Digital BW, The Print

Mitch,

 
> As my first foray into "serious" B&W printing I've recently set up and
> dedicated an Epson C86 with the MIS EZ B&W Warm inkset. So far I'm
> thrilled with the results both from digital capture and scanned B&W
> negatives (thank you Paul Roark & MIS Associates!).
> 
> Next I'd like to make some neutral prints. Am I inviting trouble by
> doing this on the same printer by swapping cartridges?

I swap carts all the time.  With some care, it's no problem.

What I do with the old cart is rinse the outlet off with a squirt of water
from a syringe.  I then put a piece of tape over the outlet (with an end
folded over to make removal easy).  These procedures are to avoid the
possibility of ink drying on the outlet and then getting into the head.

Previously used carts that have been treated this way almost always give
perfect nozzle checks when re-installed.

By the way, with cotton papers I prefer to use a warm cart in the Y
position, with neutral ones in the M & C.  This, to me, gives a more
evenly-toned ramp.  Many cotton papers get an excessively cool shadow area
otherwise.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com