Are Photo 750 and Photo 1200 printers now obsolete?
Epson plans to continue to make the Photo 750 and the Photo 1200 for a little while longer. Now that the 1270 is out, the 1200 is NOT as obsolete as some may think. Third party ink manufacturers like MIS Associates and Xtreme Gamut will fill the void and actually provide a greater combination of choices (paper and ink) in the end. The only serious advantage of the 1270 is that the ink/media profiles are built into the printer’s driver software, so that one gets beautiful out-of-the-box plug-n-play results. With a little custom profiling and future profiles provided by the paper and ink manufactures (they will eventually start offering this service to stay competitive), you’ll be able to get similar or even better results.
