Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ernst Dinkla <edinkla@...> wrote:
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> On 06/04/2011 05:37 PM, tboleyyh wrote:
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> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ernst Dinkla<edinkla@>  wrote:
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> >> ...Bowhaus TBW will
> >> drive Canon pro models with custom B&W inks..
> >
> > unfortunately this will turn out to be a path few might take. The ink bufffers in the Canons make converting to alternative inks apparently impossible...
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> Tyler,
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> Is the problem related to big ink buffers in the head, near the  head, 
> that it would take a long time before a custom B&W inkset is totally 
> free from the original inks mixing in? There is no way to pull out all 
> the old inks before the new inks are inserted like I could do with an 
> Epson 10000 that had relative big head buffers too ?

that's my understanding from reliable sources... I'm afraid I have no personal hands on experience. I believe the buffers are in the printer body and not the heads as I recall. This is backed up by the relatively simple head replacement which would render the issue solved if the only buffer problems were in the head.
http://canonipf.wikispaces.com/message/view/FAQ/33471876
Tyler