Digital BW, The Print

Great forum.  Very knowlegable individuals with professional, 
respectful input, feedback.

Once i went to a 1280 with MediaStreet inks and CIS I had an Epson 
740 that was sitting around looking forelorn.  I took a leap and 
converted it to QuadTone for my B&W work.  Not being able to find 
any workflows for this printer I did what I did in the darkroom and 
played around until I seem to have made some progress with prints 
using Somerset PE Velvet.  

Now, my problem.  In the past with the 740 i refilled the colour 
carts using a syringe and top filling them.  I never had any 
problems.  As I get ready to refill these carts the info that I have 
been reading make the process seem very complicated (bottom filiing, 
draining foam, etc. etc.)  My fantasy was to refill using bulk MIS 
inks (the inkset that I have been trying out) in the same manner 
that I used for the colour.  The page after page of technical 
instructions on various sites is daunting to say the least.  

Anyone out there refilled carts using a syringe and top filling?? 
Any suggestions??

Regards

Bill

Hello Bill,

Go to the website for MIS inks www.inksupply.com and find the page 
that gives the instructions on refilling your particular printer's 
cartridge. I've been refilling mine with very little trouble since 
getting my 1280 printer earlier this year.

Your friend in Photography,


Johnny Eades



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bill" 
<fosternelson@y...> wrote:
> Great forum.  Very knowlegable individuals with professional, 
> respectful input, feedback.
> 
> Once i went to a 1280 with MediaStreet inks and CIS I had an Epson 
> 740 that was sitting around looking forelorn.  I took a leap and 
> converted it to QuadTone for my B&W work.  Not being able to find 
> any workflows for this printer I did what I did in the darkroom 
and 
> played around until I seem to have made some progress with prints 
> using Somerset PE Velvet.  
> 
> Now, my problem.  In the past with the 740 i refilled the colour 
> carts using a syringe and top filling them.  I never had any 
> problems.  As I get ready to refill these carts the info that I 
have 
> been reading make the process seem very complicated (bottom 
filiing, 

> draining foam, etc. etc.)  My fantasy was to refill using bulk MIS 
> inks (the inkset that I have been trying out) in the same manner 
> that I used for the colour.  The page after page of technical 
> instructions on various sites is daunting to say the least.  
> 
> Anyone out there refilled carts using a syringe and top filling?? 
> Any suggestions??
> 
> Regards
> 
> Bill

Thanks Johnny and Alessandro for your input.  I will be taking both 
of your advice as I ordered some virgin carts from MIS and will also 
refill the existing cartridge.

A quick question for anyone who is using MIS quadtones with an Epson. 
Could someone run a nozzle check and tell me what they see with 
the "colour" cart.  When I did this reading from left to right I got 
a dark (75%), a light (25%) and then a medium (50%).  It appears as 
though MIS switched the cyan and magenta.  Is this possible???

Regards

Bill