Digital BW, The Print

Paul <paulmwhiting@...> wrote:

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> I think I'll order two 4 oz bottles for each position, ...
>
That is probably overkill, but there are worse things than having a few
extra 4 oz. bottles around.  Recall that they hold more than 100 ml.  So if
you are very low (not enough for a cart reload) you can still mix a full
100 ml in the bottle.

> ... I suppose I'll first load the printer with the supplied color carts,
>
This is probably not necessary.

 Epson won't send me a new one if this one is using 3rd party inks.
>

The mere fact that third party inks have been in the printer is not that
relevant.  If you call them they'll ask for the product numbers on the ink
carts.  When you send the printer back, they don't want the ink in it.
 However, they may notice the lack of color ink around the inlets.  So, if
there is a problem be sure it's also a problem with the color inks before
calling them or sending it back.


> Do I need to flush the system with cleaning carts before I load the black?
>
It's not necessary.  When I switch from color to B&W I just do 2 cleaning
cycles after the initial load.  (This is on a 1400.)




>
> So here's what I come up with - how's my math!
>
> K 100 ml Eboni
> C 30 ml Eboni + 70 ml base
> M 18 ml Eboni + 82 ml base
> LC 9 ml Eboni + 91 ml base
> LM 33 ml M + 67 ml base
> (should be 33.3 and 66.7, but 33:67 should be close enough, right? Or
> simpler yet: 30:60 which would give me 90 ml)
> Y 33 ml LM + 67 mil base
> (likewise)
>
>
Looks OK.



> Again, I'm using the C6b base... I've already mixed a pint (by volume) in
> fact, am using it in the non-Eboni carts in my R1800.
>

I hope you adjusted for the higher specific gravity of the glycerol when
you mixed the base.

Good luck with the setup.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com


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