Digital BW, The Print

Walt et al,

Another problem with refilling small carts from large carts is that the life 
of the ink in the large carts is only a month or so after opening them, I 
believe.

Bob Frost.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "wwodets" <odets@...>

My understanding is that the 2400 carts are about 11 ml; and the 4800
110 ml carts are actually widely available (from IT supplies for one
example) at $55.  So these figures shift the balance considerably.

Hello Bob,

>Another problem with refilling small carts from large carts is 
>that the life of the ink in the large carts is only a month or 
>so after opening them, I believe.

Oh, oh, that's a serious issue that needs more research.  Where did
you hear this?


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

Hi Clayton,

Well, Epson state that ink should be used within 6 months of the carts being 
opened, but on one list recently, there was advice not to buy a 4000/4800 
just for the larger carts unless you were printing frequently enough to use 
the carts within a month or so.

Bob Frost.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clayton Jones" <cj@...>


Hello Bob,

>Another problem with refilling small carts from large carts is
>that the life of the ink in the large carts is only a month or
>so after opening them, I believe.

Oh, oh, that's a serious issue that needs more research.  Where did
you hear this?

Epson claims 6 months after opening, so I would guess it might 
actually be twice that.

Scott

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" 
<cj@c...> wrote:

>
> Hello Bob,
> 
> >Another problem with refilling small carts from large carts is 
> >that the life of the ink in the large carts is only a month or 
> >so after opening them, I believe.
> 
> Oh, oh, that's a serious issue that needs more research.  Where did
> you hear this?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>

--- In 
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "scott_now_coming" 
<scott_now_coming@y...> wrote:
>
> Epson claims 6 months after opening, so I would guess it might 
> actually be twice that.
> 
> Scott


But it also depends on how sterile your environment is. If you 
introduce the correct type of fungus, it will grow in the inks rather 
quickly.

I've probably put this link in here before, but can't remember so 
here it is again:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1013&message=14220915

Seems like a good way to use the larger carts with the smaller 
printers.

Based on what scientific tests?

> From: scott_now_coming <scott_now_coming@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 16:06:39 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: K3 Inks
> 
> Epson claims 6 months after opening, so I would guess it might
> actually be twice that.
> 
> Scott
>