Digital BW, The Print

robtmckay@... wrote:
>
> Have we ever established whether MIS has actually discontinued 
> the Eboni  6 inks? 

I have received no information from MIS on this issue.

It may be a rumor that resulted from my recommending against Eboni-6 
for wide format printers (including 3800) due to the faster than 
normal settling of most of the dilute inks. (Eb6-Y's settlement rate 
is close to some other inks that are rather popular.)  On the other 
hand, I'm still printing very successfully with Eb6 in my 7500, the 
cartridge end of which I roll back and forth rigorously and routinely 
to keep the pigs evenly mixed.  Additionally, I pulled all support 
for the 1800 and other MIS carts that have the small sponges in them 
that the Eboni-6 base appears to attack.  (Carbon-6 does not have 
that problem, and with the Edwal wetting agent will probably work 
fine in even the 1.5 pl printers.)

> ... I've ordered and  received refills 
> (4 oz bottles) of EB6 for the Light Magenta, Light Cyan and
>  Yellow  positions. 

> The only one that seems to be unavailable is the 4oz size 
> of EB6  Carbon Monotone Matte Blk (Eboni) - K.

And that's the one -- standard Eboni MK -- that has been successfully 
used in all of the MIS inksets in the last several years.  I assume 
it's being re-ordered.  If the supplier can no longer get that, then 
we are in trouble, but I doubt that is the case.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com