Digital BW, The Print

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> I'm sure someone here that uses a CIS will tell you the pros and cons.
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I use the CIS.

Pros ... you can print to your hearts desire without blinking ... as long
as you have paper. I love that part.

Pro: You've got a lot of ink and don't have to worry about refilling,
resetting chips or what-not.

Cons ... the clips with adhesive that you use to hold the tubing in place
is not adhesive enough. Mine come loose once or twice a day. If you make a
habit of pressing that back into place every now and then (I'm up to a
couple of times a day) all is well. But you can't use the "autoprint"
program to print a page a day if you're gone for a few days. If the clips
come loose (and mine do all the time) then they will block the printing
mechanism and the printer goes into error recovery mode.

Another con: Make sure you choose the ink (warm or neutral) that you want
from the start. You won't be able to play around with degrees of warm by
having neutral inks in most positions and a warm ink in strategic ones.

Another con: You're stuck with your black (Eboni or Photo Black). So even
if the system is made to work with matte and glossy, you'll be limited to
the one you primed your CIS with. Not a great problem for me, I like
matte and Eboni works reasonably well with Ilford Gallerie Smooth Pearl
(but not smooth Gloss).

I'm considering cutting up a slit in the side of the C86 at just about the
position of the left-hand clip and then running the tubes on the outside
of the printer rather than along the inside of it. That would solve the
problem with clips that loosen all the time.

Daniel Ridings