The Digital Photography Book

Printing 16x20sThe Pros' Top Choice

Pros who sell their prints know that the bigger the print, the bigger the paycheck, and maybe that's why so many favor the 16x20" large print format, and the printer for that is Epson's Stylus Pro 4800. Although it technically prints 17" by as wide as you want to go, the size everybody's trying to hit is that 16x20" sweet spot, and the 4800 does it wonderfully well, but be forewarnedat this point, Epson doesn't make 16x20" paper (which totally baffles me since that's the size preferred by most pros). There are, though, other paper manufacturers (like Red River Paper) who make 16x20" paper that is designed to be used with the 4800, so unless you like cutting down larger-sized paper to 16x20", you might want to consider that. Other than that cutting chore (which may or may not bother youit bugs the heck out of me personally, but that's just me), the 4800 is a dream machine.