Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Paul,

That's surprising... I would think even a little carbon ink would be noticeable in the color ink. I use no more than 2 ml Eboni in a 4 oz plastic jar of MIS cleaning fluid, so that would be 2 ml to 120 m1, or about 1.6%.

Paul

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Paul Roark <roark.paul@...> wrote:
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> It sounds like  very little carbon is in the color positions. As such I
> would not bother with cleaning fluid.
> 
> Paul
> www.paulroark.com
> On Oct 21, 2012 4:11 PM, "Paul" <paulmwhiting@...> wrote:
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> > **
> >
> >
> > Been very happy with my R1800 using Eboni 3MK, but when I set it up that
> > way one of arguments for this printer was you could use it for both color
> > and b/w, if you were willing to forego glossy color because the GLOP
> > position was now dedicated to Eboni ink.
> >
> > Lately I've had a few jobs from clients who want color. I prefer matte
> > prints anyway, so I don't really need the GLOP cartridge. Currently, my
> > five color positions are filled with MIS cleaning fluid, and I've added
> > just a touch of Eboni to that fluid so I can monitor my nozzle checks.
> > Otherwise of course I can't tell whether my five color nozzles are open.
> >
> > I plan to use new MIS empty carts for the color positions, filling them
> > myself with MIS color inks. Before I do that, do I need to flush out the
> > five color nozzles with cleaning fluid in yet another set of clean carts,
> > without the touch of Eboni?
> >
> > Any other issue, pitfalls, gotchas I should be aware of? I don't want to
> > screw up my carbon ink printing!
> >
> > TIA!
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >  
> >
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