Epson P400 and Pro ink set - switching the Blacks

[frankgr]

Newbie here. Just got the printer today and am yet to receive and install the inks. But thinking ahead I realize there is no automatic switching between Matte and Photo Black

When switching the black ink cartridges, to go from a matte to a gloss (baryta) paper, what is the procedure - must I flush to clear lines ?

Are there instructions to show me the procedure. I didn’t notice anything in the Articles list ?

thank you

[walkerblackwell]

With the Pro ink-set you’ll want to take out the PK ink and place the MK ink in. A single cleaning (in general) will get the MK ink flowing or you can do 2 purge sheets to be absolutely sure (without wasting other inks):

How To Flush Individual Channel using QTR Calibration Mode

(These instructions are provided for changing out inks. Flushing is often used to change inks. This is not the recommended procedure for trying to unclog a printer. To unclog a printer - you need to run a procedure that provides suction rather than isolated printing of the channel. Please refer here for flushing a printer to unclog it.) To print from one specific ink channel (which is helpful when flushing just one line, without wasting ink in the other positions by doing power clean cycles), y…

To go back to PK requires 2 cleanings.

In general this printer is best to do a batch of prints on PK and then a batch of prints on MK (like the full cartridge worth, etc).

best,
Walker