Digital BW, The Print

Martin,

>I have your "Trastevere, Rome 1968" from the first print exchange and 
>on top of being a wonderful photograph it is one of the best examples 
>of a Piezo print I have seen. Like Bernd's prints it is smooth and 
>completely free of any banding or window screen pattern. If I could 
>get prints like that out of my 1200 I would never have bothered with 
>the MIS.
>
>Maybe it is like the wine and they just make better Epson printers in 
>Europe.

Yes, just like the wine (g)....and cheese. 

Seriously, I think it's a matter of luck. I ordered my 1160 from a mail 
order site here in France after comparing prices and it turned out to be 
a good one. Just as well because I don't think Epson Europe is as user 
friendly as its US office and as willing to replace printers that have no 
obvious problems using the Epson driver/inks.

I debated using my 1200 for Piezo but all I'd heard said 4 inks were 
plenty for BW quad work so I reserved the 6 ink printer for colour. 
Generally I don't have paper feed problems but the 1160 occasionally gets 
a bit balky after eating a large dose of 310gm paper (like the 31 print 
run for the current Print Exchange). At that point I take advantage of 
the Piezo option to pre-load the paper. That always works. And at the end 
of the run I'll occasionally clean the paper path of dust/debris. No big 
deal. Ordinary maintenance.

Cheers,

Nina