Digital BW, The Print

I sorry Steve but I'm still confused. You said the left side doesn't  
dump ink, only the K line. Then you say the printer does an  
"extensive cleaning cycle" and a lot of ink of "all lines" are used.  
Does this happen AFTER you remove the dummies from the left side of  
the printer? Or do you mean the cycle flushes the RIGHT side of the  
printer along with the K line?? And at what cost in ink if you can  
estimate?

Thanks, Alan

On Mar 25, 2007, at 10:57 AM, Steve Kale wrote:

> He is right and wrong. Yes the dummy carts stop the other 3 slots  
> on the
> left side from pumping their tube line ink into the tank. Only the  
> K line
> is flushed. However, the printer uses the opportunity to do a rather
> extensive cleaning cycle (not at all dissimilar from the Power  
> Clean) and a
> lot of ink from all lines is used.
>
> > From: Alan Kearney <alan_kearney@...>
> > Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 10:45:19 -0700
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Switching black inks - Epson 4800
> >
> > I've been watching this discussion with much interest as I'm  
> about to
> > buy a 4800. The dealer here in No. California (Palo Alto) tells me
> > that Epson now supplies 3 dummy carts that when inserted make the
> > machine only purge the black ink you're swapping, at a cost of
> > pennies instead of flushing the whole printer for dollars! Now is
> > this shop "blowing smoke" or is this something that no one on this
> > discussion board knows about or bothers with???
> >
> > Thanks, Alan
> >
> >
>
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