Digital BW, The Print

Paul,
 
Sorry to be a pain, but could you direct me to, in your opinion, the  best inkset for the 7600 specifically. I have both the PK and MK printers, so I may relegate them both to BW. I understand the "settling" issue and the cart agitation procedure, but what about the ink in the lines and the dampers and print head. Would it be wise to run a few cleaning cycles in order to be sure of the consistency of the ink before starting a printing session?

Gary 



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "photog0946" <photog0946@...> wrote:
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> Thank you very much Paul. I've been on your site a number of times and immediately following my post I checked there again. I did find some more pertinent information, but your reply has been very helpful as well. I was concerned that the 7600 might be too outdated to run this sort of B&W setup, but your response has shown that not to be the case. I'm sure I'll have more questions once I start the procedure, so be prepared for the barrage.
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> Thanks again,
> Gary
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <roark.paul@> wrote:
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> > "photog0946" <photog0946@> wrote:
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> > > ... thinking of putting the MK7600 into service as a dedicated B&W printer ...
> > > It would seem that Paul Roark is now in favor of a 100% Carbon system, although I'm not sure that is available for the 7600.
> > 
> > I have used Eboni/Carbon-6 in a 7500 and 7800.  You have to load the carts yourself, but the approach works very well in the K2 printers.
> > 
> > For information on these inksets, see 
> > http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eboni-6.pdf, 
> > http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Ink-Mixing.pdf, and 
> > http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Carbon-6.pdf
> > 
> > My current setup has some warm glossy carbon in it also.  This is to allow me to print a sepia tone on (most likely) Crane Museo Silver Rag.  
> > See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Carbon-BW-2010.pdf (which also covers the 1400).
> > 
> > > Also, I have quite an array of used carts and would like to know if it's possible to successfully flush and reuse them for the B&W inkset.
> > 
> > Yes.  I use distilled water and then the generic base described at http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Ink-Mixing.pdf.  A small amount of the intended ink is also used as a final rinse to minimize any dilution of the final inks.  I use a syringe with a modified MIS bottom fill adapter to open the Epson cart valves.  See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Modified-Bottom-Fill-Adapter.pdf  
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> > (Note that the 7800 carts are different, having a backflow valve in them.  For the 7800 I simply bought MIS empty carts, which are easily refillable.)
> > 
> > Hope this helps.
> > 
> > Paul
> > www.PaulRoark.com
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