Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "aardema497" <andy.aardema@g...> wrote:
>
> I mostly print black-only with MIS ebony.

Can you define "mostly". Do you do color twice a week, twice a month, or twice a year?

> Since I'm only using the
> black ink, the color cartridges last a long time, but I had a
> situation the other day where one ran out mid-print, and three others
> were at the lowest marker (in the print manager screen) at the same time.
> 
> I know the cleaning cycle seems to waste truck-loads of ink.  Should I
> replace everything that's low when one runs out to avoid cycles or do
> each one separately as it goes?

I replace the low ones when doing a change.

> I did the latter in this case, and
> after the 2200 went back to printing, the levels on the screen for
> other inks didn't seem to change.  Is that typical?  My hope was that
> it could tell which cartridge you just put in and just prime that one.

It can, so as long as it doesn't do a cleaning, you're OK. But it will do cleanings periodically, and this wastes ink from all carts. So you'll be interrupted at random times to change carts. In many situations, time is money, just as ink is money. Sometimes time is more money, and changing all the low carts once, instead of on three separate occasions, can make the difference. 

> The whole changing/cleaning process has me in fits; I can't stand to
> see that precious ink get wasted (I'm cheap!).  If wine could be used
> as ink, you could probably substitute Chateau Latour in the magenta
> slot for the same price!

Or cleaning solution. That's why I asked you what "mostly" meant. If you're months between color printings, get 6 empty carts, with the chips for each position except the Eboni, fill them with MIS cleaning solution, and load the printer with those. That way, it will do all its cleaning with cleaning solution, and the printer will never clog.