Digital BW, The Print

O.K.

I just got the 1280 today. It's still in the box in the living room.
I'm dying to open it and run a couple of test prints to A/B with my 
2000P but my question is (afraid I already know the answer)..

If I install the cartridges and run a couple of prints (especially 
color) will I have to go through a major flushing when I get my CFS 
next week? (going with hextone B/W kit)

I want to compare my two printers because I'm starting to think that 
with the Archival Inks and Papers out there now I may not need the 
2000P. I could sell it and get another 1280 and set it up as a color 
printer.

I've been told that the saturation and richness of color on the 1280 
(even the 1270) is superior to the 2000P. It's just that when the 
2000P came out the big deal was the Archival paper and ink.

Also, is there any advantage to running the printers as USB rather 
than Parallel. I hooked up a USB cable to the 2000P the other day and 
for some reason it wouldn't read the ink levels until I went back to 
Parallel.

Happy New Year!

Tim