Digital BW, The Print

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From: "Bruce" <smthopr@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 9:42 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] mixing MIS FS ink with original piezo ink in CIS


> Please help me. I am a cheapskate.
>
> My 4oz bottles in my CIS/1160 are running short of the original Piezo
inks.
> I actually got through this set without the greenies!
>
> Can I just add MIS FS inks into the bottles and continue to print?

Bruce,

You can but I don't recommend it. You will waste more in paper cost trying
to adjust prints as the inks slowly blend in than the value of the little
remaining ink you have left in the bottles.
>
> Can I add Generations black and mix it with the MIS FS greys?

Probably but don't for the same reason.
>
> Do I need to buy a new set of CIS carts?

Recommended so that you get a clean cut over and save on paper cost. These
should be replaced every year or so anyways as there is some believe that
the sponge material may break down with time and some pigment settles out
creating sludge in the cartridges and lines. Clean the lines out if you
change cartridges.
>
> And finally, I'm really interested in the deepest blacks I can get within
> reasonable cost.  I'm not selling the prints so I can live with some
future
> fading I guess.

Gen 4 is probably it.
>
> I'm now printing on EEM paper but would be happy to print on glossy if
there
> is a compatible B&W ink to do so. Dye inks that fade in 6 months would not
> be acceptable though.

How about a 2200?
>
> So, fellow tightwads, I welcome your suggestions.

Sometimes you save in the long run by spending a bit more up front.

Martin Wesley