Digital BW, The Print

Terry,


I switch between b/w inkset and color inkset on my 3800.  It takes 3  
full power cleans to fully flush out the previous inkset.   A full  
power head clean consumes about 15m. total of ink.  It will also fill  
up your maintenance tank pretty quick.  I  also normally run b/w  but  
I occasionally need to do a color run of blank cd disks that utilizes  
the straight thru path.  Don't see any other issues doing this other  
than the waste of ink.

Cheers,
Mark
On Apr 27, 2011, at 8:52 PM, Terry Ritz wrote:

> I was spoiled with how easy it was to swap between colour and b/w  
> inks in my
> 2200. Now I find myself wondering if it�s at all realistic to do  
> the same
> with my 3800. It�s not that I don�t have a colour printer to use.  
> Rather,
> I�m contemplating printing on aluminum and my wide format colour  
> printer
> does not have a straight through printing path. While the 3800 is  
> designated
> for b/w work (HP PK dilutions) I may need to load colour inks  
> occasionally.
>
> Does anyone care to venture how much ink I might loose in each swap  
> and what
> other issues I might face?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Terry.
>
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