Digital BW, The Print

Epson says that about 94 ml of ink is used in the change over.

Scott

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale <stevekale@b...> wrote:
> I have no doubt that matte black ink will simply rub off "photo" paper.  But
> remember that only black ink is used when switching inks - although I
> haven't quite got my head around what the changing cartridges do (they go
> into the C, M and Y slots which sit next to the K ink and are inserted
> without a K cartridge).  I suspect that when the ink is drained from the
> lines, the K ink goes into the maintenance tank whereas the other three
> colors are drained into the changing cartridges.  Quite what one does with
> them then is beyond me at this stage. I assume they can be used for printing
> and hence the ink is not wasted but I don't know for sure yet.
>