Digital BW, The Print

> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "mlphotos" <mlfoto@h...> 
wrote:
> 
> > I have an epson 1270. What are my options with Quadtone printing? 
> > The MIS inks look great, but I see they are only offered in 
cartridge 
> > form (for the 1270),

MIS will be offering fully charged CFS units with good features in two 
or three months. I don't know how many inks will be offered, but VM 
and maybe FS, who knows? You will also be able to charge your own. The 
problem is resetting the chip, and this may be solved....stay tuned.

If you don't mind working with problematic software, MIS will sell you 
their CFS, you just need to run Windows 98 on an LPT port to printer 
to reset chip. Even at this the app has many bugs. As I said, stayed 
tuned re chip resetting...

Someone on this list reported that WeInk will sell the read only chip 
separately, but the website does not report as such, and a phone call 
to them denied they sold it as well. Still the poster must be assumed 
to have good info, as a price was quoted. I am going to call them 
again this morning to see if indeed they WILL sell the Read only chip 
separately. They have something called a "smart chip" which is just 
the common resettable chip. 


 yet they don't have cleaning cartridges for 
this 
> > printer. How then would I get the color ink out?

If your going from Epson ink to VM ink you won't need cleaning carts. 
Only a few inks that have different PH's need this. For example 
switching from Lyson pigs to MIS or Piezo pigs you would need this.

They DO make cleaning carts for the 1270 ready-made, you just haven't 
found them yet. JET Jrano does that task, just has a funny name:

http://www.mediastreet.com/cgi-bin/tame/mediastreet/inkcart_results.ta
m?rlk=1077590 


 It is possible to fill a virgin cart from MIS with cleaner solution. 
For example on the Weink site, they sell their own version of BULK 
cleaner, which you then have to inject into a cart. I think Ultrapurge 
II part # CL9999( Don't use Ultrapurge III although it says it's for 
pigment ink- call We-Ink 800-539-3465 and ask them about using ver I 
vs II vs III). I have never needed to fill a cart this way, but I know 
that this solution and others in bulk can be used.

 Is anyone out 
there 
> > happily using a 1270 with MIS quads?

No, I went with the 1280, knowing that it is a more current model.
Jim H.