Epson 3880 | First Line Clean / Purge During Conversion to Piezography

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Hi Everyone,

Newbie to Piezo here, with a personal goal to be able to produce prints on my printer that kinda sorta look like platinum palladium prints, but also create digital negatives so I can create real ones. So fast and good enough, vs slow and “authentic”.

I am converting a 3880 printer I just bought to Piezo… Following 3880 cleaning instructions on YouTube, done, much better. Now I want to make sure the lines are purged of all prior ink before putting in the Piezo Pro inks. I have one set of new carts for the inks, a separate set of carts for Piezo Flush. With the Piezo Flush in a set of carts, I have run two power cleans, one for Photo Black and one for the Matte Black inks.

My questions are this…

(a) How many flushes should I do for each ink mode?
(b) Should I run three sets of two flushes each (photo, matte) over 48 - 72 hours to try to soften and get rid of all the old gunk in the lines? That is, letting Piezo Flush remain in the lines and head in order to soften and remove gunk?
(c) Should each of the lines be clear / pink once the flushing has been accomplished? And if so, should I repeat the procedure until the lines are clear/pink externally?

My assumption is the lines themselves out of the factory are clear, and they take on the color that runs through them, and that Piezo Flush will clear all this out? If my assumption is incorrect, please clarify?

Thank you,
Bob

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Hi Bob

I am about to embark on the same process and look forward to what else you hear back on this question.

One question I have for you is regarding the Piezoflush carts. Did you pull the OEM chip from epson carts and install in Piezoflush carts for the cleaning process? I know it needs to be done to run the Piezopro carts but wasn’t sure if it was necessary to be placed in the Piezoflush carts.

Thank you.

  • Chipper
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Hi Chipper,

You must use OEM chips of the exact color position in the refillable carts regardless of whether they hold ink or PiezoFlush or the printer will not operate. It takes 3 Power Cleans to bring what is in the cartridges to the print heads.

Rachel - IJM TechSupport