Digital BW, The Print

Jim,

Thanks for the detailed post regarding your using the MIS vacuum top 
refill system using virgin ink carts.  I printed out all the 
pertinent information from the MIS front page "news" link.

Do I understand correctly that you never refill these carts, just 
toss them and fill new virgin carts each time?  If so, the single use 
cost is approximately $12 for carts  plus the bulk ink cost? For the 
1270/1280 it looks like it takes about 1/2 oz of ink per fill for a 
total of about $12 worth of ink.  So if I did my math correctly, this 
costs about $24 per set if you already have the chips to attach....I 
think you said you get yours with the chips attached for $5 more per 
chip.

I appreciate hearing your experiences as I am trying to decide 
whether I want to go with the flexibility of filling carts and being 
able to change compatible inks vs the convenience of using a CIS 
system. Right now I am not totally convinced which inkset I want to 
stay with. I want to compare some different ones like the MIS 
Perpetual Archival inks vs the MIS Original Archival inks.  It seems 
that this system makes it easy and reasonably cost effective to do 
that.

My only experience in filling carts is using the quadtone MIS inks on 
an 1160.  I was told to use the bottom fill system when I started. 
It seemed to work ok.  I take it that you all feel this vacuum method 
is technically better....gives cleaner ink... with the disadvantage 
that you can't refill the carts.

Bill Agee

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