Digital BW, The Print

Hi Scott;
Let me put in my two cents'worth:

> I am leaning towards a 1160 or 1280 with MIS ink over Piezo ink 
> because of price. i would like to use a cartridge system and 
refill 
> ink with MIS bottles. Is this possible? I know you can buy a chip 
> resetter for ink refill carts. I heard the 1160 does not have a 
chip, 
> is this correct?

I've owned 4 1280's in 3 years, and used the first 2 with MIS inks, 
refilling the carts and ressetting the chips. The latter is easy, 
the former is a royal pain in the butt. Foam and air bubbles in the 
carts are responsible for a huge percentage of what people often 
mistake as clogs. It is a persistent problem, and the carts don't 
last nearly long enough. If you go with a 1280, by or build a CIS-
the parts are available from MIS, it's not rocket science as they 
say.
The 1160s work very well, maybe even better and cheaper than the 
1280s but they are getting old, and support for them is waning. You 
can't expect Paul Roark or Roy Harrington to continue supporting 
them forever, and a generation or two of ink development may make 
them completely obsolete. Even so, if you can find one in relatively 
good shape, it's not a bad way to go, and not a huge loss if you 
can't use it in a year or two.
> 
> Is the print quality and speed much better from the 1280 verse 
1160?

Not for the Roark workflow, but either way you can forget about 3 
minute 8x10s. The 1280 wil make Black Only printing possible 
however, because of the finer droplet and higher max dither. BTW, my 
own experience has been that the earlier 1280s, the beige flavor, 
are better than the newer black&silver jobs. I have never been able 
to get banding-free prints out of either newer 1280s I've owned. I 
would be curious to hear of other list members' experience in this 
regard.
> btw, i am use to ripping out 13x19s from i9100 in three minutes or 
> 8x10s in about a minute.
> 
> In large areas of graduation, do you get banding from 1160 because 
of 
> lower resolution?

Not that I've seen or heard, but others may know better.
> 
> Does any one have an 1280 or 1160 that they want to sell?

Well, yes, but as I siad above, I've never been able to get banding-
free prints out of it-ya want it anyway, I'll make you a good price! 
(G)

Steven Karafyllakis

http://www.stevekphoto.com


> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Scott
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