Digital BW, The Print

Ah, well In my case, I'm starting with a New CIS, and will never be
using glossy paper.

Jerry





Chris Hargens wrote:
> 
> According to the MIS website,
> 
> "On Epson printers using Continuous Flow, a new virgin empty
> Continuous Flow cartridge will be required. This is because there is
> no way to get the residual ink in the sponges out of the cartridge.
> It will mix with the new inks, and can take as many as 5 cartridge
> loads worth of ink to reach the 95% point. This means every print you
> make will be different for a long time. It is not worth the battle
> not to start with a virgin CFS cart."
> 
> I'm not sure what this means, however. True, if you're planning on
> loading the whole inkset, along with the PK black, to print on glossy
> paper, then you wouldn't want to mix the earlier VM inkset with the
> UltraTones. However, if you're only going to be replacing the VM
> black with the Eboni (matte) black, then it seems to me that mixing
> would not be an issue, at least as far as the initial look of the
> print. But expectations/claims for archivality are different for the
> two blacks and mixing them would mean that for a while ("5 cartridge
> loads worth of ink"?) you would be in a kind of limbo regarding
> expectations or claims you make for your prints.
> 
> Chris
>