I don't use other inks, but there is a firmware update on the Epson site that will allow you to "purge" the inks from the printer. They say it is to prepare your printer for shipment, so it may not be a complete purge. But, it might help. It's under the driver/updates heading on the Epson site.
Tom Baker
Tyler Boley <tyler@...> wrote:
Yes, but I don't have an answer, only a question. If you are using 3rd
party inks in your 7600, how did you purge and flush to load them?
Tyler
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Baumbach"
<info@p...> wrote:
> Some time ago I have been complaining about "ugly vertical stripes"
> with a StudioPrint demo version and an Epson 7600. Meanwhile I could
> isolate the problem: it seems that it only occurs in one of
> the "variable" dot modes of StudioPrint.
>
> To be sure that it is not my new 7600 printer: could someone please
> print a cmyk wedge (each channel continually varies from 0% to 100%)
> without any profile attached and see if the tonal variations are
> really smooth and monotonously increasing ? Print environment
> settings: dot size = "variable1" or "variable2"; resolution =1440x720
> dpi, dithering = "stochastic" or "error diffusion" or "smart
> diffusion".
>
> It would be great if you could help me with doing this test (I can
> send you the cmyk wedge test file, please contact me off-line).
>
> Many thanks in advance,
> Peter
>
> peter baumbach - fine art photography
> http://www.pb-photo.com
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