Digital BW, The Print

Is the 1160 reaching legend status? I've been using the Piezo inks for three
years.  With the 1160, I had clogs and banding. I switched to the 1280 and
the problems virtually disappeared.  Think 1280
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "colingruk" <cconway@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 5:41 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Need 1160 - Good Price? Shipping to US


> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, David Jackson
> <lagniap@t...> wrote:
> > The price at dabs.com for the 1160 is L225.60 with VAT and L192
> without VAT.
> >
> > Has anyone ever tried having a friend ship one of these the US?
> >
> > Were there any problems? Does anyone know whether or not this
> price, with
> > overseas shipping figured in, represents a good value?
> >
> > Best,
> > David
> >
>
> I recently had a friend ship a 1290 to me in Greece.  It weighed just
> over 10kg.  Based on this, if you go to
> http://www.royalmail.com/portal/default/all/home;jsessionid=0CTCMNVYU2
> TFWCRAZRMEOSQKEDGFMQ2K?
> paf_gear_id=100002&paf_gm=content&paf_dm=full&paf_gear_state=con_conte
> nt&xmlPath=/docContent/xml/generalContent/Postal_prices.xml&_requestid
> =327506
> and click on "postal calculator" you will find that, with insurance
> it will cost about GBP75.  Then there are customs and duties in the
> US!
>
> You may need a wire wound transformer on top of that as others have
> suggested.
>
> I guess ebay is a better option.
>
> Maybe I should set up a container shipment from the UK?
>
> Colin
>
>
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