Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric, It's not what they can and can't do but how they do it. The 1280 is 6 color. The 3000 is 4 color. From what I gather there's no advantage to hextone over quadtone for greyscale printing. Yet there's a price disadvantage in having to deal with 2 more shades of ink. That's why the now discontinued 4 color 1160 is popular for greyscale printing. It was an inexpensive printer that used quadtone inks. The 3000 has individual carts. It's large capacity with no special CIS system required. The 1280 has intelligent carts which are lower capacity. CIS is an option, but it's an add on and an external design with issues I won't address here. (I have CIS on a 1200). The 3000 is a much more robust printer. It can handle 17 inch wide paper ((i.e. make 16x20 prints) The 1280 only handles 13 inch paper. However, for lower capacity printing on paper 12 inches and smaller, both should do equally good output. One thing I've learned is that a less expensive printer doesn't mean less cost. I have nearly equal costs invested in my 1200 and my 3000. Probably more in the 1200 if you consider time for things like setup, trouble shooting, and maintenance. I'm saving up for a 5500. Dave At 06:03 AM 11/24/2001 -0600, you wrote: >Austin: > > >The 3000 is the best printer for Piezo, short of the 7000 and PiezoPro/24 > >what ever they call it. > >Why is this? What can the 3000 do that the 1280 can't? > >I won't be getting one right now, but am grabbing a Polaroid SprintScan >while they're practically giving them away. I figure that a good printer + >Piezo can't be too far off in my future. :) > > >Eric >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html