Digital BW, The Print

I've been using a C84, MIS EZ inks and EEM for about a year now, and 
have had no clogging issues of any significance.  The few times I've had 
nozzle problems a single cleaning cycle usually fixed things up, and it 
never took more than two cleaning cycles to get back to normal.  I've 
never used (and don't have) any "cleaning kit" or special cartridges (I 
do have a CIS on the machine.)

I've probably printed 1500 8x10 (or so) images during this period.  
Sometimes the work was hot and heavy for weeks at a time, but right now 
I'm printing about one image a week.  I turn the machine off when I know 
I'm not going to be using it for a while, and it almost always fires up 
just fine when next I need it. 

The C printer/EZ ink setup is an awfully easy and economical way to 
start out, and frankly I'm hard pressed to see why I would change to 
something else (unless and until I decide I have to print larger than 
letter size images, by which time I hope there's an EZ solution for a 
wide format printer.)

Cheers,
Kip

Richard Nagle wrote:

>Well, been following the group, and posted, a few question,here and there, and got some good feedback, of get into B&W printing for myself.
>
>The recommended setup was:
>    C86 Epson printer
>    EEM Epson paper
>    MIS Inks (Black & Grey)
>
>However, been also hearing about clogging going on with MIS inks...
>and you better have a cleaning kit ( or anti-clogging cartridges )
>
>So, are the MIS inks still the best, or is there another solution ?
>  
>