Digital BW, The Print

I would not print with an empty cart.  At a minimum, fill them with 
distilled water.  Better would be to fill them with the Carbon-6 
base. (See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Ink-Mixing.pdf )  The 
glycerol and propylene glycol (in the Photo Flo) will help keep the 
pads moist when the printer is not used and will stop the un-used 
nozzles from being wrecked.  You may want to use one or more of those 
nozzles in the future.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "simongriffee" 
<simongriffee@...> wrote:
>
> I have an Epson R800 with MIS Associates EBONI ink in the '3MK' 
configuration in the black, 
> matte black and glop positions.
> 
> Given that I plan to use this printer for black and white prints 
with the 3MK system only, is it 
> safe to reset empty color cart chips and continue printing with the 
color carts empty, or 
> would this damage the print head and affect the output of the three 
Eboni ink carts?
> 
> If this is not a good idea, would filling the color cartridges with 
Eboni ink in order to keep the 
> print head from getting damaged be a viable option?
> 
> Many thanks for any help.
> 
> Simon Griffee
>