Solution for printing with the Epson 4880 and non-epson inks

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Hi,
I have had the same issue as on this post: Ever seen this error message? - MK not working on 4880 - #21 by pandabob
The windows driver pops up this window:

“The selected media type/print quality setting may not be compatible with the installed ink cartridge
Photo black/cyan/vivid magenta/yellow/ light black/ light cyan/vivid light magenta/light light black
Please check your new media type and print quality settings in the printer software.”

I just wanted to propose a solution to this problem: use another driver for the printer.
You can buy Turboprint (Linux) or Printfab (Windows) for 50 bucks online, it works very well and it allows easy ICC profiles creation. Personally I never use Epson drivers anymore, Printfab is way better and it bypasses this bug in the Windows driver.

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This indicates that your printer driver is set to PK and your printer is set to MK. Remove the printer from your system preferences and re-add it and it should work fine

-Walker