[Alt-photo] Re: Third party inks

[Sam Wang]

Marek,

Yes I do. The clogging with the Inkjet Mall ink has been minor though - sometimes all I need do was to run another check. 

Whether there's anything wrong with printing with just one ink remains to be seen. So far the only drawback was the black running out really quick, and the gauge did not show actual level.

Sam 
stwang at Clemson.edu
www.samwang.us


On Sep 9, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Marek Matusz <marekmatusz at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Sam
> 
> I am a little concerned about your nozzle cleaning comments. Do u use your printer on regular basis ?
> 
> Marek
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Sep 8, 2013, at 8:36 PM, "sam wang" <samwang864 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I have just started using the Inkjet Mall cartridges in my 3800 - just PK and LK so far. They seem to be very much like the Epson inks except that the PK blocks more UV light so you'd need to redo your curves. The PK also needs more nozzle cleaning, it seems. But the cost is definitely a big draw. Their video instruction is excellent.
>> 
>> Sam
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>> On Sep 6, 2013, at 9:49 PM, Sandy King <sanking at clemson.edu> wrote:
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>>> I have used the Inkjet mall auto-reset cartridges with both the Epson 3800 and 3880 and they worked well for me. As for ink, the Inkjet Mall states that their color inks are completely compatible with Epson inks and  be substituted as a set, or color by color as needed, for regular color printing. Since you use primarily black and yellow you could test first by just buying ink and cartridges for these two colors. I am not aware of any tests that have been done of the Inkjet Mall color inks for UV absorption, which would be important for digital negatives. 
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>>> Sandy
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>>> On Sep 6, 2013, at 7:35 PM, Marek Matusz wrote:
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>>>> I am about to need a set of inks for my Epson 3800. I only use black and yellow inks for printing negatives and the rest of the cartridges pretty much just go down with every cleaning cycle. I rarely print some house papers on this printer. I would really like to switch to third party inks for the cost. A few years back I was using third party inks for my Epson 2200. Any experience with Epson 3800. I have looked at inkjetmall carts and inks and ordered one to try.
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>>>> Marek
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