Digital BW, The Print

"Greg" <gregnixon@...> wrote:

> ... Is there a procedure to purge the remnants of colour ink from it, so I can use it with black ink?


I don't know, but I doubt it.  Even with spongeless carts it takes a lot  of rinsing to get all the previous ink out.  I'd guess you'll never succeed with Epson color carts.  I don't know if the black is compatible enough to risk mixing inks in even that one.  

Good, new, empty, spongeless carts are what you need.  Long ago I used some MIS units in a 2000P and had no problems, but whether they have the same carts today is unknown.  I might add that the real job of these retailers is to find carts that work -- a minority of those  that are offered by the Chinese suppliers.  Inkjetcarts and InkRepublic are two other outfits that I think have a reasonably good reputation.  If the same owner is there as 5 years ago, Zeiss, former owner of MIS and the guy who really facilitated a more open-source, inexpensive B&W approach, thought the owner of InkRepublic was the best -- about the only one of his competitors he had much respect for.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com