Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> bottles with the Ultrachrome ink from the large Epson 7600/9600/10600 > cartridges. > > Supposedly the Epson 2200 cartridge has maybe 20ml of ink in it. If you > are only making the occasional 8x10 print of your dog that's fine, but > if you are doing bigger prints (especially on matte paper) and in any > kind of volume you are going to need a second job to pay for the ink. > > So, it seems that some people are buying the empty Niagra CIS setup. > Then they get the Ultrachrome ink cartridges from Epson's large format > printers like the 7600/9600 and 10600, which contain between 110 and 220 > ml of ink! You can get the 110ml cartridges for as little as $60 bucks > and the 220ml are an even better deal. > > Inside the big cartridges the ink is stored in a plastic sack. You cut > the cartridge open, remove the sack which is drained into your CIS ink > bottle. I don't know if all of the cartridges use a plastic sack to > store the ink, but you could always drill two small holes (one for > draining, one for breathing) in to the cartridge and drain it that way. > > I haven't tried this myself, but it sounds like it would work. > > > Feli > Except it's 20mls x 7 all working at once. Light cyan and regular cyan Light magenta and regular magenta. So I figured with all those cartridge you'd not have to be changing so often. I was not quite right. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/