Digital BW, The Print

The continuing problems with the MIS spongeless carts in my 1280 are
forcing me to consider scrapping it and getting a 2400.

My question is: Can I easily duplicate the prints I'm producing with
the 1280/UT2 inks/Roark curves on the 2400 using the OEM inks? The key
word here is "easily".

I do photo restorations for clients and produce historical images for
sale primarily, but occasionally produce color images as well. For the
historical images, I'm using the carbon curve solely and need to
duplicate that look. That will be one of the key considerations I must
make. Would that be easy to do on the 2400 without any additional
expense on my part? The cost of the printer and using the Epson inks
will be enough of a financial hit.

I really don't want to screw with 3rd party inks again if I can avoid
it. The MIS VM and UT2 inks have been great, but this horrible
experience with my second 1280 and the spongeless carts over the past
year has been incredibly expensive in terms of all the wasted time and
missed client deadlines. I need reliability like I had with the first
1280 and the NoMoreCarts CIS.

What do you suggest?

Thanks...

Tom Keesling
Hoosier Recollections
Indianapolis