Digital BW, The Print

On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 02:17 PM, Martin Wesley wrote:

> It is simply the issue of availability. I don't see any quality 
> differences
> although in theory the extra nozzles should help. I went from a 1200 
> to a
> 1280 which was a big improvement due to all the clogging and banding
> problems on the 1200.
>
> At this point it just seems better to get a brand new 1280 rather than
> hassle with a used 1160 or trying to importing one and doing the power
> conversion.
>
> Software is also something to consider. Some of the new programs may 
> not
> support the older printers.

Martin,

When you say that the performance is the same between the 1160 and the 
1280, are you using the piezo driver?  This could explain why you are 
not seeing the added benefit of the smaller droplet size of the 
1280...the piezo driver adds so much noise to the signal.  Running the 
inks with single channel control you can clearly see the difference.  
That said, if you are getting equivalent performance than the 1160 
would definitely be preferable do to its much greater speed.  In the 
end the 2200 will lay waste to both of them on quality and speed...we 
just need those empty carts.

Robert