Digital BW, The Print

That is useful to know. I love the gutsy 3MK prints but perhaps it is time to try the C6 approach
Are spongeless carts needed ?It is something you mention in a PDF on the 1800.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Paul Roark <roark.paul@...> wrote:
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> If you have the bulk Eboni MK inks and can get carts for a 1500W, you can
> set that printer up as a 3-MK printer just like the 1800.  I prefer the
> smoother Eboni-6 look, but the 1400/1500W (assuming they are the same) uses
> the same 1.5 picoliter drop size that the 1800 used.  I made some basic
> 1400 3-MK QTR profiles for this purpose.  You may need to linearize these
> for different papers.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
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> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 8:16 AM, bobtail75 <cperfect594@...> wrote:
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> > After 2 years using an R1800 with 3 MK Eboni inks the printer has died and
> > resisted all attepts to revive it.
> > What now ?
> > A replacement 1800 will be pretty old now. Perhaps an R1900 will be able
> > to take over, and be the smoothest changeover. Is anyone currently using an
> > 1900 with 3 MK ink ? Is it interchangeable as far as QTR is concerned ?
> > Will it take my current (recharchable) cartridges ?
> > I know Paul thinks it will work, but he hasn't actually used one.
> > The alternative is , of course, the 1400/ or the latest model 1500W (is
> > this the 1430 in US) The trouble is the import cost of the inks, unles I
> > can formulate the medium to dilute my own.
> > Sadly, not many use the MIS /Paul Rouke systems here in the UK.
> >
> >  
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