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moving from color to Eboni-6 on 1400

moving from color to Eboni-6 on 1400

2013-11-18 by <paulmwhiting@...>

In Paul Roark's pdf on Eboni-6, page 4, I read that I must first flush the color carts if they contain the UltraChrome inkset. I still have the OEM Epson color carts in the printer. Is that ink UltraChrome? If not, can I just install the Eboni 6 carts and run a couple of cleaning cycles?

Sorry if this is already on the forum somewhere but I couldn't find it.

Thank you!

Paul

Re: [Digital BW] moving from color to Eboni-6 on 1400

2013-11-18 by jimbo

Yup you need to flush it... It's the only way you'll really know what you got..plus doing this cleans out all the printercomponents including the heads.. 

jimbo
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  In Paul Roark's pdf on Eboni-6, page 4, I read that I must first flush the color carts if they contain the UltraChrome inkset. I still have the OEM Epson color carts in the printer. Is that ink UltraChrome? If not, can I just install the Eboni 6 carts and run a couple of cleaning cycles?

  Sorry if this is already on the forum somewhere but I couldn't find it.

  Thank you!

  Paul

  
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Re: [Digital BW] moving from color to Eboni-6 on 1400

2013-11-18 by Paul Roark

The UltraChrome - Eboni-6 incompatibility was a specific problem I was warning against. Note that Eboni MK and the generic base are compatible with UC inks, but not the base MIS uses (or originally used) in Eb6. The 1400 OEM Claria is not a problem with Eb6.

That said, Jimbo is correct that it's probably always best to flush. If you have some of the generic base, that works.

I find it takes 2 cleaning cycles when I switch from color to B&W in my 1400. (I generally don't flush.)

Paul


RE: moving from color to Eboni-6 on 1400

2013-11-18 by <paulmwhiting@...>

Thanks, Jimbo and Paul,


In other words, the OEM color ink in the 1400 is not Ultra-Chrome. I wonder if there's a chart, summary somewhere to guide one through the ink thicket.


I neglected to mention that the set of Eb6 carts I just got are pre-filled from MIS. I thought for my original run with this 1400 I'd go with pre-filled carts, then may go to buying the various dilutions in bulk and do my own refills. By the way, is it necessary to have separate syringes for each dilution? Or is it sufficient to simply flush out a single syringe, but thoroughly?


Paul



---In digitalblackandwhitetheprint@yahoogroups.com, <roark.paul@...> wrote:

The UltraChrome - Eboni-6 incompatibility was a specific problem I was warning against. Note that Eboni MK and the generic base are compatible with UC inks, but not the base MIS uses (or originally used) in Eb6. The 1400 OEM Claria is not a problem with Eb6.

That said, Jimbo is correct that it's probably always best to flush. If you have some of the generic base, that works.

I find it takes 2 cleaning cycles when I switch from color to B&W in my 1400. (I generally don't flush.)

Paul


RE: RE: moving from color to Eboni-6 on 1400

2013-11-18 by <jacques.caron@...>

Hi

For my first run, I went with the carts and the bulk dilutions.

For the first fill up, it helps to have the six syringes; if you rinse them well, I don't see problems but there could be some water left that could dilute the ink a bit more. That's why the six syringes is a good buy.


Up to now, no problem at all


Good luck



---In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, <paulmwhiting@...> wrote:

Thanks, Jimbo and Paul,


In other words, the OEM color ink in the 1400 is not Ultra-Chrome. I wonder if there's a chart, summary somewhere to guide one through the ink thicket.


I neglected to mention that the set of Eb6 carts I just got are pre-filled from MIS. I thought for my original run with this 1400 I'd go with pre-filled carts, then may go to buying the various dilutions in bulk and do my own refills. By the way, is it necessary to have separate syringes for each dilution? Or is it sufficient to simply flush out a single syringe, but thoroughly?


Paul

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---In digitalblackandwhitetheprint@yahoogroups.com, <roark.paul@...> wrote:

The UltraChrome - Eboni-6 incompatibility was a specific problem I was warning against. Note that Eboni MK and the generic base are compatible with UC inks, but not the base MIS uses (or originally used) in Eb6. The 1400 OEM Claria is not a problem with Eb6.

That said, Jimbo is correct that it's probably always best to flush. If you have some of the generic base, that works.

I find it takes 2 cleaning cycles when I switch from color to B&W in my 1400. (I generally don't flush.)

Paul


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