Changing The Black Ink Cartridge; Installing The New Black Ink Cartridge; Draining The Old Ink - Epson Stylus Pro 4880 ColorBurst Edition - Stylus Pro 4880 ColorBurst Product Information Manual

Changing the Black Ink Cartridge

You can change the black ink from Photo Black to Matte
Black or vice-versa. You will need to use the Black Ink
Conversion Kit (included with your printer) and a new
black ink cartridge (either Matte or Photo) that you want to
convert to.
Caution: To avoid interruption, observe the following conditions:
Do not turn off the printer, open the top cover, remove the rear
cover, move the paper lever to the released position, remove the
ink cartridges, remove the maintenance tank, or unplug the power
cord.
Note: If an electrical power failure occurs during this operation, turn
the printer on again. You can continue your procedure at the
breakpoint.
The Photo Black cartridge is ideal for printing photographic
images on all media types. It is optimized for traditional
photographic and ink jet-coated papers, such as Epson
Premium Luster Photo Paper (260), Premium Semi-gloss
Photo Paper (250), Premium Semimatte Photo Paper (260),
etc.
The Matte Black cartridge is optimized for printing
photographic images on matte or plain papers, such as Epson
Enhanced Matte Paper and Epson Velvet Fine Art Paper.
Generally, you should switch black ink cartridges only if you
plan to run a large number of print jobs in the new mode.
Since it takes about several minutes to switch and consumes
some ink, you shouldn't switch cartridges more often than
necessary.
Changing the black ink cartridge also consumes color ink, so
you need to make sure that all of the cartridges contain
enough ink before you begin.
If appears on the LCD, you need to replace
MNT TNK FULL
the maintenance tank. See page 12.

Draining the Old Ink

1. Make sure that
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2. Press the button.
Menu
3. Press the button until you see
then press .
Menu
4. Press until you see
BK INK CHANGE
.
Menu
5. Press again.
Menu
6. When
RAISE THE RIGHT INK LEVER
LCD, raise the ink lever on the right ink compartment.
appears on the LCD panel.
, and
MAINTENANCE
, and then press
appears on the
7. When
RAISE THE LEFT INK LEVER
raise the ink lever on the left ink compartment.
8. When
REMOVE INK CRTG
cartridges from the left ink compartment.
9. When
INSTALL CNVRSION CRTG
three conversion cartridges in the slots on the left ink
compartment.
Note: If REPLACE CNVRSION CRTG appears, press the
pause button. Remove the old conversion cartridge(s) from the
left ink compartment, and then insert the new conversion
cartridge(s). Go to step 4 to start again.
10. When
LOWER THE LEFT INK LEVER
LCD, lower the ink lever on the left ink compartment.
The printer starts draining ink and
appears on the LCD. Wait until draining is complete.

Installing the New Black Ink Cartridge

1. When draining is complete,
appears on the LCD. Raise the ink lever on the left ink
compartment.
2. When
REMOVE CNVRSION CRTG
conversion cartridges from the slots on the left ink
compartment.
3. When
INSERT INK CRTG
their specified slots.
4. When
LOWER BOTH INK LEVERS
levers on the right and left ink compartments.
5. When
RAISE BOTH INK LEVERS
levers on the right and left ink compartments.
The printer starts charging ink. After a while, ink lever
messages appear on the LCD.
Note: Because ink charging after black ink conversion consumes
a large quantity of ink, you may need to replace the ink cartridges
and maintenance tank soon.
6. Continue raising and lowering the ink levers as instructed
on the LCD until
indicates that ink charging is complete.
7. If you have installed 110 ml ink cartridges, close the ink
compartment covers. If you have installed 220 ml ink
cartridges, do not close the ink compartment covers.
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appears on the LCD,
appears, remove all four ink
appears, insert the
appears on the
DRAINING XX%
RAISE THE LEFT INK LEVER
appears, remove the
appears, insert the cartridges in
appears, lower the ink
appears, raise the ink
appears on the LCD. This
READY
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