I wrote: > > I have been pricing up Lyson Fotonic CIS for my 1290 and find that because > of the cost difference between 4 and 6 colour systems it would not cost much > more to start from scratch with a new 1160. I know the 1160 is well regarded > for profiling and proofing but could it match a 6 colour printer for print > quality on glossy papers (I'm thinking of soft grads, skin tones etc) where > colour accuracy is not the overriding consideration?
Francis Newman wrote (in response to the Canoni9100 story): > the 1290 produced completely stepless print. the 1160 has some just > visible stepping in some areas of the grey wedge (darker grey part) and > also the colour one (particularly in the red to blue area). Both > printers are pixl profiled. the 1160 using Fotonic ink with a CIS and > the 1290 with Epson inks. In this case both were printed onto Epson > Matte Heavyweight although the profile for the 1290 is for Photo Gloss. > The 1160 does however seem to give a more gradual progression through > the tones - the 1290 result being a more sudden shift - though of > course I wasn't printing to the profiled paper. > > Interested to know if anyone else has both printers and has compared > them. > > BTW - the only reason I have one of each is that I bought the 1290 when > there were no OSX drivers for the 1160, but switched back to the 1160 > as my main printer when the driver became available. Dear Francis, Sorry to hijack the above from another thread but this is the exact comparison I am interested in so come on, spill the beans. Why do you favour the 1160 - print quality, colour accuracy, speed or what? Best Regards, William Chitham. =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
