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[Digital BW] Re: R1800 "pure carbon" approach?

2007-08-30 by jimcongleton

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "David Whistance"
<david.whistance@...> wrote:
>
> Chris
>
> I was really thinking of clearing the Glop channel of the Eboni which
I
> suspect would use lots of Glop!  Whether the inks are Epson or MIS
will have
> little impact on this.
>
> David
>
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
chriskjezp
>   Sent: 30 August 2007 20:21
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   Subject: [Digital BW] Re: R1800 "pure carbon" approach?
>
>
>
>   > If color on gloss papers is important to you then go with the
R2400.
>   > The R1800 does produce better glossy color prints on the relevant
Epson
>   > papers with its full Epson inkset, however I suspect that changing
>   > between the MIS Eboni and the Epson inks will not be as
straightforward
>   > as changing cartridges and will undoubtedly use a considerable
quantity
>   > of ink.
>   >
>
>   David,
>
>   So you're saying that swapping the MIS MK and Epson PK in the 1800
>   would likely cause more problems and waste more ink than swapping
the
>   MIS MK and MIS PK (assuming I use K4 inks) in the 2400?
>
>   I guess one other advantage of the 1800 that I forgot to mention is
>   that it uses less ink for B&W prints, and since no color is used I
>   assume the cartridges would last longer overall than the 2400.
>
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