't know, as much as what I don't know that I don't know--so I thought I'd ask. Where are the likely stumbling blocks? If I get the 3880, will I have what I need, or are there other major investments involved in order to do this properly? Can anyone recommend a book that would help me get the best results?
I have a fairly solid grounding on the software side (Photoshop, etc), but I'm not very experienced with digital printing. I expect a learning curve, but what concerns me isn't what I know I don't know, as much as what I don't know that I don't know--so I thought I'd ask. Where are the likely stumbling blocks? If I get the 3880, will I have what I need, or are there other major investments involved in order to do this properly? Can anyone recommend a book that would help me get the best results?