Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Neil Frankish wrote: > > And what about quad inks for the 1270? > > I'm starting to think of digital printing, and since I almost exclusively > shoot B+W, I was looking at the quad black inks. Then the 1270 and 870 came > out, promising even better quality, but I believe they have a chip on the > cartridges, making life difficult for third party manufacturers. Can you > drill holes and refill, do you think? > > And on a related note: is the Nikon Coolscan LS2000 still the benchmark? > I've also seen a Nikon Supercoolscan 2000 selling slightly cheaper (from a > single supplier) than the LS2000. Is this a newer or alternate model? > > >Henry, > >What can you tells us about the life of the new inks in terms of number of > >prints produced? What would the average cost of an 11x14 print? > > > >Thanks, > >Joe RIGHT now I'm using my 3rd set of MIS archival quad monochrome inks on my 1200. It's a little hard to keep track of the efficiently of the system. I think there is no small amount of money involved. But I think the convenience and results make up for it. I'm sure the 1270 has efficiency as a reason for getting it other than the ability for replacing carts midway. I am getting results which I have a hard time imagining an improvement over. Mark Rabiner