Digital BW, The Print

Hello Rob, unfortunately it is entirely possible the inks are wrong. 
I had a similar experience, as did a few other list members. I 
didn't have my own "good cart purge pattern" to compare the bad 
carts with but comparing it to purge patterns other list member 
generously sent me my LM position looked darker. It wasn't until I 
actually extracted ink (use a syringe) from the cart and made swab 
patches that it became very clear my LM position was much too dark. 
MIS sent me replacement carts and I have made some prints I'm really 
pleased with. 

You might want to search the archives using - bad UT2 1280 carts 
confirmed - and also - More on MIS UT2 cart problems - (minus the 
dashes) you'll get to a number of posts with good info concerning 
this issue.

If you decide to contact MIS I recommend that you call them instead 
of using their email system if time is a concern for you.

Jim



> my new 1280 and the same images are
> printing horribly! The midtones are printing too dark
> and the shadows have a dull cast to them... the only
> thing that looks a bit suspect is that, when I run a
> purge test, the C and M inks look like they might be
> reversed...Could this (possible) ink reversal be the source of my
> problems? How likely is it that MIS messed up? If this
> is the problem, how do I correct it? New inks?!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rob