Digital BW, The Print

Barry,

When my 1160 crashed, I paid the price to have it fixed (about what I paid
for it originally).  It is the perfect printer for my ink development and
experimentation -- really a nice machine.

That said, as we start to get into RC paper, the differences between the
quad and hextone quality are going to show a lot more.  I have a 1280
sitting on for floor that will replace the 1160 soon.  Since there still
seems to be a lot of interest in the 1160, I might do a new curves set for
it with the production Ultra Tone B&W inks (if MIS ever sends me some).
However, that may be the end of the line for the 1160 for me.  I think the
newer hextone printers are going to be necessary to get the best results
with the more critical RC papers.  I suspect the 1270 is the oldest printer
that will be able to print state of the art prints on RC papers with the
Ultra Tone inks.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: bgs [mailto:bgs@...]
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 11:26 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] printers....replace or repair


Howdy,

I have an 1160 that started acting weird. This printer was a dream for a
couple of years. I use the CFS MIS-vm The prints after Paul's curves were
added were very dark. I printed squares of the separate cartridge positions
and they started looking strange except for the black position. The tubes
were correctly positioned and the swabs from the bottles looked fine. Nozzle
checks fired but the lower group seemed a little darker than they should. I
also printed the Epson test sheet from the pdf file that the service guy
sent me. Was not good tonally. I committed the printer to the local
Authorized Epson hospital. The owner eventually (while we were on the phone)
drew some pigment from the yellow position and told me it was dark. Said
there is a great possibility that the cartridge could have a split and the
pigments were mixing. I am going to get new cartridges for him at his
suggestion.

Now comes the quandary. I had a new head put in in December but he is not
sure yet if this head is firing properly. He also said that Epson probably
won't guaranty a new head after this length of time. I am also close enough
to the mandatory maintenance time where he says it will stop printing soon
so it does need maintenance. I have a 1280 but would still need another
printer to do color and b/w. He has some 1270's which I could get a deal on
or I could possibly spring for a 2200 and fast for a while. Would love to
have my 1160 run or find another but that may not happen. WHICH WAY SHOULD I
GO!!   I'm old and retired but full of life. The stock market didn't kill me
but hasn't made me happy either.  Advice kindly accepted. Thank you all.

Barry S. or bgs

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