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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Epaon 1400 vs. 1430 Cartridges

2013-01-22 by Rafe Cross

Can you not take the chips from the epson cartridges and swap them onto the
ones from MIS? Ive done that with other printers and it works no problems.
I havent seen a 1400 or 1430 though so have no idea what the cartridges
look like.


On 22 January 2013 14:41, Paul Roark <roark.paul@...> wrote:

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> Tom (bengui bengui@...>) wrote:
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> > As soon as a new bottle of Edwal arrives, I will be mixing and setting
> > up Noritsu 2K2LK for my new 1430. I plan on initially trying a mix of
> > Noritsu in MIS cartridges for the first four positions and Epson Claria
> > cartridges in the yellow and light magenta positions. I'll see if the
> > mixed cartridges work in the 1430.
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> Yes, please let us know. This is what I had in mind with that setup. It
> works great in the 1400.
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> > It would surely be convenient if this
> > mix works. If it doesn't, do you have any suggestions for good bulk
> > yellow and light magenta to use in MIS cartridges? I don't plan on
> > buying any Noritsu except for the K that I have now and I hesitate using
> > MIS dye for this ink set.
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> You might want to just pull the colors out of the 1430 Claria carts and put
> it in the MIS carts. If you buy the Claria M (no LM), after you dilute it
> with the generic base (30% Claria M to 70% base), the cost of the LM
> becomes quite reasonable.
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> I don't know much about the MIS dyes. I assume they would not be as
> lightfast.
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> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
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