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I hated my CFS system, but....

2003-06-11 by wolfmann37122

I had a 1280  with a MIS CFS system and it was a pain, mostly. 
The ink dried out or something, I had to do endless cleaning cycles and the 
dreaded red light came on all the time. A big part of the problem was the way 
the cartridges are just held in by friction with felt pads ( unreliable) or zip ties ( 
awkward) . The chip resetter from MIS was a joke. I liked the results I was 
getting  with MIS inks though (  Epson Enhanced Matte).  But  finally I had 
enough and got rid if it and switched to the 2200 . Now I am using original 
Epson cartridges -  which gets expensive soon. But at least I can count on it. I 
can hit 'print' and walk away and expect to see a print when I come back.
Now I am reading about  the new Lyson Cave Paint CFS system they 
advertise at Calumet, but am reluctant because of the bad prior experience 
with the other system.
I am hoping this one  might work better on this machine because the carts ' 
clip' in very nicely - and stay in place - on the 2200. That might solve half the 
problems with CFS's. 
Any thoughts by someone about this ? Has anybody used the cave Paint inks 
yet or seen/used the Lyson CFS system for the 2200 ? I'd love to get some 
input before investing a lot of time and money into another CFS system. ...
Thanks !

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