146Maintaining and Transporting the Printer

Switching Between Black Ink Modes

If your printer uses EPSON UltraChrome ink, you can switch between black ink modes to optimize your black ink density for certain paper types (see the next page for the required cartridges):

Mode

Image and paper type

 

 

Photo Black Mode

For printing photographic images on all media types.

 

Optimized for traditional photographic and ink jet-coated

 

papers, such as EPSON Premium Luster Photo Paper,

 

Photo Semigloss Paper, Premium Semimatte Photo

 

Paper, etc.

 

 

Matte Black Mode

Optimized for printing photographic images on matte or

 

plain papers, such as EPSON Enhanced Matte Paper,

 

Smooth and Textured Fine Art Paper, and Somerset

 

Velvet for EPSON, when the highest level of

 

photographic quality is desired.

 

 

Dual Matte Black

For printing on matte or plain paper, such as newsprint

 

and plain bond, when print speed is favored over

 

photographic image quality.

 

 

Note

You can purchase replacement items for your printer from EPSON at (800) 873-7766, or by visiting the EPSON Store at www.epsonstore.com (U.S. sales only). In Canada, please call

(800)463-7766 for dealer referral.

Generally, you should switch black ink modes only if you plan to run a large number of print jobs in the new mode. Since it takes about 10 minutes to switch from one mode to another and consumes some ink, you shouldn’t switch modes more often than necessary.

Follow the steps in the next sections to switch black ink modes.

Preparing to Switch Black Ink Modes

Before switching black ink modes, make sure you have the required supplies. You’ll need:

•the draining cartridge that came with your printer

•the new black ink cartridge(s) you plan to install

If your maintenance tank is almost full or one of your color ink cartridges is low on ink, you should have replacements available. See the following pages for details.