Digital BW, The Print

I have two 1280---one loaded with MIS color inks and the other with 
UT2 inks for BW. Till I got the spongeless carts, I had much trouble 
with clogs (air bubbles more likely thn clogs). Now I have not had any 
trouble other than the occasional ink drop on the page being printed. 
That was most likely from the print head hitting a bent corner of the 
papaper being used. I don't think I'm doing anything different than 
anyone else, but I wouldn't ever go back to spongefilled carts. 
Filling these clear spongeless carts is so simple and clean now that I 
fill them in about 5 minutes. I do wear rubber gloves to keep my hands 
clean though.

Your friend in Photography,

Johnny




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steven 
Karafyllakis" <steve@s...> wrote:
> This is more a 1280 problem than the fault of spongless carts. A 
> year or two back when the 1280 was the newest machine in use, there 
> was an endless string of 'clogs from hell' being reported. I finally 
> gave up and put dyes back in mine. When I switched to the spongless 
> carts, I had no trouble whatsoever-until I put Eboni in the K 
> position, whereupon it clogged up in a matter of 2-3 prints. Let's 
> face it, the 1280 was made for dyes-we've been lucky to be able to 
> use it at all with pigments.
> 
> Steve Karafyllakis