Digital BW, The Print

I have a situation requiring replacement of the CFS on my 1160.
(off-tone Piezotone inks; plugin). 1280s are available used for next
to nothing. Would I be likely to get sharper/smoother prints from a
1280 with quadtone inks and the plugin? or 1280 with UT2 and QTR?

I suggest that you go for a 2200 instead of 
the 1280 for your aftermarket pigment inkset 
- they seem to be a lot more reliable with 
pigment inks. I've gotten the impression that 
the 1280 was almost singlehandedly 
responsible for all the posts about clogging 
problems. I said "almost", there certainly 
are others, but the 2200 seems relatively 
reliable in that department.

Frank