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Re: [Digital BW] 3800 Cartridge/Ink Swapping - crazy idea?

2011-04-28 by Vinny

How do you print on cd disks with a 3800?

Vinny
www.wulfsden.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Marks <mark@...> wrote:
>
> 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 it¹s at all realistic to do  
> > the same
> > with my 3800. It¹s not that I don¹t have a colour printer to use.  
> > Rather,
> > I¹m 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.
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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