Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aram: I have not heard of any benefit to using the 1290 driver on a 1280 with color inks, but I haven't researched this. You could check the Epson group on Yahoo. My printer is dedicated to B&W. With the MIS VM quadtone inks (hextone, actually), the 1290 driver produces much better output, particularly with the warm and cold (as opposed to neutral or near-neutral) "tonings." You can find the 1290 driver on the epson UK website. Supposedly the 1280 and 1290 are pretty much the same printer with a different power supply. But the 1290 driver came a bit later, and some bug was worked out. I have both drivers on my system. I do all printing with the 1290 driver. Almost everything works, except the ink monitor, which seems to know that the printer is not a 1290, so it ignores it. This might only occur with USB. It doesn't matter, because I use the 1280 driver when I need the utilities--ink level and head clogging checks, priming, etc. I really wish that I could print B&W use the black ink only, with 2880 dpi. But I can only get it to work with 1440 dpi, and the dot pattern is too coarse for my taste. The quadtones are much nicer. Hope this helps, - --Peter > I just got a 1280. I am using the standard Epson inks at this time. > Would there be any benefit of me using the 1290 driver you mentioned? - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html