Digital BW, The Print

This is MIS's response concerning the mixing of MIS and Epson carts & chips in the 1400:  

"The chips we are using cannot be used with the OEM chips due to compatibility issues.  If you have someone that it is working for it would be the first I have heard of.  The OEM Claria and our claria compatible inks both react very poorly with the Eboni inks, and will cause sludge buildup in the priming system that will eventually cause printer failure.  All of our chips are the same between the pre-filled and empty cartridges."

I'm not sure how some MIS chips can be compatible and others not.  Maybe the firmware in the 1400 has been changed.

I've heard of the Eboni-dye incompatibility before.  That was an issue way back in the 1280 days.  The Eboni-6 base (not Eboni itself) is also said to be a problem with Epson UltraChrome inks.  I suspect the generic C6 type of base avoids some of this.

Paul
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