Digital BW, The Print

MIS does have spongeless cartridges for the 1280 -- before these,
refilling was pure hell -- so there are plenty of ink choices
available. My 1280 died and I still have a large supply of ink and
spongeless cartridges, so I am temped to get one of these, but only as
a throw-away. It's a temporary solution so I can match existing
prints; everyone else should steer clear unless they know what they
are in for :). 
 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, CorrPro96@... wrote:
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> In a message dated 1/16/07 1:26:56 PM, basejan@... writes:
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> > This naive fellow has just gone thru a learning process for printing
> > B&W with the Epson 220 with MIS ebony neutral black substitutes.
> > The D max seems weak but I was overall delighted with the printer. I
> > now wish to move up to a larger paper size, eventually of archival
> > quality.
> > 
> > Epson is offering a new Epson 1280 for $224, after rebates. Will this
> > be a good step for me to take? And will MIS be able to offer me the
> > six B&W inks? (I notice that the Epson 1280 comes with one color and
> > one black ink. That is confusing to me)
> > 
> > Thankyou so much for giving me a hand          Basejan@...
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> No, No, No.   You'd be moving backwards and wasting money that could be 
> applied to a printer with either leading edge tech, or at least
designed to do what 
> you have in mind. The 1280 (I ran 3 of 'em)
> was a good workhorse that was originally a dye printer, but with a
piezo 
> inkjet was convertible to pigment. The head uses 2 cartridges, one
with black ink, 
> the other with 5 color inks. Unless you plan to also buy a CIS
system and ink 
> bottles ( another few hundred dollars), you're limited as to B/W. I ran 
> PiezoTone inksets in 2 CIS units, and hassled with air getting in
the tubes, nozzle 
> clogs and ink spills. Prints were great, but at what level of
frustration?
> Results with thE R2400 and 2200's have pretty much sounded taps for
the 1280 
> and we're only talking a few dollars more, w/o the hassles. My vote
is NO.
> 
> Richard (Brooklyn)
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