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Re: Converting from Piezo Inks to Anything Else

2002-01-27 by tomoc

Hi Mark-

I've never switched a CIS from one ink to another, but have read that 
it is crazy to try to flush the carts. You can flush the tubes fairly 
easily and buy virgin carts (NoMoreCarts doesn't sell direct any 
longer, so go to inkjetart.com or niagara).

The only MIS ink that works with Piezo is FS. It works perfectly, the 
results are just a little more toward neutral (no greenies, though I 
never really had a problem there). 

If you don't want to take the trouble to clean the tubes, the MIS 
inks are enough cheaper to pay for a new CIS in no time.

Good luck,

Tom O'Connell

TomOC@...
www.thomasoconnell.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Mark Romine <klick3@g...> 
wrote:
> Within a couple weeks or so I should be nearing the end of the 
current
> supply of Cone Piezo B&W inks and I am thinking about switching to
> something else in the MIS line. I am currently using a CIS from
> NoMoreCarts and I was wondering form those who have experience in 
doing
> this, how difficult is it or how do you go about cleaning out the 
Cone
> inks from the CIS when making such a switch? Is it better to just 
get a
> new CIS unit and start from scratch? What has been your experience?
> 
> Also, which of the MIS products for quadtone printing comes closest 
to
> the Cone look, the Original, the Full Spectrum or the Variable set?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
> 
> --
> Mark Romine
> MARK ROMINE PHOTOGRAPHY
> 227 Fairway Drive
> Bloomington, IL 61701
> 309-662-4258
> http://www.markrominephoto.com

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