How to install and use Piezography ink on the 4800 and 4880.
Oregon scientific weather station bar208hga user manual.
Piezography ManualSummary
Use these procedures to convert your color printer to a Piezography printer. If you are installing a Continuous Ink System (CIS), please refer to the installation instructions provided with the CIS. If you are installing user refillable cartridges, please refer to the installation instructions in the 'Support' menu above.
Whether you use refillable cartridges, CIS, or pre-filled cartridges (available outside the USA), the placement of the shades of Piezography ink are critical and not arbitrary. You must refer to the shade placement chart provided here on this document.
Most Piezography systems depend upon the QuadtoneRIP software with which to control the ink shades. Installation instructions and support of that software is provided by the manufacturers of those software. We provide our own guides to our suggested use ofQuadToneRIP, so that you can get the best results from that product. Additionally, Piezography on the Mac requires the use ofPrint-Tool. This software has quickly become a de-facto utility for anyone wanting to properly color manage their printing workflow. A full manual for Piezography can be downloaded with the freePiezography Community Edition.
Printer Testing
Verify that your printer functions perfectly with Epson inks before installing Piezography inks. In addition to printing a perfect nozzle check, make certain that the printer does not have unfixable banding problems by making test prints. Take the time to scrutinize your printer’s performance before the next step. It is not possible to diagnose many printing problems on a printer that has not first been tested with Epson inks. Ideally you should also align your print-head for UniDirectional printing before switching to Piezography inks.
Designed to meet the needs of the most demanding professionals, the Epson Stylus Pro 4800 incorporates a unique 17-inch wide printer designwith a breakthrough new 8-color ink technology, forcing us to reconsider what's possible from photographic ink jet printing. Epson UltraChrome K3™ ink technology represents a turning-point in the history of ink jet printing. Return back to support options for Epson Stylus Pro 4800. The Drivers & Manuals section will appear below. The webpage will automatically recognise your operating system, e.g. Windows 7 64-bit. Firmware is software that runs in a printer, scanner, or other product and controls the functionality and user interface. Firmware updates may.
If you are having problems with your printer or print-head, please look at our detailed instructions onhow to clean your print head.
Use of flush cartridges is recommended
The use of flush cartridges is suggested when switching to Piezography inks from a non-Epson or non-Piezography ink set, or if you have been experiencing clogging problems with your current ink set. Otherwise, the actual Piezography inks can be used to 'flush' out the pre-existing color inks from your printer. If you do not use flush carts, you may need to print some additional media before all traces of color ink have been removed.
Items needed to have on hand when changing inks
A set of ink cartridges; a set of flush cartridges (if used); a spare maintenance tank (available through Epson), or a large format cartridge and waste tank chip resetter.
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. 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. It is possible to dis-assemble the maintenance tank and replace the filling with some absorbent material. Chip resetters are available on-line. Be sure to purchase one specifically for large format Epson printers.
Ink Change Procedure
Important Note: Do not rely on the 'automatic' nozzle check cycle when running Piezography inks. The printer does not recognize the ink densities of the patterns and will determine the print head is clogged, even if it is not. Use the 'manual' nozzle check cycle instead.
Printer Specs & Review
Epson 4800, 4880 are different generations of the same 17″ printer. These printers can all be configured as glossy compatibles because they have 8 ink cartridge positions. We wish their paper handling was better. They can sometimes be a bit frustrating when thicker paper is loaded in the tray. But, they are built well.
The other benefit of these printers is that they are desk mounted rather than stand mounted. You can easily stack several on a rolling restaurant style wire rack system, and run a small print shop in a compact space. We run three printers on one rolling rack. We even have room on the top shelf for our 17x22 paper boxes.
Compatible Ink TypesInk Position Chart
What is the difference between K7, P2, K6, PiezoDN, and Pro?
Storage of previously used ink cartridgesRefurbished Epson Stylus Pro Printers
You may wish to remove and save one or more cartridges that you have removed from your printer, for use in the future. If you want to store your cartridges for later use, place the removed cartridges in plastic bags, close the bags tightly to minimize ink evaporation, and place the cartridges in a box so that they sit upright, as they do when they are in the printer. Storing a previously opened cartridge on its side or upside down will allow ink to leak out of the air vent holes. We recommend taping over the vent holes to prevent evaporation. Many of our ink cartridge (large and small) come with vent-hole plugs. Make sure to place these vent-hole plugs back into the cartridge before storage. Make sure to remember to remove them when you want to use the cartridge again though!
Epson Stylus Pro 7800 Driver
Note: On small format cartridges, it is very important that you do not allow ink to touch the air inlet filter. Make sure your cartridges remain upright at all times.
Getting started with Piezography printing and QuadtoneRIP.Epson Stylus Pro 9600 Software
Now that you have your inks installed, you must print your images through QuadToneRIP shareware software. It is not possible to achieve good results without using QuadToneRIP.Go hereto download and install QuadtoneRIP for Mac or PC.
We provide a comprehensive user manual for Piezography along with a set of pre-made curves 'profiles' for use with QuadtoneRIP and various fine-art inkjet papers. After installing QuadtoneRIP make sure to ask download and install our freeCommunity Editionset of curves and documentation. This will guide you through the process of installing your Piezography printer on both Windows and Mac operating systems so you can print.
Supported Papers
We support an ever evolving list of fine art inkjet papers.You can see the list of officially supported papers here.
Technical SupportEpson Stylus Pro 4800 Printer Manual
We provide free technical supportat our forum.We also providedirect paid phone support.Before requesting support please register on our forum and also look through all of the support documents from the 'Support' menu above.
Frequently Asked Questions
You may find it very helpful to view ourF.A.Q. section for Piezography. This will tell you a lot!
Helpful LinksEpson Stylus Pro 4800 Manual
Comments are closed.
|
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |