Digital BW, The Print

i just bought the MIS CIS system for the 1280 printer that i have (using dye
based color inks on that still) ..

.. i thought that resetting the chips would be a great hassle .. butit
really isn't .. i'm not even using the software to reset the chips .. (since
i use windows 2000 and a mac )  the software needs a DOS machine ..

.. anyways .. i use the swedish reset method (which requires you to have a
new cartridge around (i just boirrowed one from a friend) .. --  the process
basically involves tricking the printer into writing onto a spent cartridge
fake values for the ink level .. you can treick the 1280 into writing
(almost) 100% full onto a spent cartridge's chips ..

.. since i saved all my spent cartridges .. i have 2 "FULL" sets of
cartridges which i then use to reset the MIS CIS ..

.. you get about 40 resets out of each cartridge .. since i use 2 sets ..
thats about 40 * 40 resets .. = 1600  resets.. probably more than enough ..

.. since my digital darkroom is a budget operation .. i think its a good
compromise ..

.. i wish that MIS sold empty CIS for the 1280/1270 .. since i want to use
it for my quadtone 1270 ..

-- ricardo

----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Flashner" <tflash@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] CIS pricing?


>
>
> > Looking around at CIS systems and their price.
> >
> > Can anyone justify why a 1270/80 CIS unit would be valued at twice
> > the amount of an 1160 unit.  Half again I could understand but not 2x.
>
> It's mostly the "chips" you're paying for (plus a 6 ink printer vs 4).
> Depending on your OS you might not mind the MIS CFS, but apparently it's
not
> as elegant a solution as the Niagara.
>
> Anyway, blame Epson for the extra cost, not the CIS.
>
> Todd
>
> > Think I'll be picking up a 1270 in the next couple days.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Cleavis
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