Digital BW, The Print

I have used MIS color and B&W inks with Epson 84/6/8, 2200 and R1800  
printers for about three years.

Clogging is not a *major* issue, but it does occur with annoying  
frequency.  My recollection is that Eboni (pure matte black) is rarely  
a problem, but that everything else, color or black, can be  
problematic from time to time.

A few months ago I bought an Epson 4880. It is supposed to have new  
head design or material or something so it is less prone to clogging,  
and it does not have the tiny jet-size of the R1800.   So far, so go.   
There have been a couple minor issues that required head cleaning, but  
the printer took care of it.

I will soon need to begin replacing the ink cartridges.  I'm using  
220ml cartridges, at more than $100 each.

I am *tempted* to try MIS inks, but I'm worried that this might  
decrease the reliability of the printer.  With a less expensive  
printer I wouldn't fret.  But the 4880 is too big, too heavy and too  
expensive to expose to a meaningfully greater risk of "death clogging".

Does anyone have any experience or information that would help me  
judge whether there is greater risk of problems with MIS inks than  
with Epson inks on a 4880?   At least with my other printers I prefer  
Eboni black to Epson's MK, but otherwise have no visual preferences  
one way or the other.

Thanks.
Myron



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