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Re: Quest. for Paul R.

2008-06-04 by pr_roark

> I am using a 7600 with the Mis UT7 inks.
> with funnel fill carts. I am about out of ink ...

> do you recommend a diff ink set? 

It's a matter of personal preference.  I use 100% carbon inksets 
now.  So, if it were me, I'd switch to Eboni-6 or Carbon-6.  But, 
that would exclude glossy printing and print tone controls are 
obviously less with a 100% carbon monotone.  
See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eboni-6.pdf

> I was never happy with the dmax ...

I never got a great dmax from my 7600 with the Epson driver.  I used 
IJC then and would probably use QTR now if I had a 7600.

> Do you recommend the new carbon 6 set 

Yes, with the caveat that it has to be considered a beta inkset.  It 
simply has not been in use long enough to know what might happen over 
the long haul.  Eboni-6 may have fewer variables simply because the 
base used is a commercial base that has been more thoroughly tested.

> and how much trouble is it to clean the cart. 

As long as they have no sponges, they are rather easy to clean.  I 
use just distilled water, then the generic base (Carbon-6 base -- 
see http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Ink-Mixing.pdf ), and finally a 
little of the ink that'll be in the cart itself to rinse and prepare 
the cart.

Hope it works for you.

Paul 
www.PaulRoark.com

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