Well for once, I'm satisfied that I bought the Epson 1200 vice the 1270.
The proprietary inks turned me off. Despite the 1270 having a 4 picoliter
ink droplet versus the 1200's 6 picoliter, one would be extremely hard
pressed to discern the difference in image quality between the two printers.
Archival inks or not; if it fades in time simply press the print key!
RonS
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> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Joel Wilcox
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 12:20 PM
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> Subject: Re: [OM] New Olympust printer
>
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> At 10:03 AM 6/28/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >It looks interesting, but I'd spend the money on the Epson. I
> have both the
> >Epson 1270 inkjet and the Alps MD-1300 Dye Sub. The Alps
> produces wonderful
> >prints, but the Epson equals or surpasses it and prints up to 13x19. So,
> >unless the Oly printer is less than $400, which I doubt, I'd go with the
> >Epson. I would bet the consumables on the Oly are high too. They're very
> >high on the Alps.
> >
>
> I'd recommend waiting a bit before buying the 1270 however. Some
> people on
> the Epson list are very nearly mobilized to file a class-action suit
> against Epson because of their advertising that prints with their
> new paper
> and new inks are "long lasting." Henry Wilhelm's tests, released
> apparently with Epson's blessing (they paid for them), indicates a problem
> with the cyan ink such that it is unstable in the presence of ozone (I'm
> not making this up), at least during the curing period (first 24 hours).
> Several Epson list members have noticed a shift to orange in prints they
> had supposed were "archival." Do you think some of these folks were a bit
> mad? Yow.
>
> These printers have the "smart chip" cartridges, so that there is
> not yet a
> third-party alternative. You're stuck with their ink. So if you've got
> one, cover your prints with a piece of paper for the first 24 hours and
> keep them away from sources of ozone.
>
> I recommend Epson too. The 1160. Same 13x19 capability. Get yourself a
> continuous inking system for it and print with Generations pigment inks or
> whatever you want. Or find a used PhotoEX or 1200 if you prefer a
> six-color printer like the 1270.
>
> Joel Wilcox
> Iowa City, Iowa USA
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