Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bernie Ess" 
<albatros-@g...> wrote:
> --- 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


While perusing Ebay looking for a wide format printer, I noted that 
used 1160 printers were being bid and sold at about the same price as 
the 1280's and in some cases higher. Some of the 1280's were even new 
or refurbished. Is there some reason why a used 1160 is valued as 
high as a 1280? Is it because of the non-chipped carts, or is it 
perceived as a better printer even though the 1280 prints at 2880 
dpi, 6 inks, and probably improved engineering. A puzzlement to me.

Don