Digital BW, The Print

Hello printers,

  I use an Epson 1280, with pre-filled UT2 cartridges and the Roark
workflow.  I seem to be out of ink -- but I don't see any way to tell
which ink it is that I'm out of.

Once I figure that out -- if it is not the black, do I have to buy a
whole new five-color cartridge?  Or is it possible to refill one of
the slots?  I've poked around on the MIS website, but I haven't found
the answer.

Thanks in advance.
 
-- 
 Ben Rosengart                                          ben@...
       "Young people should be seen and not heard, because they're
        good-looking but not too bright.  We're pretty bright now,
        but we're ugly." -- Grace Slick on the '60s youth movement

Hello Ben;

If you can't tell which ink is out you probably don't have the Epson 
status monitor installed-it's avilable on the Epson website if you 
don't for some reason have it on disc. If it's the color cart that's 
out, you'll have to replace it or reset the chip. If you're going to 
be doing this on an ongoing basis, you should invest in: a chip-
restter, a set of bulk inks, a couple of syringes and blunt needles, 
a couple bottom fill adapters (for pulling air bubbles out of the 
bottom of the carts to initialize them), and a set of 1280 
spongeless easy-fill carts. In the long run this will get the cost 
down to about 1/4 or less of the price of prefilled carts.

Steve

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ben Rosengart 
<yahoo.com@n...> wrote:
> Hello printers,
> 
>   I use an Epson 1280, with pre-filled UT2 cartridges and the Roark
> workflow.  I seem to be out of ink -- but I don't see any way to 
tell
> which ink it is that I'm out of.
> 
> Once I figure that out -- if it is not the black, do I have to buy 
a
> whole new five-color cartridge?  Or is it possible to refill one of
> the slots?  I've poked around on the MIS website, but I haven't 
found

> the answer.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
>  
> -- 
>  Ben Rosengart                                          ben@n...
>        "Young people should be seen and not heard, because they're
>         good-looking but not too bright.  We're pretty bright now,
>         but we're ugly." -- Grace Slick on the '60s youth movement

On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 03:39:56AM -0000, Steven Karafyllakis wrote:
> Hello Ben;
> 
> If you can't tell which ink is out you probably don't have the Epson 
> status monitor installed-it's avilable on the Epson website if you 
> don't for some reason have it on disc.

I spent some time Googling and poking around for this, but I didn't
find it.  I'm using Mac OS X.  Got a link handy?

> If it's the color cart that's 
> out, you'll have to replace it or reset the chip. If you're going to 
> be doing this on an ongoing basis, you should invest in: a chip-
> restter, a set of bulk inks, a couple of syringes and blunt needles, 
> a couple bottom fill adapters (for pulling air bubbles out of the 
> bottom of the carts to initialize them), and a set of 1280 
> spongeless easy-fill carts. In the long run this will get the cost 
> down to about 1/4 or less of the price of prefilled carts.

That sounds like work.  :-)  Does MIS sell all of that as a kit?  I
guess I'll pick up another pre-filled cart for now so I can keep
printing while I figure out how to buy and use all this stuff.
Thanks.

-- 
 Ben Rosengart                                          ben@...
       "Young people should be seen and not heard, because they're
        good-looking but not too bright.  We're pretty bright now,
        but we're ugly." -- Grace Slick on the '60s youth movement

Hi Ben:

Regarding the Epson Utility, it's  usually in Applications/Utilities. 
You should drag it into the dock for easy access, because you'll be 
using it often.

This stuff is fairly easy once you get the hang of it. MIS sells 
everything you need. I suggest more than a couple syringes, because if 
you're filling all the colours you want one syringe per colour (wash 
and dry later). Be prepared to get inky fingers. The Back fill adaptors 
are very important. They suck out air from the cart (like a primer) 
that will impede ink flow. They can also suck the last dregs out of 
your oem cart.

Leslie Otterbein

On Jul 18, 2005, at 8:28 AM, Ben Rosengart wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 03:39:56AM -0000, Steven Karafyllakis wrote:
>  > Hello Ben;
>  >
>  > If you can't tell which ink is out you probably don't have the Epson
>  > status monitor installed-it's avilable on the Epson website if you
>  > don't for some reason have it on disc.
>
>  I spent some time Googling and poking around for this, but I didn't
>  find it.  I'm using Mac OS X.  Got a link handy?
>
>  > If it's the color cart that's
>  > out, you'll have to replace it or reset the chip. If you're going to
>  > be doing this on an ongoing basis, you should invest in: a chip-
>  > restter, a set of bulk inks, a couple of syringes and blunt needles,
>  > a couple bottom fill adapters (for pulling air bubbles out of the
>  > bottom of the carts to initialize them), and a set of 1280
>  > spongeless easy-fill carts. In the long run this will get the cost
>  > down to about 1/4 or less of the price of prefilled carts.
>
>  That sounds like work.  :-)  Does MIS sell all of that as a kit?  I
>  guess I'll pick up another pre-filled cart for now so I can keep
>  printing while I figure out how to buy and use all this stuff.
>  Thanks.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ben Rosengart <> I 
spent some time Googling and poking around for this, but I didn't
> find it.  I'm using Mac OS X.  Got a link handy?
> 
The Epson site is www.epson.com go to drivers&support and drill your 
way down to your model.

