I recently acquired a 1270. Immediately after the purchase, while waiting for delivery, I read the article in "Shutterbug". I was skeptical. When I made my first print on the thing, I was amazed, to say the least. I had previously scanned a B&W 4x5 neg on the older generation Epson Expression Pro, sepia-toned the positive in Photoshop, and colored a small portion, to simulate hand oil coloring. The print was phenomenal. I then scanned a sheet of 120 transparency film and printed on glossy paper. It looked like a standard proof sheet. I'm impressed!