Digital BW, The Print

Hi all,
I am about to change an Epson 1400 from a black and white pigment to black and white dye ink. I have my reasons.
My feeling is to fill a set of carts with base solution, do a couple of head cleans over a few days and then print several sheets of paper with a purge pattern. Will this be enough to rid the parking pads of any pigment residue?.
Any thought from the groupd would be most appreciated.

Keith Dugdale.

Keith <keithdale@...> wrote:

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> Hi all,
> I am about to change an Epson 1400 from a black and white pigment to black
> and white dye ink. ...
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If the dyes are old style (not Epson Claria/Noritsu) I'd be sure to flush
everything very well and clean off the parking pad.  We had lots of trouble
converting old 1280s to pigments due to incompatibilities.  I nearly killed
one of my 1400s when HP dyes hit pigments.

On the other hand, the Claria/Noritsu and MIS pigs are compatible.  It
takes 2 cleaning cycles to clear the machine.  I just switched a 4000 from
MIS pigs to Noritsu dyes with no flushing and 2 power cleans.  Works great.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com


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