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[Digital BW] Re: Switching black inks - Epson 4800

2007-03-25 by Tyler Boley

if this issues weighs more heavily than others, like cart volume for lots of quantity 
printing, I'd serioulsy consider the 3800.
Tyler

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Alan Kearney <alan_kearney@...> 
wrote:
>
> 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
> 
> On Mar 25, 2007, at 10:16 AM, Bill Morse wrote:
> 
> > Yes, it probably only works with a rip. Havent tried it with the epson
> > driver.
> > -- 
> > Regards,
> >
> > Bill Morse
> > Wm. Morse Editions
> >
> > (617) 429-3298
> > On 3/25/07, Steve Kale <stevekale@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Or just swap the chip. But you¹ll still have the issues of the  
> > driver
> > > only
> > > providing the paper choices (and the related internal driver  
> > parameters)
> > > for
> > > the ink to which the chip relates.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
>

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