Digital BW, The Print

I am about to order some extra ink for my 4 col (1160) CFS and was 
thinking about  mixing pint and 4 oz quantities - I seem to use Black 
the most, Cyan 2nd most, then Magenta and lastly the Y (toner).
Does everyone use this kind of ratio or is it just because most of my 
shots are "dark" ?

frankg

It's probably irrelevant, but for my 1160, instead of a CFS I have a 
CIS. Which I just installed and am still purging and testing with the 
new MIS VM Sepia-Neutral inkset. But since the cartridges were first 
filled, the black ink has been lower in its bottle than the other 
inks in their bottles. I assume that at least in the beginning that 
was because the black cartridge holds more ink than the individual 
color tanks.

Among my other S-N inks, the Magenta is lower, but not by nearly as much.

Whether the black ink is sinking faster is of course another 
question. And I can't tell. But I would think so because I print some 
amount of stuff off the web, etc., which is all or nearly all black. 
Probably I should have ordered a second bottle of black at the 
outset. Maybe it's cheaper in pints if the shelf life isn't a 
problem. Is it easier to pour out of one size than the other? Do we 
know what the shelf life of the ink is?

Sam

>I am about to order some extra ink for my 4 col (1160) CFS and was
>thinking about  mixing pint and 4 oz quantities - I seem to use Black
>the most, Cyan 2nd most, then Magenta and lastly the Y (toner).
>Does everyone use this kind of ratio or is it just because most of my
>shots are "dark" ?
>
>frankg