Digital BW, The Print

Hi Steven,

Did you start out with dyes and then go to the MIS inks?

I've been thinking of buying a NEW 1280 and using Eboni from the 
start, so I can do B.O. printing.

Scott  


--- 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
>