Digital BW, The Print

I just went through this process. I had 2 sets of carts, one for the flush, the other for the piezo ink (one set of chips that I switched between them).

I did 3 power cleans with the flush, then switched to the inks, did 3 more power cleans. If you don't do these last 3 power cleans, you'll end up with some rather purple prints!

Rob





On Monday, February 10, 2014 7:44 AM, David Whistance <david.whistance@...> wrote:
 
  
Yes, flush the lines first, preferably with Jon's Piezoflush. The 3800's cartridges are fixed with tubes leading to the print head. Although these are shorter than the ones in either a 4800 or a 7800 they are still long enough to hold quite a quantity of ink. You will waste a lot of your new Piezo ink if you try to use that for flushing and may suffer from some unnecessary clogs!

David Whistance

On 10 Feb 2014, at 14:06, <Jordan.kreidberg@childrens.harvard.edu> wrote:

  
>I'd appreciate any suggestions on the best way to convert an Epson 3800 to pieziography.  Assuming no ink clogs at present with the regular inks--- I have purchased a set of empty cartridges and a set of peiziography inks.  My main question is whether it is better to flush the lines first with the peizoflush solution or should I simply install the piezigraphy ink set with the new cartridges and let these inks flush out the old inks with a few test prints. 
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>thanks very much
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