Inks settle in the cartridge pretty quickly. That's why Epson says they
should be used for no more than 6 months after insertion in the printer. In
practice you can measure Magenta settling (with a spectro) within 2 months.
Yes it wastes ink with a cleaning cycle, but what's the good of ink with
changing density ?
To minimize the chance of getting air in the lines/ink I shake and then let
them stand in the printer for 30 mins before I lower the levers.
You have to shake regularly if you keep ink in the printers for more than
couple months. If you don't then inks will settle and even when you do shake
they will be a different density (assuming you've been printing along the
way).
Also remember it takes a few cleaning cycles / prints to push the shaken ink
down the tubes to the head.
When all said and done if you really care about consistent colour you need
to shake your carts once a month.
Mike
On 17 April 2010 13:28, Lew Schwartz <lew1716@...> wrote:
> You mean as in take the cartridges out & shake them? Doesn't that waste
> ink?
>
> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Mark Savoia <mark@stillrivereditions.com
> >wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Have your inks settled? You need to gently shake them from time to time.
> >
> > Mark
> > http://www.stillrivereditions.com
> >
> >
> > On Apr 16, 2010, at 10:06 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote:
> >
> > > I'm sure this is another naive, ignorant question, but possibly due to
> > using
> > > different paper settings today, I've got a noticible change in image
> > tone.
> > > These are all b&w prints coming from my 4880 using K3 inks. Today's
> print
> > > has a metalic brown, olive green hue in the highlights when viewed from
> > an
> > > angle whereas yesterday's is pure black from all angles.
> > >
> > > So, what caused this change & how do I avoid it?
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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