Digital BW, The Print

I have a used 1280 that I picked up pretty cheap.  In one of the
Sunday adds, I found a R220 on sale for $50 (after mail-in rebates of
course.)  

I would appreciate any recommendations, pros/cons of the 1280 vs R220
in regards to general ease of switching to pigment ink, maintenance
and if any improved print quality for the newer printer.  Print size
is not really an issue as I rarely print anything bigger than letter
size.  I like papers with a pearl finish the best.

Thanks,
Earl

Hello Earl,

>I have a used 1280 that I picked up pretty cheap.  In one of the
>Sunday adds, I found a R220 on sale for $50 (after mail-in rebates of
>course.)  
> 
>I would appreciate any recommendations, pros/cons of the 1280 vs R220
>in regards to general ease of switching to pigment ink, maintenance
>and if any improved print quality for the newer printer.  Print size
>is not really an issue as I rarely print anything bigger than letter
>size.  

I would recommend the R220, mainly because it has individual carts for
each ink.  This will make it much easier to experiment with different
inks.  It also seems to have far fewer clogging problems with pigments
than the 1280 (according to reports in this forum).  I have an R200
and it has never yet clogged.  The R200/220 is MUCH newer technology.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones"
<cj@c...> wrote:
>
> Hello Earl,
> 
> >I have a used 1280 that I picked up pretty cheap.  In one of the
> >Sunday adds, I found a R220 on sale for $50 (after mail-in rebates of
> >course.)  
> > 
> >I would appreciate any recommendations, pros/cons of the 1280 vs R220
> >in regards to general ease of switching to pigment ink, maintenance
> >and if any improved print quality for the newer printer.  Print size
> >is not really an issue as I rarely print anything bigger than letter
> >size.  
> 
> I would recommend the R220, mainly because it has individual carts for
> each ink.  This will make it much easier to experiment with different
> inks.  It also seems to have far fewer clogging problems with pigments
> than the 1280 (according to reports in this forum).  I have an R200
> and it has never yet clogged.  The R200/220 is MUCH newer technology.
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>

Thanks Clayton.  Perhaps I'll run down and pick one up tomorrow while
they're on sale.