Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:  Paul


I am using the new MIS plastic tube holders the one that is about 6 
in long with a tube clip on the under site.  It keeps the tubes 
fairly streight.  What I did was put some spray silicon on the tubes 
and inside of the carrage, so that any tube rubbing would not cause 
any damage.
The only minor problem I see is the carts are held in place by the 
plastic wire strap, which holds both carts in place. The felt pads 
should should work without the plastic strap. 

Since I don't do much semi or gloss printing, I think I will stay 
with the CFS Eboni and use a standalone PK cart for gloss.

The system is working so well I don't to mess with it. My prints have 
never been so good.

Thanks again

Ed Blake

> Ed,
> 
> >I am using a 1280 with MIS UT CFS ink set.  It works very nicely 
with
> >no clogs. I would like to print on some gloss paper.
> 
> >Has anybody come up with a easy way to change out the Eboni cart 
for
> >a PC cart with out makeing a mess.
> > My thought was to seperate the EBoni CFS tube from the bundle and
> >insert a new tube from the PK ink bottle to the new PK ink cart.
> 
> There has been talk of using the CFS/CIS just for the color-
position inks
> and using carts for the black ink.
> 
> When I used a CIS on my 1160, I did what I think you are talking 
about,
> although for other reasons.  I separated the black line and had 
separate
> black inks.  It worked, but barely.  With the 1160 -- a quad -- the 
tubing
> ribbon with only 3 lines became unstable, flopping all over the 
place.  I
> was usually able to tape the black line onto the other 3 and get it 
so that
> it would not catch on anything, but I always worried about that 
possibility.
> It often took a number of different tape positions to finally get 
the setup
> to the point where even in slow motion testing the tubes stayed 
where the
> were supposed to be.
> 
> Because of my marginal luck with taping the black tube on the other 
3, I
> don't recommend using CFS/CISs this way on 1160s.  I now just fill 
empty
> carts each time.
> 
> With hextone printers, I think a 5-tube ribbon would be fine.  
Whether it'll
> stay stable when you try to tape on the 6th/black like is an open 
question.
> Give it a try and let us know.  Be sure to test the setup manually 
by moving
> the carriage back and forth to see where that tubing ribbon is 
going to flop
> to.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com