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edgar
23-01-2010, 12:01 PM
Hi, I've got 2 dead D88 printers with bulk ink systems that have got plenty of ink left in them. I later bough a D120 & an empty CISS which are both new & boxed so I was wondering are the inks actually the same so I can put the ink in the CISS? The inks are Artanium if that makes any difference.
Thanks in advance.

Neil.

purpledragon
23-01-2010, 12:22 PM
Hi
assuming they both use the same amount of cartridges ie 4 0r 6 inks then yes you can use the ink in differnt machines
in otherwords as long as light cyan goes into the light cyan tank then it should be fine and the same with all the other colours
Brett

edgar
23-01-2010, 01:50 PM
Hi
assuming they both use the same amount of cartridges ie 4 0r 6 inks then yes you can use the ink in differnt machines
in otherwords as long as light cyan goes into the light cyan tank then it should be fine and the same with all the other colours
Brett
Thanks for the reply Brett. The D88 uses 4 colours & D120 uses 5 but the extra 1 seems to be regular black too so I'm assuming it should be good to go?
Are these printers any good? I had nothing but trouble with the D88s & a 1290 I had before them so much so I haven't done dye sub for 12 months & just concentrated on my embroidery & vinyl cutting work.
I like the idea of the Ricoh printers but as a Ricoh trained laser & copier engineer I've just read the mod & tech bulletins on them & I think I'll wait for the new version to arrive before i go there..

Cheers
Neil.

bms
23-01-2010, 07:12 PM
The inks in the D88 and D120 are exactly the same and the 2 blacks in the D120 are the same when used for sublimation printing.

purpledragon
23-01-2010, 07:23 PM
Hi edgar
Im not sure how good the printers are i uswed to have a 285 cant fault that i now use a 1400 again cant fault it, i recently got a ricoh 5050n but im having trouble getting the colour production on it right and i believe justin who is on this forum is having similar problems though theres a few here with ricohs who have no problems at all .
Regards
Brett

Justin
23-01-2010, 08:17 PM
Hi Neil,

I'm having quality issues with my 5050, just received test files to check the heads, so far not impressed, D120 prints better quality, 5050 is rapid but speed not an issue for me.