Digital BW, The Print

Sonya - 

I just bought a 4880 and I've been using K7 inks for a while so I
found your post very interesting, but it poses a few questions that
aren't clear in your message.

When you are finished do you have seven stock 4880 cartridges and one
modified 4800 cartridge, or seven stock 4800 cartridges with one
modified 4800 cartridge? 

What does this modification do that makes the k7 inks work?  


Thanks

Mike


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "sonya_modotti"
<sonya_modotti@...> wrote:
>
> hi everyone,
> 
> although qtr and piezography k7 inks do not yet support the new
epson 4880 printer, 
> here's how to make it work (using an intel mac, qtr 2.5.1, and cs3):
> 
> - install qtr for the epson 4800. after installation, select
quad4800 as the printer in 
> photoshop, and the qtr dialogue will then control the 4880 through
the ethernet printer 
> connction.
> - manually install the 4800 k7 curves in the quad4800 curves folder.
> - remove one of the epson 4880 cartridges and locate the additional
hole above the ink 
> port on the face of the cartridge that does not exist on the k7
cartridges that were made 
> for the 4800.
> - using the tip of an exacto knife, grind the missing hole into the
k7 cartridges at the 
> same location as the hole in the 4880 cartridge.
> - replace the k7 4800 chips with the appropriate 4880 chips from the
epson cartridges.
> - using a chip resetter, reset all of the 4880 chips that have now
been inserted onto the k7 
> cartridges. if 110 ml chips have been inserted onto 220 ml k7
cartridges, they can 
> probably be reset again when the printer indicates that a "110 ml
cartridge" is empty.
> - install the modified k7 cartridges into the 4880. they will be
recognized as new original 
> epson cartridges.
> - run 2 - 3 power cleaning cycles to purge the espon colour inks.
most of the channels in 
> my 4880 were completely purged in 2 cycles. the yellow channel
required an additional 
> power cleaning cycle.
> - run a nozzle check and cleaning cycle if necessary.
> - print and enjoy.
> 
> regards,
> 
> sonya
>