Re: Chemical nastiness (now B&W inkjet printing)

[Kennedy McEwen <rkm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In article <FAEBJHPJNNGCAGDNGLNPEEJDDMAA.gsellani@accesscom.com>, gary 
<gsellani@accesscom.com> writes
>Do you have to leave the printer in B&W mode until the ink is finished?
>
>It's been my experience that the epson 1200 gets a bit confused in you start
>swapping in and out ink cartridges. If you put one in, it must be new, so
>the printer thinks. Yet the newer printers with chips in the cartridges were
>supposed to cause more problems.
>
I would guess that if you are changing ink types around it is better to 
do a complete run of B&W, or get a cheap used printer specifically for 
B&W, since the old inks need to be flushed out to prevent them from 
tinting the monochrome inks.

One of those pages referenced gives details of the flushing procedure, 
which involves about 5 pages to get 98% clearance of the old ink.
-- 
Kennedy
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