Re: Would you recommend the 1160?

[James Irelan <ijw1@uswest.net>]

austin wrote:

> I need a new printer to replace my Epson Stylus Color, vintage about 6 years.
> I recognize that a 4-color printer will never produce the ultimate in photo
> quality

It won't?  If you're thinking in terms of  6-year old printer quality, you're in
for a revelation. Black and white prints I'm making on my 1160 look better than
what I was doing in the darkroom- the high key prints especially, with Jon
Cone's Piezo setup, look like platinum prints.  And I'm equally pleased with the
color on an 1160 as well.  I don't have previous color prints to compare with,
because I was never set up to print color photographs before, and if fact was
never interested, largely because I didn't like color photo paper. The computer
has changed all that.  Now I love making color prints, because I can print on
papers I really like.  And these printers are so cheap!  (The PRINTERS.  The
inks and software and paper jack it up quite a bit.) Valid opinions are widely
held regarding the relative merits of 4 vs. 6 ink printers, but I can give you a
hearty 1160 recommendation.

James Irelan

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