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‎07-29-2011 05:22 PM

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Has anyone tried to change a printer designed to use water base dye inks to permanent pigment base ink? I have read some positive things and not so positive. Some say it clogs the print heads others have not found it to be so. Any ideas, input or personal experience with this topic?

 

As a footnote, the color BLACK is permanent pigment in printers that ARE water base printers. My primary purpose is to be able to print outdoor signage without laminating a print. Have you personally found a method to 'seal' the final print. If so - share with us what method you found useful. Did you brush a coating on it, spray a coating or find something brilliant that works? Tell us!

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‎08-25-2011 09:12 PM

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There are Designjet models that are designed to switch between pigment or dye based inks, but the change requires changing the ink supplies, the tubing and the printheads.  The models that support this also recognize the change and apply more servicing to the pigmented system to keep the printheads from clogging.

 

Putting pigmented ink into a system that was not designed for this would likely have very poor results and a very short head life.

 

That said, this forum is focused on consumer level products.  For the Designjet you may have better results posting in the HP Designjet forum here.


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‎11-10-2015 10:40 PM

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Hi, I have a designjet  t-120 and woyld like to switch to Pigment base inks.. Will I have any issues?

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