Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Sad -- my old 1160 finally bit the dust also.  I'm probably not 
going to
> have it fixed this time.

Me neither, I didn't try to get it fixed. However for those who are 
interested, the 1160 can still be purchased new here in Germany, for 
about 320 Euro. I upgraded to the 1290 because I often read here that 
its dither pattern is slightly superior to the 1160. 
On the other hand I find that the 1290-S feels much more plastic- 
like. I hope it won't break.

> My latest sample test strips from Europe suggest that the 1290 
works the
> same with the 1280 and 1290 drivers.  So, I would not bother.  
However, on a
> PC all one needs to do is download the 1280 driver from the US 
Epson site.
> It seems to find the right printer.  With Mac, one can't do this.
> 

So I will first try the UT2 with the 1290 driver, and if its not what 
I expect qualitywise I try to get it work with the 1280 driver, I did 
this already yesterday when I installed the new printer, but Windows 
XP did definitely not recognice the printer during the 1280 driver 
installation. Was the same when I once tried to make the 2100 work 
with the 2200 driver. Did not work either here.

As soon as I receive the UT2 CFS, I will report the results.

thanks, 

Bernie