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Re: [Digital BW] new 1160 or old 1200?

2004-05-30 by Bernhard Sch.

Hi,
I haven't used a 1200, but I printed with an 1160 and archival pigment inks
for 2 years (until it died), and its an inexpensive printer giving excellent
results. It has a different dither pattern to lay the ink drops on the paper
than the later printers, which is - as far as I can tell so far - very
natural looking and unobtrusive.

Regards, Bernie

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Smallfield" <r.smallfield@...>
To: "Digital BW Print" <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 7:56 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] new 1160 or old 1200?

I apologise for sending this post as I've asked similar questions before.

I have a 1200 that works fine with oem inks, but was torture with cart
refilling with UT1 inks.

Is there any reason why I should retire the 1200 in favour of a new 1160,
which seems to have many advocates.

I don't want to go through the nightmares I had with the 1200 any more with
the inkflow problems I experienced - a lot of my ink went in cleaning
cycles.

I'd be using a CFS, which I hope would make things easier.

Re: [Digital BW] new 1160 or old 1200?

2004-05-30 by Sam McCandless

I've never used a 1200 or a CFS. But a few years ago I got two 1160s 
and a NoMoreCarts.com CIS to go with each of them, one for a 
MediaStreet four-color pigment ink set and one for an MIS B&W ink 
set. I've used them both only lightly and infrequently, but neither 
has ever been a problem to use, nor, in particular, clogged or even 
needed frequent or prolonged cleaning following almost daily nozzle 
checks (after which I turn them back off). Or for that matter, after 
trips up to three weeks long without even a nozzle check. I'm 
thinking about replacing them both with a 2200 or a 4000 but only 
because I think I could then print both color and B&W with only a 
single printer to contend with my scanners for desktop space.
--
Sam

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>Hi,
>I haven't used a 1200, but I printed with an 1160 and archival pigment inks
>for 2 years (until it died), and its an inexpensive printer giving excellent
>results. It has a different dither pattern to lay the ink drops on the paper
>than the later printers, which is - as far as I can tell so far - very
>natural looking and unobtrusive.
>
>Regards, Bernie
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Richard Smallfield" <r.smallfield@...>
>To: "Digital BW Print" <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 7:56 AM
>Subject: [Digital BW] new 1160 or old 1200?
>
>
>I apologise for sending this post as I've asked similar questions before.
>
>I have a 1200 that works fine with oem inks, but was torture with cart
>refilling with UT1 inks.
>
>Is there any reason why I should retire the 1200 in favour of a new 1160,
>which seems to have many advocates.
>
>I don't want to go through the nightmares I had with the 1200 any more with
>the inkflow problems I experienced - a lot of my ink went in cleaning
>cycles.
>
>I'd be using a CFS, which I hope would make things easier.

Digital BW, The Print

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