Digital BW, The Print

I've just taken an Epson-refurbished 1800 out of the box, and am about
to set the cartridges in place. The MIS Eboni carts for the three
black/glop positions arrived today, and I was about to put the printer
to the test when one of the recent posts put me on to Paul's article
"Eboni-6" dated 11-17-08. 

Paul, though you are speaking of the 6-Eboni workflow, you say
"Eboni-6 and UltraChrome should not mix on the Parking pads." Since
this 1800 will be printing colour as well as BO, I wonder if you've
had second thoughts on the practicability of the 1800 as a
dual-purpose printer. I waited for and bought the 1800 with the idea
that it would be ideal for a one-printer setup, but I think I'll keep
the carts in their wrappers until you comment. I'd hate to pile up
gunk on the pads.

Bob Bollini

Bob,

> I've just taken an Epson-refurbished 1800 out of the box, 
> and am about to set the cartridges in place. 
> The MIS Eboni carts for the three black/glop positions ...

> when one of the recent posts put me on to Paul's article
> "Eboni-6" dated 11-17-08. 
 
> Paul, though you are speaking of the 6-Eboni workflow, you say
> "Eboni-6 and UltraChrome should not mix on the Parking pads." Since
> this 1800 will be printing colour as well as BO, I wonder if you've
> had second thoughts on the practicability of the 1800 as a
> dual-purpose printer. 

Eboni and the color inks are no problem.  It's the base used to 
dilute the Eboni that MIS thinks could be a problem with the 
UltraChrome inks.  

> I ... bought the 1800 with the idea that it would be ideal 
> for a one-printer setup, ...

I think it does make a very good color + B&W matte paper printer.  

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark"
<pr_roark@...> wrote:
>
> Bob,
> 
> > I've just taken an Epson-refurbished 1800 out of the box, 
> > and am about to set the cartridges in place. 
> > The MIS Eboni carts for the three black/glop positions ...
> 
> > when one of the recent posts put me on to Paul's article
> > "Eboni-6" dated 11-17-08. 
>  
> > Paul, though you are speaking of the 6-Eboni workflow, you say
> > "Eboni-6 and UltraChrome should not mix on the Parking pads." Since
> > this 1800 will be printing colour as well as BO, I wonder if you've
> > had second thoughts on the practicability of the 1800 as a
> > dual-purpose printer. 
> 
> Eboni and the color inks are no problem.  It's the base used to 
> dilute the Eboni that MIS thinks could be a problem with the 
> UltraChrome inks.  
> 
> > I ... bought the 1800 with the idea that it would be ideal 
> > for a one-printer setup, ...
> 
> I think it does make a very good color + B&W matte paper printer.  
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>

Thanks for the reassurance, Paul! Your ingenuity and persistence have
brought us a long way over the last several years. Much obliged.
Bob Bollini