Digital BW, The Print

Has anyone here tried the 16-bit OSX drivers for the Epson? any
opinion as to whether or not there is a discernible difference in the
prints from 8-bit to 16-bit.

thanks,
John H

Hi folks,

I recently inherited an Epson 7600 from a friend who
bought another printer.

He's been using MIS UT7 inks on glossy paper with this
printer.  It produces good quality prints but has
chronic clogging problems.

I'm planning on using MIS Eboni-6 ink; I like printing
on matte paper and have heard that Eboni-6 should be
less troublesome.

What's the procedure for changing over to the new ink?
 Drain the cartridges, fill them with new ink and then
print until I flush the old ink out?  Or is it more
involved than that?  Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Ken

Ken,

probably best to get new empty carts (or prefilled if available).

With the printer on, take each cart out, then turn power off.
After a minute turn power on, install new carts.
The printer goes through "initial fill" and charges the lines.
You may still need to print a few sheets with ink from all nozzles to
purge any remaining ink but this is less arduous.

I am writing this from memory - I hope someone can correct me
if I missed a step.

It may be a good idea for you to get not only the manual but the
service manual as well (which used to be available before Epson forbid
their circulation). Eventually the printer will need to be reset when
it thinks the drain pads are full and stops working.

Tip: what appears as a "clog" or banding may or may not be due to ink
issues alone. Anything from how each cart attaches to the ink nipple
to the dampers and the heads themselves may have something to do with
it.  

Antonis



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ken Alexander
<k.alexander@...> wrote:
---

> What's the procedure for changing over to the new ink?
>  Drain the cartridges, fill them with new ink and then
> print until I flush the old ink out?  Or is it more
> involved than that?  Any help is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ken
>

MIS thinks it is safest to have a cleaning-flushing cart middle 
step.  While you'll probably never get all the old ink out of those 
old carts, I might flush those good with distilled water and then use 
them as the set of cleaning carts.  I'd probably just mix some of my 
generic base (35% glycerol, 10% Photo Flo, remainder distilled water) 
to use as the flushing solution.

Paul  
www.PaulRoark.com   

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ken Alexander 
<k.alexander@...> wrote:

>
> Hi folks,
> 
> I recently inherited an Epson 7600 from a friend who
> bought another printer.
> 
> He's been using MIS UT7 inks on glossy paper with this
> printer.  It produces good quality prints but has
> chronic clogging problems.
> 
> I'm planning on using MIS Eboni-6 ink; I like printing
> on matte paper and have heard that Eboni-6 should be
> less troublesome.
> 
> What's the procedure for changing over to the new ink?
>  Drain the cartridges, fill them with new ink and then
> print until I flush the old ink out?  Or is it more
> involved than that?  Any help is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ken
>

> "pr_roark" <pr_roark@...> wrote:
>
>  I'd probably just mix some of my generic base
> (35% glycerol, 10% Photo Flo, remainder distilled water) 
> to use as the flushing solution.
> 

MIS (Image Specialists) also adds ammonia to the clear base that they 
sell as a cleaning solution.  I believe that is the reason folks have 
used Windex in the past for cleaning - for the ammonia.

I use Paul's base diluted a bit more (more water, less glycerol) with 
ammonia and some isopropyl alcohol to clean when switching ink sets, 
or when I buy a used machine.  

I have heard recomendations not to leave the alcohol in for longer 
periods, like when storing a machine, because of it's hardening/aging 
effect on plastics.

Best,
Michael

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Michael T. 
Murphy" <uriel_bear@...> wrote:
> MIS (Image Specialists) also adds ammonia to the clear base that they 
> sell as a cleaning solution.  

Please note:

MIS and Image Specialists are two different companies. MIS buys ink 
from Image Specialists.

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Yes the cleaning fluid from Image Specialists does contain ammonia, 
just like the inks. Original formula Windex (with ammonia) works pretty 
well, especially for purging since you can buy the generic ammonia 
glass cleaner in gallon bottles really cheap. Just make sure to purge 
the line empty when you are done with Windex, the blue color does 
persist if you do not get the lines purged.