Re: epson printer

["James J. Fox" <yesfox@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Do not send me emails.     Thank you,   Jim

Ernst Dinkla wrote:

> In <URL:news:lokaal.panorama> on Thu 20 Jul, Geuler2@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > In a message dated 7/10/00 11:10:47 PM Central Daylight Time, garyb@xxxxxxxx
> > writes:
> >
> > << >> If you can, go for the 870 which has a newer, more stable ink
> >  >> system. I just
> >  >> got a 1270 (same ink type) and am very pleased with the results.
> >  >>
> >  >> Stan Patz   NYC >>
> >
> > Stan,
> >
> > I was just about persuaded to buy a 1270 or 870 when I heard of severe ink
> > stability problems with glossy papers.  Don't know if the problem was with
> > Epson paper.  Can these printers be used successfully with paper other than
> > Epson's archival papers?  I am an amateur and would like to be able to make
> > economic prints as well as high quality, long lasting ones.
>
> On the Epson mailing list are some people testing other papers that may
> not show the dreaded orange shift. Ilford papers seem to have less
> problems on gas fading. If economy is the most important issue you
> should try to buy the 1200 that prints a bit coarser but allow you to
> use third part inks like Xtreme Gamut. It promises to be more fade proof
> than the 1270 inks now. You can also use the www.nomorecarts.com
> continuous ink feeding system on that printer.
> For the mailing list see http://www.leben.com/lists
>
> Ernst
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> Ernst Dinkla  Serigrafie,Zeefdruk            The point will never be metric