Digital BW, The Print

Nancy, I agree with Paul that sometimes the 1280 will work fine with
third party pigmented inks and sometimes not.  I've begun using third
party coloured inks in one of mine and so far so good.  

The reason the heads clog is that the 1280 with OEM dye inks uses
smaller droplets than can be made with most pigmented inks.  Trying to
force the larger droplets through smaller holes causes the clogs.

That said, a print head for the 1280 costs about $90 here in Canada so
I would expect it to be a fair bit less in the U.S.  If you can get a
year or two out of a print head before it clogs to the point it can't
be cleaned, $90 isn't a bad price to pay.


Bob

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
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> >I am ready to switch to MIS U7 for my 2200. 
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> >(1) Can I use both Eboni Bk and Pk ... at 
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> The way I set it up at
http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/UT-2200-Readme.htm ,
> the system can print on glossy papers with Eboni installed by using
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> >(2) To switch back to Epson OEM for color printing, do I need to do 
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> You don't need to use cleaning fluid between inks, but it's possible
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> pages to eliminate the residual color or B&W inks from the head. 
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> >(3) Is the 1280 a good printer to dedicate to one or the other 
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> It has a spotty record with respect to clogging with third party
pigmented
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1280s did
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> Paul
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