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Re: [Digital BW] Newbie

2006-09-11 by FRD

Paul,
Can you recommend a site/store that would sell the light ink, carbon? Thanks
much...

On 9/11/06 3:51 PM, "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@...> wrote:

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>>> > > ... I like replacing the yellow cart with one
>>> > > that has carbon in it. Carbon is, in effect, a low gamut
>>> > > yellow -- without the problems of a color pigment.
>>> > >  MIS carbon (LLK or the standard light
>>> > > carbon I mentioned in a previous post) is ideal for this purpose --
>>> > >  and cheap in bulk. (The MIS spongeless carts are excellent.
>>> > >  Be sure to have the correct chip on the cart.
>>> > > You can re-use Epson chips. Get a chip resetter from MIS.)²
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>> >What if I want to maintain color functionality of the printer?
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> For full color you'd need to put the yellow cart back in.  Whether swapping
> a single cart is worth the effort is too individual for me to answer.
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>> > Optimally, I want to able to switch from color to B&W
>> >(frequently if necessary) ...
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> Then either the ABW mode or QTR would be the methods you might want to use.
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>> >...Are you saying replace the yellow with a different yellow or another K?
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> For the best B&W, I recommend replacing the yellow with another light ink
> that is composed of carbon.
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> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
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