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Epson 7600 flush carts for K7

Jan Brittenson

Senior Subscriber Member
I'm looking at changing my 7600 over to neutral K7 and getting a 3800 for color printing. I'd use QuadTone RIP with the 7600K7.

The K7 flush carts are $480 though! But I see B&H sells a Lyson flush cart set for $189... any thoughts on whether this is okay for K7? I see no reason, right, I assume what's in the Lyson carts will act as a solvent for pretty much any ink, including K7, not as an emulsifier! :)
 

Jan Brittenson

Senior Subscriber Member
Oh well, I ended up getting the Cone flush cart set... The Lyson one I spotted on B&H is gone now. Finally switching my 7600 over to K7! It looks like coming from MK and K7 is chipped as MK as well, I'll need to use a fill cycle for the flush, let it sit for a while (I'll probably just leave it overnight), and then fill it again with the K7.

Probably doesn't hurt to have a decent flush cart set around, in case the printer develops a severe clog...
 

Jan Brittenson

Senior Subscriber Member
Just for anyone looking (which I kinda doubt :)) - the ink switch from MK worked just fine without breaking open the flush cart set. I'll see if I can return it. That's by printing test patterns from the Check menu and looking for discontinuities. Just a plain Ink Refill seem to do it. Now I need to get QuadTone set up and going - it needed a printer to fully install and I didn't want to try without K7 installed.

In case anyone sees this... :) The K7 inks are in 220ml carts, do any of you good folks know if the 9600's ink door fits on the 7600? I have a cover for the printer, so it's not a dust issue, it's just that the inks protrude a bit and look easy to bump.
 
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