Digital BW, The Print

If you take a look at the MIS forums, you'll see the confirmation that
the CMY cartridges use the same ink. I bought a pint bottle months ago,
and have made hundreds of prints using perhaps a 1/3 of the bottle.

- Mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "josphyflickr"
<josphyflickr@...> wrote:
>
> I'm about to take the plunge on an Epson C88+ and a set of the MIS EZ
> B&W inks, but I was hoping you guys could clarify something for me.
>
> From something I read on Paul Roark's site, I got the impression that
> the cyan, magenta and yellow inks are all the same density in the EZ
> B&W set (the only difference being the chip on the catridge for the
> various color positions).  Is that correct?
>
> If so, if I intended to buy the spongeless refillable cartridges &
> bulk inks, couldn't I just buy the appropriate photo black or eboni
> black and then just get one bottle of the grey?  I'm just puzzled
> because inksupply.com is selling the bulk inks under different item
> #'s for the C, M & Y positions.  I was hoping to be able to just buy a
> pint bottle of the neutral to fill the C & M and a 4oz. bottle of the
> warm to fill the Y position.
>
> Oh, and just to clarify, the refillable cartridges take 15cc of ink,
> so about 1/2 ounce?  I just can't believe how cheap the bulk inks will
> make everything -- too accustomed to buying $30 Epson print cartridges
> that only last a short time!
>
> Thanks for your help!
>



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