Digital BW, The Print

I just tried it. Unfortunately three cartridges were empty and had to be replaced during the procedure, and after switching on the last time after switching carts, it went into ink charging mode. So I probably wasted more ink than during a normal swap, since I didn't use the conversion kit. 

Oh well.. I'll try it again when I want to swap back to Photo Black and make sure none of the cartridges are nearly empty, and use the stage 4 reset from the 7880 page like they warn you might have to do http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/printer/7880-9880_swap_black_ink.html

I got the printer with over a full set of extra carts, so at least I have plenty of ink to spare for now.

The whole procedure in total took 15 minutes. 4 minutes for changing black carts and making the menu settings, the rest for suddenly having to change color carts and then doing the ink charging.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale <stevekale@...> wrote:
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> Dividing the A4 print into 3 blocks will help you fine tune how much  
> to print. I need to purge my magenta channels after putting in vivid  
> carts and so I am interested in your results for that reason also.
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> On 26 Jul 2009, at 21:50, danielstaver <daniel@...> wrote:
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> > I guess the 7880 has longer tubes, so less should be required for  
> > the 4800. I'll try and post back when I have a result. I will  
> > probably print A4 sheets of office paper since that's the only low  
> > cost paper I have available.
> >
> > > "The amount of ink required to purge the old black depends on your
> > > printer.
> > > The SP7880 uses about 10-12ml of ink before the tube is flushed out.
> > >
> > > Printing a solid black image of 17"x30" should suffice.
> >
> > 
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