Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, David Jackson 
<lagniap@t...> wrote:
> >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
> 
> I have an opportunity to purchase a little-used 1160 for $215 total 
from a 
> member of this list, but I do wonder about the "legend" status of 
the 1160. 
> Should one still be looking at this printer or not? It is still a 
preferred 
> purchase over either the 1280 or the 2200?

Hi, I can't tell anything about the 2200, but I use an 1160 since 2 
years with Full Spectrum inks, and I think its an inexpensive printer 
that gives very nice results. I once compared a print made on a 1290 
with the same print made on the 1160, and the 1290 gives a slightly 
finer dither pattern, so overall if the 1160 is - lets say - 90% of 
the actually highest possible quality with inkjet prints the 1290 
would be at 95 percent. And 100 percent? I don't know, maybe an Iris 
printer, I've never seen one :-)

For the money the 1160 is great and good enough for excellent b&w 
prints, but I think its not a magic machine either. Built quality and 
quality control is probably higher on the 1290 and of course on the 
2200. They are probably also faster. So I guess no need to create 
legends...

regards Bernie