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Re: [Digital BW] Buying an Epson 9500 - some questions

2008-06-28 by Mark Savoia

I would not offer more then a few hundred dollars assuming it works  
good. How about Cone's inks, already filled and chipped carts. You  
will also need cleaning carts to flush out the color inks.
http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.362672/sc.15/category.1248/.f


Mark
http://www.stillrivereditions.com

On Jun 28, 2008, at 1:19 PM, Joost Horsten wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently eyeing an Epson 9500 that is offered for sale in my
> neighborhood. The idea would be to convert it to a dedicated B&W
> using Paul's Carbon-6. However, I have some questions:
>
> - What would be a decent price?
> - What are the caveats to look out for when testing the machine? (of
> course a nozzle check, but what else?)
> - I have been looking around for empty refillable cartridges but have
> found none so far (e.g. MIS offers the cartridges, but not the
> chips). Any pointer?
> - If the above fails, could I start with a MIS prefilled Eboni-6 set
> and refill thm with Carbon-6? Are these sets not compatible?
> - Any further considerations?
>
> Thanks for any advice
>
> Joost



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