Digital BW, The Print

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> Peter,
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> You wrote:
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> >...
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> >Then there's the 1160, which is not available new any more.  It supposedly
> >is the ne plus ultra of B&W quadtone printing.  ...
> 
> The hextone printers make better prints than the quadtone printers with the
> MIS VM inkset.  I don't think the difference is visible in normal prints,
> but 6 inks are measurably better on test strips.
> 
> I like my 1160 mostly because it's that much easier and faster to mix and
> load inks for cartridges.  If one is not messing around with inks, however,
> the hextone printers are great.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com
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> Hi!  I've been perusing this forum for a while now.  I'm near the point of
> buying a photo printer.  I'd particularly like to do B&W.  I'm still
> fence-sitting on whether I'll get quadtone inks or use the color inks and
> be able to print both color and B&W.  If I go with quadtone, it will be MIS.
> 
> I've been searching the net for a while, and it's come down to, I think,
> the Epson 1160, 1270 or 1280.  A 3000 is a bit much.
> 
> A new 1280 is the maximum I'd want to spend ($499 U.S.).  ;