Use the following steps to switch from your original ink set, to flush cartridges, if used, to the final ink cartridges.ġ. The cartridge will be clearly labeled as to the type of black chip. *The flush cartridges supplied for these printers may either be chipped as Matte Black or as Photo Black. Table 1: Explanation of the chips found on different black position cartridges Refer to Table 1, below, for an explanation of the types of chips on each of the different black position cartridges available for these printers. They may both be the same type or they may be different, depending on the chips on the black cartridges involved.īefore proceeding, you must determine which types of black cartridges you have. If you use flush cartridges as part of the process, you need to use two flush cycles. If you are switching from a matte black to a matte black cartridge, or from a Photo black to a Photo black cartridge, you must use an initial fill cycle. If you are switching from a Photo black to matte black cartridge, or from a matte black to Photo black cartridge, you must use a black ink change cycle.
The required cycle depends on the type of black cartridge you are switching from and the type of black cartridge you are switching to. Be sure to purchase one specifically for large format Epson printersīackground on the 76 printers and black position cartridges: Two separate cycles are needed to switch inks in these printers.
It is possible to dis-assemble the maintenance tank and replace the filling with some absorbent material. It is safe to reset the maintenance tank chip one time if you wish to do it more than once, periodically check the waste ink level in the tank, to ensure that it does not overfill with waste ink.
Note about the maintenance tank: Instead of replacing a full maintenance tank, you may use a large format chip resetter to reset your maintenance tank chip to read empty. Items needed to have on hand when changing inksĪ set of ink cartridges a set of flush cartridges (if used) an eighth cartridge, either ink or flush fluid for the Photo Black slot a spare maintenance tank (available through Epson), or a large format cartridge and waste tank chip resetter The black position “draining” cartridge that came with your printer may be needed, depending on your situation (see below). If you do not use flush carts, you may need to print some additional media before all traces of color ink have been removed. Otherwise, the actual Piezography K7 inks can be used to “flush” out the pre-existing color inks from your printer. The use of flush cartridges is suggested when switching to Piezography Neutral K7 inks from a non-Epson or non-Piezography ink set, or if you have been experiencing clogging problems with your current ink set. A final note about Epson.Use of flush cartridges with the 7600 / 9600 printer The auto take-up reel is also a nice feature when producing long graphics. I have customers that require large decals for semi-trailers and it is nice to not have to deal with frequent ink cartridge replacement. Another bonus of this machine is the standard 950mL ink cartridges with hot-change capability. For my purposes and intent, I believe my GS6000 is as good of a choice as any and I especially like the 8-color availability to produce some out of the ordinary colors. I have found that there is a vast amount of users and posted information about their experiences! It requires some diligence and patience to sift through it and I recommend trying to speak directly to someone who is using your machine of choice in your chosen application. If you do enough research you should be able to come to a reasonable concensus on the quality and pertinent information about any particular machine. Often times, people have a bad experience with what is normally a good machine and they become forever "against" that machine and/or brand. I know that there are many opinions about every brand and model of machine and most are based on personal experience. I have been producing cut vinyl graphics for the past 22 years and am now making the move into producing printed graphics for decals and vehicle wraps. My machine is Mutoh built and my primary use is in the vinyl graphics business. My understanding is that Epson has made some changes that will require some time to work out some bugs in the new version of this machine. I recently bought a Stylus Pro GS6000 and it is an amazing 64" machine! As of January of this year Epson is now building this machine in-house they were previously built by Mutoh.