Digital BW, The Print

You might also try uploading the 4800 firmware to the 4000....???


> From: Steve Kale <stevekale@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2005 14:39:35 +0100
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Holy Moly 4800!
> 
> I have got to believe that it's possible - I would also be bashing the hell
> out of Epson for a firmware upgrade for a newly purchased 4000.
> 
> As for MIS clones, they really need to find a better supplier of cartridges
> also.  John Edmunds sent me a link to a supplier of carts for the 4000 but
> for some reason I didn't bookmark it and can't find it again.  It was a
> retail supplier for a manufacturer which he knows well.  The prices were
> over the top - the retailer had them for $75 an empty cartridge! but
> apparently the quality is fantastic.  If the price were a little more
> reasonable then the extra cost might be worth it in the long run vs the MIS
> cartridges.
> 
> 
>> From: Carl Schofield <scho@...>
>> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
>> Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 09:14:12 -0400
>> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Holy Moly 4800!
>> 
>> Exactly what I'll be trying with my 4000, but I'm hoping that MIS
>> will eventually have k3 clone inks in bulk.  The biggest obstacle is
>> the 4000 firmware that does not allow 3rd party RIPs access to both K
>> slots at the same time for printing with the 3rd gray ink.  Is it
>> possible to hack the firmware to get rid of this obstacle?
>> 
>> Carl