Digital BW, The Print

I bought a new 1280 a few months ago and loaded it with UT2 inks straight away... gave 
the OEM inks to a friend who prints color.  I have subsequently switched to UT-FSN, and I 
have not had any problems-- the nozzle checks are perfect every time, even after sitting 
unused for a week or more.

My old 870 had issues.  First, it was old.  Second, I had used the Epson OEM inks in it first, 
then the Lyson Quad Black inks, then finally the MIS QVM inks.  Towards the end, I pretty 
much had to clean the heads any time I wanted to print.  It even had a total meltdown a 
while back where nothing would come out of the print head... took it out, cleaned it 
thoroughly, and reinstalled it... even used the Epson maintenance program to re-align 
everything.  It worked great for a while, but then it started flaking out again.

I think the ink-mixing theory has merit, though my 1280 is still very new and it's not really 
a valid comparison, but my experience with the 870 makes me believe this.

-Steve

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Drime" <kdrime@h...> wrote:
> 
> Dear Steve,
> 
> I have the new carts. It was and still is my intention to load the
> printer with MIS inks from the very start. In fact that was going to
> be my next question!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Drime
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steven
> Karafyllakis" <steve@s...> wrote:
> > 
> 
> > I used a 1280 with pigments for about a year; my opinion is that the 
> > majority of the 'clogs' are due to those miserable foam-filled carts 
> > that are virtually impossible to get air bubbles out of after the 
> > foam has built up. Buy a couple sets of the new 1280 carts if you 
> > haven't already, and if you have a clogging problem, you can fill 
> > one with cleaning fluid if need be. Most will disagree with my next 
> > suggestion, but I'm of the opinion the OEM dye carts should never 
> > even touch the machine if you're going to put pigments in it. Mixing 
> > the two may be a bigger source of trouble than we think.
> > 
> > Steve Karafyllakis