Digital BW, The Print

i did not buy a maintenance cartridge. if your install doesn't follow the quick start guide to the letter, i'd call epson. could be one of your ink cartridges may be improperly seated or defective. u might try re-seating all the cartridges to be sure. according to the print guide, this process consumes a bit of ink because the printer will undergo a reliability check.

----- Original Message ----
From: bellis33624 <bellis60@...>
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 9:59:13 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Installing Epson 3800

                              I hope this turns out to be a very dumb question. I'm trying to set up 
 my new Epson 3800. After installing the ink cartridges the set-up 
 instructions say the inks will charge. However, at that point with my 
 printer the inks don't charge and instead the red light under the "ink" 
 symbol comes on and in the message window I get a message that says "No 
 Maintenance Cartridge - Install the Maintenance Cartridge SP3800." The 
 set-up instructions say nothing about any maintenance cartridge and the 
 only reference to such a thing I see in the operating manual is in a 
 list of optional accessories on page 11 of the manual. No such 
 cartridge was included with the printer that I can see. Could someone 
 who has successfully set up a 3800 tell me whether they had to buy 
 a "maintenance cartridge" before they could set up and use the printer 
 and if not how did you get the ink to charge? Or is there perhaps a 
 problem with my particular printer? Or am I just overlooking something 
 that should be obvious?
 
 
     
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