Digital BW, The Print

I've read a lot about the Epson 1160 online. I want to make as 
large as I can afford, black and white prints. Sounds like it does 
a beautiful job. My ideal is to someday be able to hand-color 
digital prints. I see rarely an 1160 on eBay. Would I be crazy to 
buy from a stranger? If I need to buy new, what would be the best 
choice.
thank you, !Kimberly

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Kimberly 
MacLoud" <kim@s...> wrote:
> I've read a lot about the Epson 1160 online. I want to make as 
> large as I can afford, black and white prints. Sounds like it does 
> a beautiful job. My ideal is to someday be able to hand-color 
> digital prints. I see rarely an 1160 on eBay. Would I be crazy to 
> buy from a stranger? If I need to buy new, what would be the best 
> choice.
> thank you, !Kimberly

Or you could contact Arditos to find out if they have any refurbished 
1160's for sale.
http://www.arditos.com/
Cheers,
Andre

Kimberly,

Yes & No... Sometimes they are heavily used - and
sometimes you get one right out of the box that
grandma used to make one print of her grand-kiddies.
(epson ebay roulette)

Now that that is said, I purchased an 1160 from 'bay
for $75 with shipping (so you can get them cheap
enough).  This was with the intent of sending it to
ardito's, who can completely refurbish that machine
for $249 with a 90 day warranty.  

So, you can get a "new" 1160 for a minimum of $324 if
you want the hassle of finding and refurbishing it.  I
had planned to do this - but as a 1280 is currently
$399 from Epson I sold the 1160 and bought a 1280
silver (1 year warranty).  I find the 1280 to be a
better machine, but a bit slower due to it's increased
resolution.

Hope this helps a wee bit.

Don
   
--- Kimberly MacLoud <kim@...> wrote:
> I've read a lot about the Epson 1160 online. I want
> to make as 
> large as I can afford, black and white prints.
> Sounds like it does 
> a beautiful job. My ideal is to someday be able to
> hand-color 
> digital prints. I see rarely an 1160 on eBay. Would
> I be crazy to 
> buy from a stranger? If I need to buy new, what
> would be the best 
> choice.
> thank you, !Kimberly
> 
> 


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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "sceptre12345" <
am1000@v...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Kimberly 
> MacLoud" <kim@s...> wrote:
> > I've read a lot about the Epson 1160 online. I want to make as 
> > large as I can afford, black and white prints. Sounds like it does 
> > a beautiful job. My ideal is to someday be able to hand-color 
> > digital prints. I see rarely an 1160 on eBay. Would I be crazy to 
> > buy from a stranger? If I need to buy new, what would be the best 
> > choice.
> > thank you, !Kimberly
> 
> Or you could contact Arditos to find out if they have any refurbished 
> 1160's for sale.
> http://www.arditos.com/
> Cheers,
> Andre

I got my 1160 from GeoData Systems, as a refurb.  Been using it for 
about 2 years with MIS-FS ink and the Randall workflow.  N
Very good results, no problems.

Harry Lockwood