Digital BW, The Print

I don't think either of you should have buyer's remorse. Something did come along, the 
1900, which I have been playing with, and my 1400 is going on ebay soon.
The right 1400 could very well drive you to near suicide with it's paper feeding. It is 
designed for thinner papers, given the inkset, something David Tobie said which put a 
light bulb over my dim brain.
You can make it work, but some people had theirs replaced, and the rest of us learned to 
constantly clean the paper advance mechanism to keep it working. So far the 1900 is 
working, but it looks like a very similar advance system to me, with no paper thickness 
adjustment like the old printers.
The fact is, even though in this economy every penny is felt, we are taking pretty cheap 
mechanisms that have a product life of a year, and a user life of maybe 5, and using them 
in ways for which they were not intended.
It's a crap shoot anyway. So as Tim Gunn says- make it work.
Your 1800 that is.
Tyler
http://www.custom-digital.com/

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Whiting" 
<paulmwhiting@...> wrote:
>
> "Sarah Renkes"  wrote:
> >
> > Paul, I wish I'd known you felt that way three months ago. After a
> year of saving up for an 
> > 1800 I am pretty disappointed.
> > 
> > Sarah
> 
> Sarah,
> 
> I had a little "buyer's remorse" myself, right after I got my 1800, it
> seemed, the 1400 came out. But Paul and Scott both make good points.
> And probably soon after the 1400 gets well-established, something
> better will come along! Seems to be the case, as Paul said, it's the
> nature of the rapid technological change we live in. And I was
> encouraged by Scott's comments on Dmax and speed in the 1800.
> 
> The way I look at it now, might as well get comfortable with my
> current setup, learn all I can, and then perhaps move along to the
> next step... it may be something much better eventually.
> 
> Paul
>