Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]BD, MIS inks are very good. The only caveat is that you are running pigment inks in a printer designed for dye inks (1270/80/90), and clogs do occur pretty frequently. Thats why I gave up that combination and bought the 2400. Cheers Jayanand On 1/4/07, B. D. Colen <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> wrote: > > Thanks very much, Clyde - I'll take a look there. > > > On 1/4/07 10:33 AM, "Clyde Rogers" <xrogers@comcast.net> wrote: > > > I know that the CIS systems seemed to run forever without needing more > > ink, they were just didn't support my sporadic binge printing. MIS has > > spongeless carts for the 1280 which are certainly cheap and trivial > > to refill > > with bulk ink, so may provide CIS cost advantages without the clogs. I > > have no relevant experience with them (I used a set for a digital > > negative > > experiment and they worked fine, but I didn't use them for an extended > > time). > > > > Have you looked at the yahoo group archives for > > DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint? > > That group has a huge base of MIS experience with the 1270/1280. Your > > questions are probably already answered somewhere in there. If > > nothing else, > > a posting to the group would likely get you solid answers, probably > > by the end > > of the day. > > > > clyde > > > > On Jan 4, 2007, at 9:00 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > > > >> Thanks, Clyde - What I'm wondering is cart consumption v. bulk ink > >> consumption... > >> > >> > >> On 1/3/07 5:13 PM, "Clyde Rogers" <xrogers@comcast.net> wrote: > >> > >>> Sorry, B. D., but I haven't kept good track of that. I haven't > >>> noticed any difference between > >>> the printer's consumption of MIS carts vs. Epson carts when I used it > >>> for color, but maybe > >>> it is different and I'm just not paying enough attention. > >>> > >>> Clyde > >>> > >>> On Jan 3, 2007, at 1:16 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > >>>> Thanks Clyde, and Mehrdad - Clyde, how many large prints do you get > >>>> out of a > >>>> set of carts? > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >