Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Steve,
> 
> >... Eboni K ... swab tests of that, [and] Museum K,...
> > the ebony was just a tad lighter. ...

I wasn't very clear I guess; I meant to say Eboni was a tad bit 
darker. But in truth, the difference is so slight that I can 
convince myself of the difference only under some lighting 
conditions, which probably means its wishful thinking, or maybe 
metamerism related...at any rate, it isn't a significant difference.


> 

> I have not gone this far into my 7500.  How easy is it to take off 
the
> dampers and do this.  I have images of ink all over the place and 
springs
> flying across the room -- followed by a very expensive service 
call.
> 
It really is not very difficult at all. I took the head cover off 
and left it off; apparently the 7600/9600s don't even come with one. 
Once that is out of the way, a single screw and a snap-fit hold a 
plastic damper cover/ink-line support in place. The dampers 
themselves need a tool with an elbow-bend to lever them out with out 
squeezing or stressing them, a small flat-bladed screw-driver with a 
bend in it will do. And if you have the new carts in place so no air 
gets in the lines, you may get a drip or two, I got none at all. The 
epson field manual directs that you remove the carts and drain the 
lines before removing a line, and them doing an initial fill cycle. 
That's about $150 in ink if you've got Archival or UC in there!
If you don't have the field & srevice manusl yet, they're available 
at the wideformat forum file section, or www.nighthawksolutions.com

Steve K