Digital BW, The Print

paulekohl schreef:
> I was given a printer by the university where I teach in Singapore that had been disabled by a student accidently. It then sat for over two years unused with ink in the lines. I conceived a project to convert it to all black inks and got a small grant to do the work.
> When I started this, I had only a cursory glance at the machine, saw it was a 44" printer and assumed it was a 9600. I then decided to use Cone inks and QTR to drive it. All's good so far.
> I checked out the machine again today needing the model number and, to my horror, discovered it was a 10600.
>>From everything I can find out, there is no support for this machine in QTR or by Jon's inks. The carts are chipped. 
> So, is there any way I can continue to pursue a black-ink-only option with this printer? Are there any carts into which I can pour Cone inks? This is going to have to work in a photography digital lab.
> Any and all suggestions will be carefully considered and thanks very much in advance.
> Paul
> 
> 

One of the best printers Epson ever made. Also one of the most expensive 
if you need service to resurrect it.
You first have to get it correctly working again with the original inks 
still in it. If that isn't going well then you should reconsider whether 
it is worth it. 10x00 heads are very expensive. There's no way to 
replace dampers and cleaning them is almost impossible.

There are list members with a 10x00 running a B&W inkset. QTR doesn't 
really support it ut Studioprint does if I recall it correctly.

The cart chips can be reset with a cheap resetter. MIS has it. The carts 
can be refilled after a surgical operation, I have the details if you 
need them, so does John Dean. Large carts, 500 ML. Epson carts are the 
best, the copies that can be refilled were in my experience bad copies. 
I have some customised Epson sets here, still filled with color ink that 
I  could remove. The 10000 here died.

The printer's smallest droplet is 5 picoliter. That is closer to the 
recent wide formats like the 9800 with 3.5 picoliter than the 9000's 
9-11 picoliter. 6 inks. Based on that a choice can be made for the 
inkset to use.


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