Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley" <mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> Okay, I can handle that but what is a "purge count"?
> 
> Thanks,
> Martin

The larger Epsons have large stationary carts with long lines to the heads, kinda like CIS. The lines hold a lot of ink, so you 
have to pull the carts with the printer off, then turn it on, and it'll purge the lines. then you put the cleaning carts in and 
eventually do the same thing again to switch to whatever your final inks are. Even if the inks are compatible it's worth 
doing because the small amount of color ink still hanging in there (coating the inside of the lines or whatever) will effect 
the hue of your quad inks for quite a few prints. It's not worth trying to run the ink out because someone estimated the 
lines hold about 80 8x10's worth of ink, might as well purge.
The printer keeps track of purges, because the sponges where the ink gets dumped from purging and clean cycles will fill 
up. At that point all lights will flash, you can't print, and it has to go in the shop for reset, no option. It happened to me once 
when I was trying to clear the Lyson clog from hell.
The 3000 is not the printer to play with different inks, obviously. Best make your ink decisions on something smaller.
Tyler