Digital BW, The Print

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From: "byronbulb" <byronbulb@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 3:54 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] (Newbie question) - Using a 1270 with MIS VM
cartridges


> Hi again :)
>
> So after researching what's available in terms of 13" printers, it
> seems that a refurbished 1270 won't cost me much more than a used
> 1200, and the 1270 has OSX drivers, which is a plus.

Byron,

I would opt for a refurbed 1280 ($399 direct from Epson with warentee) over
the 1270. More people are using the 1280 and there will be more workflow and
seperation curve choices. Also leaves Piezo open as a possibiltiy.
>
> My only concern - I know that the 1270 uses the "chipped" cartridges
> designed to prevent 3rd parties from making inks for it - has anyone
> tried the MIS prefilled cartridges in this printer? I assume that they
> wouldn't offer the cartridges if they didn't work, but before I buy a
> system I want to make sure I'm getting something that will be reliable
> for printing hextones. (I'm determined to use my 2000p for color work,
> so the 1270 would be a dedicated BW printer)

I have some virgin 1280 cartridges and chips from MIS that I hope to get
around to using in my 2nd 1280 sometime soon. I have not heard of any
problems with their one time chips for their carts. Their reset software for
there CFS system is only Win 98 compatible I believe.

Martin Wesley

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