Digital BW, The Print

"hp9180profile" <owens@...> wrote:


> ... The 1800 does tend to band with non-OEM inks...
> Banding is just visible in very strong sunlight when 
> first printed but funnily enough it seems to disappear 
> after a while...

That is interesting.  It must be some slow-to-cure or evaporate component.

> I use refillable carts from this guy  http://www.inkjetcarts.us/ 
> and after trying many others find these are the only ones that
> work really well. 

> For BW, there are a number of workflows for the 1800 on 
> Paul Roark's site, all which are tried and tested.

See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/R1800.htm for the "3-MK" workflow.

See also http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eboni-1800.pdf for the Eboni-6 setup.  I stopped recommending this due to the carts, but if the Inkjetcarts.us carts are totally spongeless, this might be a viable workflow.

> I note though that Paul is no longer recommending the 1800, 
> opting instead for the 1400 which appparently does not show 
> the same tendency to band.

It was mostly the cart problem that turned me off on the 1800.  With either of the workflows above, the banding is under control.

(I'm going to order some carts from that outfit for my 220 now.  The 220 uses the same cart style, and the leaky carts have caused me to abandon that otherwise outstanding little printer also.  Note that it is only that cart style that has caused me problems.  MIS's 1400 carts, for example, are fine.)

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com