Large commercial art/photo prints. Epson P8500 [P8570] review. A pigment ink production printer

Part two of my review of the Epson P-8500 [P8570 in the USA] 44" 6 ink printer. The version here is the P8500D supporting two rolls of paper and auto loading.

A production printer for copy shops and commercial photo and art printing. Six pigment inks. CMYK+ Grey. P8500 is 44" width. How does it work and what sort of quality can you get from just 5 inks [CMY and grey + Pk or Mk black].

The 24" version of this printer is the P6500 [US P6570]

Questions welcome
Printer testing carried out at Dupli in Leicester. @DupliCreate https://dupli.co.uk

For a short [~30s] comparison of the printer gamut on a cotton rag art paper with a P5000 see
   • Epson P8500 [P8570] gamut comparison ...  

This is the second, more detailed look at the P8500D
For a shorter [12min] overview, see
   • Epson P8500 [P8570] review - can you ...  

Printer details
P8500 [44"]
https://www.epson.co.uk/en_GB/product...
P6500 [24" single roll]
https://www.epson.co.uk/en_GB/product...

The papers tested
https://dupli.co.uk/spectrajet-soft-t...
https://dupli.co.uk/spectrajet-photo-...
https://dupli.co.uk/spectrajet-semi-m...

For USA printer versions see https://epson.com/For-Work/Printers/L...

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