Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have been amazed how long my 1270 has functioned. Several weeks back I thought it was going to the big junkyard in the sky. Turned out it was a faulty cartridge. Walt Richard wrote: > I am using the 1280 with BO. It seems to consume MUCH less ink than > the HP 7960. I heard the new R2400/4800 also eat up ink like there is > no tomorrow too. One complaint about BO prints is that it's grainy, > but I found that if you print larger (11x15") the grain and the dots > just quite match up and give a very pleasing tonal range. It may be > dependent on the neg, scanner resolution etc. though so YMMV. > > Only problem right now is that one of the rollers is stuck with ink or > something and is leaving mark on the print. I need to clean it up... > > At 12:22 PM 5/16/2006, Walt Johnson wrote: > >> Ken: >> >> The 2400 a great printer but used color in even in BO mode.I'm just >> getting to the point of dumping my old 1270 and getting a 2200 for >> that very reason. Although I;ve loaded the printer with Eboni Black >> it still doesn't always care for pigment inks. Have you looked into >> the re-loadable empties from Ink Supply? A four oz bottle will good a >> very long way. Once I started doing "giclee" BO prints I never mixed >> dektol again. :-) >> >> Walt >> >> Can you just imagine how Aaron's baby photograph could look on a BO >> print? > > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, > please use richard at imagecraft.com) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >