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Re: [Digital BW] Running two inksets on the same machine

2007-05-08 by Mark Savoia

I think you will have to run flush carts in between or else you will  
ruin your machine, things will gunk up.
Mark

On May 8, 2007, at 6:58 AM, Richard Smallfield wrote:

> Hi,
> in order to save money I ordered some MIS Pro inks ... but then had  
> another idea: desirous of the achieving the economy and  
> lightfastness of the MIS UT7 inks, but also needing to do *some*  
> colour printing, I wondered if it was feasible to swap the whole  
> inkset between Greyscale and Ultrachrome for batches of colour and  
> BW printing.
>
> I figure it's no different than changing from matte to photo black,  
> except I'd be changing all seven carts.
>
> Is there any reason why this would be unworkable? (Except for the  
> nuisance involved and having to do my colour and BW printing in  
> batches rather than on demand, as I can now with the more expensive  
> Ultrachromes.)
>
> I can't afford to run two machines and don't have the space either.
>
> Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> thanks,
> Richard
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