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Re: Quality of UT on the 1280

2003-10-05 by Chris Hargens

I've recently seen some refurbished 1280s, with 1-yr warranty, going 
for less than $300 on Ebay. As for Epson's online prices -- yes, 
still high.

Chris Hargens

 --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Allan B Chen 
<kaiyen@s...> wrote:
> Is there a new deal for refurb 1280's right now?  I missed out on 
that 
> great deal at samy's camera.  Only one I see is the whopping $20 at 
> epson.com
> 
> hoping to get one myself,
> allan
> 
> Quoting Chris Hargens <chargens@s...>:
> 
> > Looking at the prices refurbished 1280s are going for, I've been 
> > thinking it might worth getting one as a dedicated BW printer. 
I'd 
> > like to go the UT route with the printer, but I haven't heard 
much 
> > about what kind of results people are getting with Paul's curves. 
> > (OTH, I've heard a lot of good things about the UT curves on the 
> > 1160.) Also, it seems like clogging can be a problem with the 
1280 
> > and the UT inkset. Any advice or suggestions on which way to go 
would 
> > be appreciated. My other choice would be to get a 2200 and switch 
> > between color and the UT set (filling my own carts).
> > 
> > Chris Hargens
> > 
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