Digital BW, The Print

Ben,

Good question, and I considered that option. It's one of the reasons people choose this printer. But I don't do much color, and the color carts are expensive. Some color is used even when the printer is warming up or when a head cleaning is performed. As for mixing some color in, my understanding is that this would compromise the archival quality of the 100% carbon ink. And archival printing is important for the nature of my work, documenting buildings for historic groups.

Hope that helps answer your question! You've got good reasons for your option, I can see that.

Regards,

Paul

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "ben" <benjschneider2@...> wrote:
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> Paul,
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> I can't understand why you didn't leave the color inks in their proper places, and replacing then with cleaning fluid.  By leaving the color inks in place you could have had a dedicated BO printer, and a matte color printer in one.  For aesthetic reasons, I sometimes print my B&W images with a cool or sepia tone, which I can with the color inks in place.  Having removed them, you can't.
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> Ben
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "paulmwhiting" <paulmwhiting@> wrote:
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> > I can't add to what Paul has said... he's the guy who developed this and certainly the one who can help you most. I just want to add a note of encouragement, I've been happy with my R1800 and Paul's method of printing BO prints, with QTR. I ended up with getting the refillable carts from MIS, with Eboni in the three positions you mentioned, and the MIS cleaning fluid in the five color positions. Simple, inexpensive, with fine results.
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> > Have been doing some b/w prints for some architects here, submitting them to the National Register for Historic Places where these prints easily meet their high archival standards.
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> > Good luck in your printing with this setup... enjoy the journey, as Paul would say!
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> > Paul (a different one!)
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