Digital BW, The Print

I have a chance to purchase the above mentioned two printers for the
above mentioned prices used. Which one should I buy? (No I don't want
both...) I'm intending to only print letter sized prints.

The MIS website is a little confusing to me since it says that there's
no UT or UT2 available for the 1200.
(http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/qn.html)

Which one has the better print quality? Other suggestions are most
welcome too!

Thanks,

-Gabor

> The MIS website is a little confusing to me since it says that there's
> no UT or UT2 available for the 1200.
> (http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/qn.html)
> -Gabor

The 1200 is a 6 Picoliter printer, while the 860 is a 4 Picoliter printer. Which means the 
860 has smaller dots.

The 860 is the smaller version of the 1160 which excels using Piezotone/FS/FSN inks.

See Roy's Dot page:

http://harrington.com/dotscans/dotsdots.html

Actually MIS does not have inks for the 1200 - it's been in the planning stages for a long 
time.

So my vote is the 860.

siklosg writes:
 > I have a chance to purchase the above mentioned two printers for the
 > above mentioned prices used. Which one should I buy? (No I don't want
 > both...) I'm intending to only print letter sized prints.
 > 
 > The MIS website is a little confusing to me since it says that there's
 > no UT or UT2 available for the 1200.
 > (http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/qn.html)
 > 
 > Which one has the better print quality? Other suggestions are most
 > welcome too!

The 860 is just the little brother of the 1160.  I love my 1160 w/ the
MIS FS Neutral inkset.

g.

I agree - and the 1200 is prone to severe banding.  Go
with the 860 and you will be happy with the results.

Don

--- George Hartzell <hartzell@...>
wrote:
> siklosg writes:
>  > I have a chance to purchase the above mentioned
> two printers for the
>  > above mentioned prices used. Which one should I
> buy? (No I don't want
>  > both...) I'm intending to only print letter sized
> prints.
>  > 
>  > The MIS website is a little confusing to me since
> it says that there's
>  > no UT or UT2 available for the 1200.
>  >
>
(http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/qn.html)
>  > 
>  > Which one has the better print quality? Other
> suggestions are most
>  > welcome too!
> 
> The 860 is just the little brother of the 1160.  I
> love my 1160 w/ the
> MIS FS Neutral inkset.
> 
> g.
> 
> 
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At 11:25 AM Wednesday 6/16/04, you wrote:
>> The MIS website is a little confusing to me since it says that there's
>> no UT or UT2 available for the 1200.
>> (http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/qn.html)
>> -Gabor
>
>The 1200 is a 6 Picoliter printer, while the 860 is a 4 Picoliter printer. Which means the 
>860 has smaller dots.

One can use the VM curves with the UT1 inks with the 1200 - it says so on the site somewhere. It's not  as good as dedicated curves, but nice results can be gained. I use my HP 7660 for portraits though, as much smoother skin tones are gained.

I have had a lot of trouble with ink flow with the 1200, however, and some smooth-toned prints look rough next to the reliable HP - the droplet size must be a lot bigger, I presume.

Richard

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