Digital BW, The Print

regarding the clogging, I had this problem too.  never did get it resolved, despite 
countless purgings and/or cleanings.  i was using plain paper during this period.  epson 
inks worked out well, however.  go figure

i wish i would've gotten the bottom-fill adapter along with the vacuum kit when i ordered 
the inkset for my C86.  i always seemed to notice a little void of air above the ink outlet 
and the sponge after filling and even after letting it sit awhile.  frustration led me to toss 
the C86 in the trash...luckily i got it relatively inexpensively after the rebate.

the only regret is all of the lost time spent trying to troubleshoot the <expletive> thing.


should i go canon next time or just get another epson printer?  should i stick with the inks 
from MIS?  would spongless carts relieve my ineptitude?

roy

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mxgo95747" 
<mxgo95747@y...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mariaholmes10" 
> <mariaholmes10@y...> wrote:
> > Yikes!  I was trying to keep it simple, but you may be on to 
> > something (and I know you are THE expert!) I was planning on buying 
> > the pre-filled carts first to see which tones I liked and then later 
> > fill them myself, but maybe I'll jump right in. 
> 
> 
> My prefilled carts were refillable.  I also bought the neutral and warm carts and I switch 
> them all the time.  The only hard part is using the chip resetter insofar that it requires 
> some trial and error to get it to register full. Reset the chips before refilling the carts.
> 
> I tried the Photo K with the Kirkland photo glossy, nice look, but the cart was always 
> clogging.  However, I pretty much stay with EEM/HRag papers and Eboni ink.
> 
> Some ink tone observations with EEM and HRag Papers:
> 
> Neutral,  I use Eboni - Neutral - Neutral -Neutral
> Very slightly warm, I use Eboni - Neutral - Neutral - Warm 
> 
> It seems to me that on EEM paper, the E-N-N-W ink positions looks about the same as 
the 
> E-N-N-N on the HRag paper.  The E-N-N-N ink positions on EEM appear ever so slighlty 
> cool. But, that is only how it appears to me.
> 
> The Paul Roark acv curve for EEM works rather well.  I use it most of the time on EEM.
> 
> Martin