Digital BW, The Print

Well, I'm pretty new at this too, but I disagree with that MIS person.
You only need to replace the OEM cart with an Eboni cart. See my post
from a few days ago, 'Great results with BO printing' for details. And
Clayton may jump in here, too, and suggest some information on his
website. (I'm assuming the R1800 has the BO option in its control
software. My R220 does, and it's a lesser printer than yours.)

The color carts need to be there, or the printer won't print. They are
idle however, only used in the cleaning cycle when you power up.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Vinyl Graphics
of Taft" <dhedgpeth@...> wrote:
>
> I have been reading documentation from Paul Roark site about BO
> printing.  According to what I thought I read, I could do this using
> my Epson R1800 using just one black cart with Eboni inks.  When I went
> to the MIS site, it got very confusing, so I used their little
> Customer helper module to ask then exactly what I needed.  I got a
> reply back from some guy who said I should research the site for my
> answer. What?  So I emailed them again, and got a response back today
> saying I can't do a BW print using existing carts.  I had to buy three
> carts from them, containing various black inks, but I couldn't do it
> with just one cart.
> 
> Is this true?  I can't exchange my OEM black with Eboni ink?  As you
> can tell, I'm quite the newbie and am a little timid about jumping in
> deep waters.  
> 
> Uncle Dannie
>