Digital BW, The Print

Sorry if this is off topic but I'm about to order a 2400 and will use  
K3 inks for a while. I know my old 4000 used more light Cyan + light  
Magenta that most other inks when printing color and Yellow when I  
use QTR for B&W. Can anyone tell me which carts are likely to run out  
first if I switch back and forth? My plan would be to save up a  
number of B&W prints to do to minimize the swap.

Thanks, Alan

On Sep 10, 2006, at 10:52 PM, Paul Roark wrote:

> Roger,
>
> >I just got my R2400 and I need to decide what inks and
> >BW printing procedure to use after I use up the original
> >Epson carts. I plan to use spongeless carts and MIS inks.
>
> You have lots of alternatives with the 2400 and don't even have to  
> stick to
> just one.
>
> >I think I'd prefer to use either your UT-3D procedure or
> >Roy's QTR with MIS K4 inks. I think I'll pass on the
> >Epson ABW mode, since I want a little more control of the process.
>
> You can easily alternate between ABW and QTR. Each one might have
> advantages for different purposes.
>
> > I see that I can turn the yellow ink off with QTR.
> > I doubt that I will ever want to print anything warmer
> > than I can get with pure carbon.
>
> I recommend carbon in the yellow spot and then not turning it off.  
> Printers
> are usually better with all their jets firing as designed. Both QTR  
> and ABW
> mode would then be able to print with all jets firing and the  
> minimum amount
> of color being used. You'll get the best of both worlds. It'll be  
> easy to
> compare the two approaches yourself.
>
> I can't answer most of the other questions. I am still  
> experimenting with
> the 3D inkset. There are a few more capabilities that I'd like to  
> add to
> it, but I have not tested them yet.
>
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com