Changing the Type of
Black Ink
This printer allows you to set both photo black ink and
matte black ink and switch between them depending on
the paper type.
Photo Black ink reduces the grainy feeling of photo
papers giving them a smooth, professional finish. Matte
Black ink significantly increases black optical density
when printing on matte type papers.
See the following section to select a suitable black ink for
the media type.
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“Epson Special Media Table” on page 119
The time needed to switch from one type of black ink to
another (from ink replacement until charging is
complete) is given below. Note that this process
consumes some of the new type of ink.
Do not switch the black ink unless necessary.
Photo Black to Matte Black: About two minutes
Matte Black to Photo Black: About three minutes
Note:
If there is not enough ink remaining for the switch, you
will need to replace the cartridge. It may be possible to
print with ink cartridges that could not be used for a black
ink switch.
Switching Automatically
You can switch black inks and print from the printer
driver.
Press
F
on the control panel's Home screen, and then set
System Administration
-
Printer Settings
-
BK Ink
Auto Change
to
On
.
A
Display the printer driver's Main screen.
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“Printing (Windows)” on page 35
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“Printing (Mac OS X)” on page 37
B
Select the paper type from the
Media Type
menu.
Depending on the media type you select, black
ink is switched automatically during printing.
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