> That sounds like work.  :-)  Does MIS sell all of that as a kit?  I
> guess I'll pick up another pre-filled cart for now so I can keep
> printing while I figure out how to buy and use all this stuff.
> Thanks.
It is a bit more work, but once you get it all together you can refill 
and reset a five color cart in about 20 minutes at a cost of about 
$9.00 for UT inks (allfive shades!), 6.00 for dyes. 

Steve

On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 04:32:54PM -0000, Steven Karafyllakis wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ben Rosengart <> I 
> spent some time Googling and poking around for this, but I didn't
> > find it.  I'm using Mac OS X.  Got a link handy?
> > 
> The Epson site is www.epson.com go to drivers&support and drill your 
> way down to your model.

I tried this, honest.  Just tried it again.  I found the driver, but
nothing about a status monitor or utility or anything like that.

No "Epson Utility" in /Applications/Utilities either.

> It is a bit more work, but once you get it all together you can refill 
> and reset a five color cart in about 20 minutes at a cost of about 
> $9.00 for UT inks (allfive shades!), 6.00 for dyes. 

Ok, let's see.  I found a kit here:

  http://www.inksupply.com/spongless_carts.cfm

which includes:

  needle
  lure lock
  spongeless carts (1 5-color, 1 black)
  bottom fill adaptor
  chip resetter
  set of inks, 4 oz each

That seems like the right thing, then.  I'll get 5 extra needles
so there's one per color.  Is there good documentation of the
refill procedure available somewhere on the net?

Thanks.

-- 
 Ben Rosengart                                          ben@...
       "Young people should be seen and not heard, because they're
        good-looking but not too bright.  We're pretty bright now,
        but we're ugly." -- Grace Slick on the '60s youth movement

Ben:

I'm a bit mystified by your problem.

If you have a 1280 you got a cd with software on it which would have 
included drivers for OSX AND the Epson utility.

If you go to the website and download the latest driver, I'm pretty 
sure the driver  includes  the Epson Utility. AFAIK it is installed at 
the same time.

An alternate place to look is in users/Applications.

How are you printing now? Are you using the epson drivers that come 
with OSX? (Which version of OSX are you using, that may be relevant)

Hope that helps.

Leslie Otterbein

On Jul 18, 2005, at 12:45 PM, Ben Rosengart wrote:

>  I tried this, honest.  Just tried it again.  I found the driver, but
>  nothing about a status monitor or utility or anything like that.
>
>  No "Epson Utility" in /Applications/Utilities either.

On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 01:11:50PM -0700, Leslie Otterbein wrote:
> 
> If you have a 1280 you got a cd with software on it which would have 
> included drivers for OSX AND the Epson utility.

I'll check there, if I can find it -- I just moved, but I think I know
where it is.

> If you go to the website and download the latest driver, I'm pretty 
> sure the driver  includes  the Epson Utility. AFAIK it is installed at 
> the same time.

Nope.  Unless it's not called "Epson Utility".  It's not in
/Applications nor in /Applications/Utilities nor in ~/Applications.
It's not on my machine at all, not under that name:

  % find / -name "Epson*" -ls 2>/dev/null
  3364025    0 drwxrwxr-x    3 root     admin         102 May  4 14:59 /Library/Receipts/EpsonPrinterDrivers.pkg
  %

Spotlight doesn't find it either.

> How are you printing now? Are you using the epson drivers that come 
> with OSX?

v1.91, downloaded from Epson's website.

> (Which version of OSX are you using, that may be relevant)

10.4.2

> Hope that helps.

Thank you.

-- 
 Ben Rosengart                                          ben@...
       "Young people should be seen and not heard, because they're
        good-looking but not too bright.  We're pretty bright now,
        but we're ugly." -- Grace Slick on the '60s youth movement

Ben Rosengart 
> I tried this, honest.  Just tried it again.  I found the driver, but
> nothing about a status monitor or utility or anything like that.
> No "Epson Utility" in /Applications/Utilities either.

It's called "EPSON Printer Utility" should be in your Utilities folder. I usually place it in my 
Dock for easy access. It can also be accessed through the "Printer Setup Utillity" via the 
"Printer List" window on the tool bar.

I can always email to you as it's really small but I'm pretty sure the "EPSON Printer Utility" gets 
installed when the driver is installed.

For the record, folks, there is an "EPSON Printer Utility.app" in
/Library/Printers/Utilities/, but I'd already found this through
System Preferences, and it won't tell me which ink is out.
-- 
 Ben Rosengart                                          ben@...
       "Young people should be seen and not heard, because they're
        good-looking but not too bright.  We're pretty bright now,
        but we're ugly." -- Grace Slick on the '60s youth movement