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Changing over from OEM cartridges to prefilled Magic Mix cartridges

This are very simple process.  If you have ever changed ink cartridges in a printer, you'll find this process almost identical.

Make sure that in any transition of cartridges being removed from your printer and then being put back in that you keep the time limited to as short a time period as possible. You don't want to give the printer time to dry out inside. If you're going to have open cartridges outside of the printer for more than a couple of minutes, you also might want to put them into a zipper bag to help avoid air drying anywhere on them.

1. Remove previous cartridges by using the utility function in the Epson printing preferences windows. This will move the cartridges to a position that you can easily remove the old cartridges while also telling the printer that you are about to put new cartridges in. This is very important for the new cartridges to work successfully!

2. Put the removed cartridges aside (or in bag) or throw away if you are certain you will never need them again (We recommend saving just in case). If your printer is a chipped printer, you definitely will want to save the cartridges. Even if you never use them again, you will possibly come to a time when you'll need the chips that are on the outside of the cartridges for future use.

3. This is the time you will use the purging cartridges if you are going to. If not, it is time to either insert the cartridges or install the bulk unit.  (When completed installation is performed, we recommend that you print at least six pages of bars to hopefully eliminate the remaining inks that are in the printer. Many do not use the purging cartridges and have no problem; however, I wouldn't want to be the one that still does.)

3. Gently remove the yellow tape on each cartridge (preferably over a sink or rags that won't be hurt if ink gets on them) right before inserting the cartridge into the printer. We say gently for a reason. The yellow tape covers a vent hole. These vent holes go to the same place that the ink comes from. If you see any trace of ink under the yellow tape before peeling, you should exercise extra caution. Removing the yellow tape allows air to pass into the cartridge after being air tight. Normally this will not spray inks, but use caution just in case.

4. Insert cartridges into the printer. Make sure that you are certain that it is completely inserted. Note: The chipped printers especially are important to firmly, but carefully insert the cartridges into the proper areas. Inserting a cartridge that does not have the chip inserted, or is not firmly inserted into the cartridge will cause permanent fatal damage to your printer (just ask my 1280).

5. Hit the button on the printer that tells it to move the carriage over. Wait for it to charge the cartridges. Not doing this step can cause many minutes (or hours) of headache trying to figure out why it isn't printing well.

6. Run a print head cleaning and then a print test page (in your printer utility area) to see how many of the bars appear on the test page. It is very likely that some, but not all will show up at this point. We recommend printing 2 pages of bars (not the ones in the utility section, but here... 4 color or 6 color) at a DPI setting of at least 720, possibly 1440. 

7. From this point, we recommend that if you are not getting good print quality, that you wait a minimum of 15 minutes between each function. This is for multiple reasons, but primarily because time is a friend to ink problems. Sometimes the air inside the cartridge has not yet had time to stabilize, sometimes there might be air pockets inside the cartridge from traveling or jostling.

It is not uncommon to require 2-3 print head cleanings followed by a test print page (again, about 15 minutes apart to reduce waste of ink). You might need to increase the DPI to the highest possible setting temporarily. Once you have reached a nice print, attempt to reduce the DPI to 720 again. This isn't always possible on the C80 or C82 printers however. They typically require the highest DPI constantly.

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