Digital BW, The Print

Steve Kale wrote:

>Ernst
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>No black change cart is inserted - only C, M and Y and no ink is drained
>into these.  I think earlier comments re these simply locking down the
>vacuum so no C, M or Y ink moves are correct.  So K gets drained into the
>maintenance tank and no other.  Then there is a small amount of all inks run
>through at the end of the changeover to ensure all are primed for action.
>The use of the maintenance tank is significant.  I have primed the printer
>and swapped the black ink twice now - once to matte and then back to photo.
>The maintenance tank life is now only 36% according to the utility.  If
>someone can tell me how to clean and reset the maintenance tank so I can get
>more life out of it I would appreciate it.
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>Steve
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On the 9600 the MIS resetter will reset the waste box too but I have no 
idea whether that works on the 4800. There is another method for the 
9600, 7600 etc described from time to time on the Wide Format list, 
could be in the file upload of that list.

Steve, I still am a bit surprised about this black ink change but I 
think I mixed up the cart systems of the 4800 and the 7800/9800 in my 
mind. The last are pressurised carts like the 10000 has and the method 
there may be different and more like I do it on the 10000.

Ernst