QTR-Quadtone RIP

Hi Paul!

Thank you so much for your help. I'm sorry to have bugged you so much but it wasn't so clear in my research. Now I Can't wait to get my Carbon ink!!!

Just have to make sure I get a cartridge with a chip I can use along side the Epson inks.

I did send MIS a ticket asking about the cartridge I need.

Can I just replace the Carbon cartridge for the Epson Matte Black, or do I need to flush the Epson ink first? From my reading that is important to larger printers with tubes that need flushing.

Thanks again!

Marc


To be honest I have been a devo
--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Paul Roark <roark.paul@...> wrote:
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> >  1. Is Carbon 6 ink, the same ink as Eboni 6? (The full black)?
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> Eboni-6 is sold by MIS at http://www.inksupply.com/eb6.cfm.  I have a PDF
> regarding it at http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eboni-6.pdf.
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> Carbon-6 is the user-mixed version of Eboni-6.  See
> http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Ink-Mixing.pdf
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> They are both based in the MIS Eboni MK black carbon ink.  It sounds like
> what you really want is just MIS Eboni MK, which is the MK ink used in all
> the MIS pigment inksets.
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> > 2. Do I order Carbon 6 where?
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> No, you order the MIS Eboni from MIS Associates.
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> > I would just like to replace the Epson Matte Black in a r1900 with Eboni or
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> > Carbon 6, and leave the rest of the system as stock for color and glossy.
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> The full strength MIS Eboni is available from MIS in carts or bulk.  One
> issue may be whether the chips on the MIS carts is compatible with the chips
> on the OEM Epson color carts.  I don't know the answer to that.
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> > I've read, Eboni should not be used alongside the Chome Epson inks in a
> > system.
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> The Eboni-6 dilution base is not compatible with Epson UltraChrome inks.
>  Eboni MK does not appear to have that problem.
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> > I'd like to order the 4oz Ink with a refillable cartridge. I've read to buy
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> > cartridge without a sponge? What about the chip? Auto reset? Or Regular?
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> The sponges were mostly a problem with the Eboni-6 dilution base.  The full
> strength Eboni MK does not have that problem.
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> Check on chip compatibility.  Ask MIS if no one here answers.
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> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
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