Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeff, I think the black ink cartridge is different than for the EX. I've got a 1200 also and I love it. Just made a nice 13"X19" print and it's pretty sweet. It's not quite a ciba but it's exceptional for the price of the printer and materials. I recommed heartily. Dave Yoder 4season wrote: > Mark Rabiner wrote: > > > > In the Club Mac catalog today I'm looking and they have 2 different new Epson > > Printers both for the same price. > > One is the Stylus Color 1520 and the other one is the Stylus photo 1200 which > > has 6 color, slower? better? Newer? > > Which one is the smart one for Mark to get? Both going new for the same price I > > don't get it?! > > The 1520 is an older large-format printer. It does not directly support > USB. The 1200 is a recent arrival, specifically designed for photo > printing (smaller dots, 6-color ink) but at the moment, > www.missupply.com doesn't produce archival ink kits for it, and in fact, > I have not located a single 3rd party refill kit for this model yet. The > black cartridge apparently is the same used in the older Photo EX, but > not so with the color cartridge. I just picked up my 1200 on Thursday, > and so far, it's looking terrific. No problems at all with a USB > connection under Windows98. > > Jeff