Digital BW, The Print

Hi Nick,


> ...
> I can swap the OEM chips by switching the entire piece that 
> holds the chip, it's much faster and safer than having to 
> touch the chip itself.

Interesting.  What empty carts that would be suitable for third party 
inks are you using with the OEM chips?  I just have the usual MIS 
carts, and I don't think that would work -- or does it?


> There are other techniques that allows me to keep the printer
> in great shape and troublefree operation ...

> The best technique I found is I always use
> cleaning cartridges to quickly get clean nozzle checks, often with
> just one push of the ink replace button, then quietly swap back the
> color carts without the printer ever knows what's going on (I had to
> scroll saw the top cover to make this work), and print some purge
> pages using QTR. Bypassing the ink priming cycle sure prevents 
> lots of problems. Then I reverse the process before an 
> nticipated period of non use.

So, as I understand it, you cut out a part of the inside of the case 
above the carts so you can replace the carts without hitting the ink 
changing button.  Correct?

If this is correct, then it sounds like you occassionally put in 
cleaning carts and simply print a purge pattern with QTR to do the 
cleaning or when the printer is going to sit idle for a while?

> ... I'm looking forward to employ the 1800 eboni-6 in this 
> printer. Do you have a write up on the Eboni-1800/3-MK 
> combination QTR workflow somewhere, or is this something 
> you're planing to do?

I just have not had time to do any more yet.  However, I do intend to 
write up more as I have time.  I'll put whatever I do at the existing 
PDF address -- http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eboni-6-1800.pdf

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com