Epson Stylus Pro 4880
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 MNT TNK FULL appears on the LCD, you need to replace
the maintenance tank. See page 12.
Draining the Old Ink
1. Make sure that READY appears on the LCD panel.
2. Press the Menu button.
3. Press the button until you see MAINTENANCE , and then press Menu .
4. Press until you see BK INK CHANGE , and then press
Menu .
5. Press Menu again.
6. When RAISE THE RIGHT INK LEVER appears on the
LCD, raise the ink lever on the right ink compartment.
7. When RAISE THE LEFT INK LEVER appears on the LCD, raise the ink lever on the left ink compartment.
8. When REMOVE INK CRTG appears, remove all four ink cartridges from the left ink compartment.
9. When INSTALL CNVRSION CRTG appears, insert the 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 appears on the
LCD, lower the ink lever on the left ink compartment.
The printer starts draining ink and DRAINING XX% appears on the LCD. Wait until draining is complete.
Installing the New Black Ink Cartridge
1. When draining is complete, RAISE THE LEFT INK LEVER appears on the LCD. Raise the ink lever on the left ink compartment.
2. When REMOVE CNVRSION CRTG appears, remove the conversion cartridges from the slots on the left ink compartment.
3. When INSERT INK CRTG appears, insert the cartridges in their specified slots.
4. When LOWER BOTH INK LEVERS appears, lower the ink levers on the right and left ink compartments.
5. When RAISE BOTH INK LEVERS appears, raise the ink 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 READY appears on the LCD. This 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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