Printing for the Holidays

I am hopefully getting an Epson 3800 in the next week or so, I can't wait to compare it to the 4800 and the R2400. Although it has the same print engine as the 4800, and Ultrachrome K3 is K3 is K3, I still need to see the proof for myself. Maybe an extra thousand dollars doesn't buy you much more than a roll feed ... But it does claim to only use ~ 2 ml of ink switching from Matte to Photo black and 4 ml for the reverse (its automatic, using the same ink line). It will be interesting to how people feel about the 3800's ability to only print on sheets with no roll options. I read a review of the 3800 on CNET, it looks pretty promising. I saw inkjetart.com was giving away sample prints which they made on one, I wonder if anyone received one and compared them. If you did, please let me know what you think...

I also have a strange desire to buy some INKAID and try printing on some unusual materials. Maybe thin metal? Seems to have promising possibilities.

Happy Thanksgiving all.