Digital BW, The Print

Yeah, well I was thinking about wether or not buy a 1160 instead of 
the 870 for use with your Sepia VM inksets. Also I´ve read that 
adding those 2 extra colors on the 870 is not relevant to the 
quality of the quad prints...

Anyways, and according to what you´ve written, I should go for the 
870...

I will be eagerly looking forward to your sepia/870 printing 
experience, so please report it to us all when you can. Will the 
curves be retouched, etc...??

Thanx!

Miguel

> You wrote:
> 
> >... how do you rate the results, sepia-wise, both on the
> >epson 870 and the 1160. I guess the 1160 is superior, right?
> 
> I have not loaded any MIS VM-Sepia into the 870 yet.  So, of 
course, that
> also means I have not tweaked the curves to print the sepia or 
done a
> comparison of the 870 to the 1160 with that inkset.  I intend to 
load the
> vm-sepia into the 870 within a day or so.
> 
> As to the quality of the printers otherwise, the 870 is better 
than the old
> 1160.  It's both sharper and smoother.  But, I really don't like 
the chips
> or messing with 2 more inks.  I'm going to have my 1160 fixed so 
that I can
> go back to that machine for working on Piezo - compatible inks 
(including a
> dye-based inkset for glossies and for digital negatives) and inks 
for the
> 3000.  But, for ultimate quality, and if you are going to use a 
CIS/CFS and
> stick to one inkset, the modern hextone printers really are better.
> 
> >Do you also use the EAM paper on the 1160?
> 
> Yes.  I also cut pieces out of a 24" roll of it for the 3000.
> 
> Paul