Digital BW, The Print

Hi, 
I have now an 1160 since 2 months and it seems indeed a good printer 
for b&w prints with archival ink. Being given that the 1160 is out of 
production since a moment already I wonder whether it wouldn´t be a 
good idea to buy a "backup" for day X when my first will stop 
working. Here in Germany it can still be found at a rather low price. 

Or would the 1290 be a better alternative, specially when using MIS 
inks. BTW, I still haven´t found out if the german model "1290" isn´t 
sold as "1280" in the US. At least I never saw a 1270/ 80 here.

Greetings Bernhard

Bernhard,

Given that digital printing is an area subject to great change and, 
hopefully, rapid technical advancement, I would not be inclinded to 
stock pile 1160 printers.

I have a 1280 which is mechanically the same as the 1290 but there 
are critical differences in the electronics so that there is a 
difference in the drivers. Bernd Langmack ran into problems in 
attempting to use Paul Roark's curves with the MIS VM inkset on a 
1290.

I have not heard any reports on Piezo and the 1290 at this point.

Martin Wesley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., albatros.bee@w... wrote:
> Hi, 
> I have now an 1160 since 2 months and it seems indeed a good 
printer 
> for b&w prints with archival ink. Being given that the 1160 is out 
of 
> production since a moment already I wonder whether it wouldn´t be a 
> good idea to buy a "backup" for day X when my first will stop 
> working. Here in Germany it can still be found at a rather low 
price. 
> 
> Or would the 1290 be a better alternative, specially when using MIS 
> inks. BTW, I still haven´t found out if the german model "1290" 
isn´t 

> sold as "1280" in the US. At least I never saw a 1270/ 80 here.
> 
> Greetings Bernhard