Digital BW, The Print

Hi,
I'm considering buying a second-hand printer that currently has a Lyson CIS - I do know that flushing is necessary if I want to use (eg) Cone inks after Lyson, but I wondered if it is possible to flush the Lyson CIS somehow, so I could then use it for Cone or MIS inks?

(PS - I understand Lyson are dye as opposed to pigment and have inferior fade resistance, correct?)

thanks,
Richard

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   "You should never use the phrase 'you should'."
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Richard,

I destroyed a 7K series printer loaded with Lyson quad inks when I 
switched to Cone Quads. They are super not compatible.  When they hit 
pigments it becomes "Lyson Jelly". Not cool. Not good at all!

What I would recommend is buying the Cone flush fluid which is the 
most effective cleansing fluid I've ever used. Then do about 3 
initial fills with it in there. This stuff really cleans the system 
out. After that I would also consider changing the dampers if you can 
still buy them, and print out a few flush grayscale charts available 
on Piezo website, making sure all this pinkish flush fluid has 
completely cleaned the system before putting anything in behind those 
nasty Lyson dyes.

john




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard 
Smallfield <r.smallfield@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'm considering buying a second-hand printer that currently has a 
Lyson CIS - I do know that flushing is necessary if I want to use 
(eg) Cone inks after Lyson, but I wondered if it is possible to flush 
the Lyson CIS somehow, so I could then use it for Cone or MIS inks?
> 
> (PS - I understand Lyson are dye as opposed to pigment and have 
inferior fade resistance, correct?)

> 
> thanks,
> Richard
> 
> --
> www.richardsmallfield.com 
> 
>    "You should never use the phrase 'you should'."
>    -- Tim Veatch
>