FWIW- I believe media street inks are really image specialist inks. I got data from image specialists on their ink longevity that exactly matches the media street inks (I can send you the data from image specialists if you want it, the media street info is a pdf at the bottom of the page...
Hmmm... interesting. Yeah, my ink was from media street. What sort of problem could be with the printer? I only did a test print with original inks before converting to CIS, so I don't know tons about how it printed before (and the previous owner only used matte paper, which doesn't generally...
Okay, so I think I will clean my CIS out with distilled water (for the price of it, it sure seems like cheap insurance against killing the head nozzels). Do I need to run anything through the actual printer? I know lyson has some cartridges it recommends using if switching between CIS ink...
I use pigment ink. The problem with flushing and whatnot is that I have already used media street inks in the media street CIS. Am I better off just getting a new CIS, or can I use this one? If I need to buy a new CIS, I may think twice about switching for now.
I've had a media street CIS on my epson R2400 for about a month now. I get solid prints off this setup, except in darker regions. In dark areas, the ink won't dry fast enough, even when I maximize time between head passes. This makes so the paper feed rollers leave a row of dots on the print...