Digital BW, The Print

Greeting,

Having read Paul Roark's and Clayton Jones' sites I have decided to go
 BO(last time I made prints was 25 years ago) for the ease, as well as
the cost and the "look'.

I can't afford a 2200 at this point and want to be sure that a 1280 is
the best printer in it's price range

All advise will be gratefully received.

Many Thanks

Drime

Hello Drime,

I'm on my third 1280 and am totally satisfied that for the money, 
there is none better. It's very well supported by a number of ink 
sources and others. Clayton, Paul, and Roy have provided us with the 
benefit of their passion for printing to such a degree that 
mere "Thanks You" doesn't seem like enough. BO is the simplest method 
to start/stay with according to your needs and level of learning 
desire. I don't think you can go wrong with the 1280 and Eboni ink 
from MIS, but while you are ordering ink; you might want to get the 
full UT2 set in case you want to experiment later with other methods. 
You'll have to have some ink in the other space for the color 
cartridge anyway.

Your friend in photography,

Johnny




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Kelsang Drime" 
<kdrime@h...> wrote:
> 
> Greeting,

> 
> I can't afford a 2200 at this point and want to be sure that a 1280 
is

> the best printer in it's price range
> 
> All advise will be gratefully received.
> 
> Many Thanks
> 
> Drime

I've seen enough 1280 BO and 2200 BO prints to conclude they look the
same to the naked eye. I believe Clayton Jones and Jim Arnold (both
great photographers and printers) printed the same file on their
2200's and 1280's, compared them and reached the same conclusions. 

Many are very happy using one or the other. I've yet to hear of
someone what was unhappy with one but found happiness with the other.
 Of course, you can find some who just can't make either work, some
who don't like BO, some who just don't like digital prints, and some
who get frustrated with photography. 

Me? I just love my 1280 printing BO using Eboni. 

Bob Michaels

 --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Kelsang Drime"
<kdrime@h...> wrote:

> 
> Greeting,
> 
> Having read Paul Roark's and Clayton Jones' sites I have decided to go
>  BO(last time I made prints was 25 years ago) for the ease, as well as
> the cost and the "look'.
> 
> I can't afford a 2200 at this point and want to be sure that a 1280 is
> the best printer in it's price range
> 
> All advise will be gratefully received.
> 
> Many Thanks
> 
> Drime