Epson 2880 (Upgrade to 2400) is out

I currently am using a 2200, I looked at the 2880 a couple of weeks ago, it's the upgrade to the 2400, and I am seriously looking at going for it, however my sales person thinks I should consider the 3800 (soon to be 3880?) because of bigger print size capability and lower cost-per-print advantage over the smaller -- although it's marginal -- it has the newer vivid magenta and vivid light-magenta K3 inks.
BTW, to give some perspective on the cost of the Epson inks, using the 2880 for instance, the ink price(s) works out to about $3700 per gallon per color! (one dollar+ per milliliter) whereas the 3800 comes out to around .70 per milliliter.
Any experiences on going from the 2200 to 2400 (or even 2880)? as well as the 3800?
Advice appreciated.
Geoff

>...are the prints from the 3800 remarkably better than the 2200?
Yes, even though 2200 prints are already quite good. The extra size (17" wide vs. 13" wide) is also nice to have, yet in my office the 3800 still fits ok in the spot on top of a paper cabinet that I have allocated for a printer.
I do not know precise ink usage on the 3800 vs. 2200 but the 3800 is nicer and more convenient to use. The smaller cartridge size of the 2200 means much more cartridge changing and my guess is frequent cartridge changing wastes more ink as well as paper.
I have never used roll paper and don't really want to.

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