Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 3/25/2007 1:45:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
alan_kearney@... writes:

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




Yes, there is a "Black Ink Conversion Kit" that comes with the 4800. In it,  
you get 3 cartridges for draining the following inks: Cyan Magenta and Yellow  
(along with the heavier draining of the black ink in the machine). The 
process  takes about 10 minutes, and requires that you lift and lower the ink 
release  lever several times as the machine purges the inks from the lines.
I don't know how much ink loss is involved, but I did it once, and the  
maintenance tank became quite wet.
This procedure purges the K line so that you are ready to print with the  new 
ink.
I personally would not want to do this on a regular basis, and, given the  
cost of inks, when I found another new 4800 on Ebay for $1350. I jumped on it. A 
 set of carts is almost half that. The convenience is priceless.
 
Richard (Brooklyn)



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