Digital BW, The Print

I am hoping that someone could give me advise on how to change from
Septone BW inks 
to Ultrachrome inks on an Epson 9600.  I have the cleaning cartridges
but can't seem to 
find a source to explain the process.  I have tried the Epson
website, Bwguys, and 
Inkjetmall to no avail.  Do I need a draining cartridge for each
color? Or do I just remove all 
the cartridges and replace them with the cleaning cartridges and
start printing until it's 
just printing cleaning fluid?  I am hoping that somebody could either
explain the process 
or point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance for any help!

-Michael

www.michaelfaye.com

Michael, this should be pretty easy.  I've not done this
on a 7600/9600, but have done it many times on the earlier
models 7000/7500/9000/9500.

1.  Set the printer to Transport mode, which drains 
the ink lines fairly good.  With the printer on, 
remove all of the ink carts and turn the power off.  
The printer will purge the ink lines (takes
several minutes) and finally power down.  

2.  Power the printer on again, and install the 
cleaning carts.  Let the printer fill with the cleaning 
solution.  When this is finished, the printer should
read Ready on the LED panel.

3.  Next you need a purge pattern that will use all of
the inks.  I found one at the following link:

http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/purging.html

Using inexpensive paper, you should widen the image to the 
width of your printer and print this pattern again and again
until it's hard to see any ink on the printed page.  I switch
between resolutions and paper types, to make sure every nozzle
and ink cartridge is purged through.

4.  Set the printer to transport mode as in step 1, and then
install the new inks as in step 2.

3 and 4 alternative method - Using the transport mode/init fill
procedure can waste some of the new ink, so if you want to 
conserve as much as possible, you can simply switch inks without
putting the printer in transport mode.  Switch the printer off
and power on into maintenance mode (three fingers on the right on
a 7000) and run multiple KK2 Cleaning cycles until the ink
is fully loaded to the printheads.  Then you should print the
purge pattern until you've got good consistent color and it looks
like you've finally purged the cleaning fluid from the printheads.

Anyway, you may have to modify this for your 7600/9600, but it
should be basically correct.

Have fun!
-kris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mfp90021 [mailto:mfp90021@...] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 7:49 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] (unknown)
> 
> I am hoping that someone could give me advise on how to 
> change from Septone BW inks to Ultrachrome inks on an Epson 
> 9600.  I have the cleaning cartridges but can't seem to find 
> a source to explain the process.  I have tried the Epson 
> website, Bwguys, and Inkjetmall to no avail.  Do I need a 
> draining cartridge for each color? Or do I just remove all 
> the cartridges and replace them with the cleaning cartridges 
> and start printing until it's just printing cleaning fluid?  
> I am hoping that somebody could either explain the process or 
> point me in the right direction.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help!
> 
> -Michael
> 
> www.michaelfaye.com
> 
>

Michael  -

You should be able to download the manual from the Epson site. I've not changed an entire ink set out, but have changed the black.  Be sure you follow the directions exactly.  Once you start the process, the printer will insist that you do things in the correct sequence.

 

Tom Baker



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