Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "coddgenealogy"
<Coddgenealogy@e...> wrote:
>
>   Can one switch the 2200 back and forth between MIS B&W inks and the
> Epson color cartridges?  Must one clean the heads? Or is it better to
> dedicate a printer to B&W only inks and use another for color prints?
> thanks, Jonathan

You'll need to clean the sponge in the 2200 more often than if you had
a printer dedicated to just color or just B&W. Otherwise, the sponge
saturates, and ink wicks up the piezo heads and contaminates the first
pritn or two you run after the printer has sat a half a day or so.
You'll get traces of color in your B&W, or traces of black in your colors.

I just brought a third Epson 2200 online today. This basement is
getting cluttered. When I finally order my 9800, I'm going to really
have to rearrange. I'm thinking all color and larger B&W off the 9800,
B&W up to 13x19 on the 2200 with a 6 dilution ink set, and an Epson
1800 dedicated to digital negatives up to 13x19.