Digital BW, The Print

Bernie:

What work flow are you using on your 1160 -- PiezoBW, Woolf, 
Randall, ???.

If you intend to use either of the Epson workflows with your 1290, 
you will need to get the FS-E hex inksets where the Pc and Pm inks 
are 3:1 dilutions of the C and M inks, respectively while the regular 
FS hex inkset for the PiezoBW workflow has only 4 ink shades C=Pc and 
M=Pm.  

You will need to call MIS to see if they have the FSN-E hex inkset.

If you intend to use the PiezoBW workflow with your 1290, then you 
probably shouldn't have problems.  

Quality is arguably similar between 1160 and 1290, but your milage 
may vary.

Jeff Randall

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Bernie Ess" 
<albatros.bee@w...> wrote:
> Hello everybody, 
> I am currently printing on an 1160 with MIS FSN, mostly on EAM and 
> Photorag. I am considering getting an 1190 as replacement or to use 
> it parallel to the 1160.
> 
> 1. Would the 1290 give me finer results with FSN as the 1160.
> 2. Will I get better results in Sepia toned prints when using the 
> 1290 and archival colour inks like the MIS Perpetuals (= Sepia 
> printed with colour inks) than with a VM Sepia set on a 1160? 
> 
> I have tried out the VM inks on the 1160 before, but was not too 
> happy neither with the blueish nor with the warm tone.
> 
> Thanks for replies, 
> 
> Bernhard from cold and rainy Berlin