Digital BW, The Print

The 1200 works very well with the Roark VM inks and curves.  I've 
been using one for about a year now.  Occasionally there is very very 
fine microbanding, but it's cleared up with a quick head cleaning.  
The 1200 is, however, reputed to have the problems Carolyn mentions 
with the Piezo software; so if you go that route the 1280 is much 
better.  The advantage of the 1200 is that the CIS doesn't need a 
chipped cartridge, and, of course, if you already own one, you don't 
need to buy a new printer (which was my reasoning).  If I were buying 
a new printer to use for B&W, I'd undoubtedly choose a 1280 despite 
the higher cost.

-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Carolyn Frayn 
<carolynfrayn@s...> wrote:
> I  don't recommend the 1200 for any quad printing. It suffers from 
what some
> call banding, fine lines in the direction of the print head travel. 
Using
> both Piezo and MIS FS inks on my system and then viewing output 
from other
> 1200's (people who know how to print quads and keep their printers 
in proper
> working order), plus other user reports, leads me to believe it is 
just not
> a good epson for quads. This is just my opinion and that of friends 
who
> tried piezo on their 1200's.