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RE: [Digital BW] I hated my CFS system, but....

2003-06-11 by Daniel Staver

Yes, the Ultratones work great on matte papers with the 2200:
http://inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/ultratone.html

You'll also need a chip resetter if you plan to refill old cartridges...

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Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Schaefer [mailto:stevenr@...] 
> Sent: 11. juni 2003 14:14
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] I hated my CFS system, but....
> 
> 
> Is there a back only ink set for the 2200 that you can refill?
> 
> Daniel Staver wrote:
> > 
> > You might want to consider refills instead of a CFS. That 
> way you can 
> > easily swap between many different inksets.
> > 
> > I currently have 26 cartridges. Most of them are refilled 
> with various 
> > inksets and a few are still Epson originals. I'd hate to lose the 
> > flexibilty of having all those inks available by dedicating 
> myself to 
> > single inkset in a CFS.
> > 
> > This page has very good information on refilling the 2200: 
> > http://www.anestoday.com/epson2200/
> > 
> > --
> > Daniel Staver
> > http://daniel.staver.no
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: wolfmann37122 [mailto:wolfmann37122@...]
> > > Sent: 11. juni 2003 04:49
> > > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [Digital BW] I hated my CFS system, but....
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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