Digital BW, The Print

Mike, I have the MIS carts, sounds like we have the exact same problem. I'll go to a CIS 
once I've settled on a mix I suppose, as you say. I have to say mixing these different K7 
sets is an education in subtle print hue, and nearly all of them attractive.
Snowed in for a day or so, will do the QTR test as soon as I get back to the studio.
At least you can preload with this thing, the 1400 does not.
Tyler


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Michael King" <drmrking@...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi Tyler,
> 
> I am using the 1900 with refillable carts from Lin Exports (China).
> The carts work great, apart from the autoreset - which I can only get to
> happen when a cart runs out of ink.
> Then it does a cleaning and as the don't all run out at the same time I end
> up with needing 2 x refill sessions per 1 x refill.
> Tedious waste of time and ink. It even does a cleaning cycle if you don't
> remove the carts but just refill them in situ.
> 
> If you figure out how to reset your 1900 carts do let us know.
> Once I decide what K7 ink set I want to mostly use I might dive in and get a
> CIS system.
> 
> Are you using the 1900 with QTR?
> If so can you run a test for me please so I can show Roy that's its not just
> with my 1900 that the single sheet feed doesn't work.
> Print some text at the top of a sheet of paper from the "manual roll rear"
> single sheet feeder. What should happen is that the paper doesn't advance
> enough and it prints into fresh air. You have to load the paper first before
> printing.
> 
> Txs,
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/12/19 Tyler Boley <tyler@...>
> 
> >   Bob, thanks for this write up. While working on some custom mixes I
> > have been dealing with the MIS reset carts for the r1900. Just a few
> > notes... on the Mac, there is no way to disable the status monitor.
> > I'm pretty sure I could uninstall it the entire Epson Utility, which
> > includes the monitor, but then there is no way to invoke a nozzle
> > check or cleaning cycle. I do get the impression the existence of the
> > utility and using it interacts with the carts in an unconvenient
> > manner, forcing more low ink conditions than necessary.
> > So far, I have yet to get a cart reset with by turning the 1900 off
> > and on as instructed. The only way I can do it is to pretend I am
> > replacing carts, which then invokes a cleaning cycle wasting lots of
> > ink... just to reset.
> > So, working with these things is pretty frustrating, I do more of that
> > than actual printing.
> > Any other user's experiences or insights would be welcome.
> >
> > By the way, the r1900 seems like a nice desktop printer for multi
> > density K ink printing. I think the paper feed may start to require
> > regular cleaning soon, like the 1400. In the Epson driver there is a
> > setting for thick paper which may help, unfortunately no way to invoke
> > that in QTR that I can find. Older desktop models with the thickness
> > levers never seemed this touchy.
> > Thanks,
> > Tyler
> >
> > --- In 
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoo
groups.com>,
> > "Bob Marsolais"
> > <bob@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Here are a couple of points that may help those of us using self-
> > > resetting chips.
> > >
> > > 1) There are two types of self-resetting chips - those that reset
> > > when you cycle the power (usually the oulder type) and those that
> > > reset themselves when they go below a certain level. If you have the
> > > later type, disable the Espon status monitor or else you printer may
> > > stop printing when the INDICATED levels get too low. Disabling the
> > > Epson monitor will allow you to print throught the low level
> > > indication until the chip resets itself.
> > >
> > > 2) You cannot mix OEM, self-resetting, or manual reset chips. All
> > > chips installed should be the same type. The printer will usually
> > > report a bad cartridge or "cannot recognize cartridge" message if
> > > chips are mixed.
> > >
> > > 3) Because self-resettng chips reset themselves, you never need to
> > > remove the cartridge from the printer and risk getting air in the
> > > jets. Just refill the carts in the printer. This is the biggest
> > > reason to use this type of chip. I had more problems with air in the
> > > R1800's jets than the 1280, C84, and C86 I also have owned. By not
> > > having to remove the carts, the problems went away. However, you
> > > need to keep track of how many pages yu've printed and refill before
> > > the carts go dry. That is the down side. Once you've done it a
> > > couple of times, you get used to it and it's no big deal. In fact,
> > > it's faster than refilling and reinstalling carts unless you keep
> > > extras on hand. But if you remove and reinstall, you risk getting
> > > air in the jets...
> > >
> > > 4) The Espon Status program is disabled as follows from the driver
> > > preferences window: from the Maintanence tab, click "Speed and
> > > Progress", then check the "Disable Epson Monitor 3" box.
> > >
> > > My source of information is Ross Hardy at InkJetCarts.us who is very
> > > helpful. They are also a good source of refillable carts and ink.
> > > They sell Image Specialists inks. Ross claims (and my experience
> > > verifies) they are interchangable with Epson and MIS inks. I use the
> > > Image Specialist R1800 matte black interchangeably with Eboni black
> > > with no mixing problems. As far as the carts go, I have not found
> > > any source that ships 100% good refillable carts for the R1800.
> > > Considering they all come from the same place, I am not surprized.
> > > After all, consider baby food, pet food, children's toys, etc. The
> > > problem is not who sells them. I must say, MIS's carts for the R1800
> > > seem to be the most robust of any I've seen.
> > >
> >
> > 
> >
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