Using ultrachrome inks in an Epson 10000 large format printer

Using 10600 ink cartridges in a 10000

Normally you can't use ultrachrome pigment ink cartridges in an Epson SP 10000, however the chip detection can be disabled.

Do note that you must be very thorough in flushing out any old inks. This is an easy way to clog up the internals of your printer and effectively write it off. We've never tried this, so do it at your own risk!

It can be done...

But you can use pigment inks in your 10000...

Turn the Printer off.

Press and hold the [Paper Source] + [Cut/Eject] + [Paper Feed] buttons while powering up the printer. Release the buttons when the VIEW COUNTERS MENU is displayed.

Press the [Select Type] button until you see SERVICE CONGIF MENU in the display.

Press the [Item] button until you see NPD= in the display.

There are three values that can be set for the EDMODE value
They are: 0 = Null (This is the mode that disables the chip recognition) X = EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA N = ASIA AND REST OF THE WORLD Use the [Paper Feed +] or [Paper Feed -] buttons to make your selection.
Press [Enter] when completed.

Power the printer off.

Power the printer back on.

This should disable the chip detection. However you now don't have ink level monitoring, so more care is needed in keeping an eye on ink supplies.

Normal inks for Epson 10000
Epson Black Photo Dye Ink Cartridge for Stylus Pro 10000 and 10600 Series	Ink Vol: 500 ml	T499011
Epson Yellow Photo Dye Ink Cartridge for Stylus Pro 10000 and 10600 Series	Ink Vol: 500 ml	T500011
Epson Magenta Photo Dye Ink Cartridge for Stylus Pro 10000 and 10600 Series	Ink Vol: 500 ml	T501011
Epson Cyan Photo Dye Ink Cartridge for Stylus Pro 10000 and 10600 Series	Ink Vol: 500 ml	T502011
Epson Light Magenta Photo Dye Ink Cartridge for Stylus Pro 10000 and 10600 Series	Ink Vol: 500 ml	T503011
Epson Light Cyan Photo Dye Ink Cartridge for Stylus Pro 10000 and 10600 Series	Ink Vol: 500 ml	T504011
Normal archival inks for Epson 10600
Epson Pro 10000/10600 - Archival - Black		T511011
Epson Pro 10000/10600 - Archival - Yellow		T512011
Epson Pro 10000/10600 - Archival - Magenta		T513011
Epson Pro 10000/10600 - Archival - Cyan		T514011
Epson Pro 10000/10600 - Archival - Light Magenta		T515011
EPSON PRO 10600 - UltraChrome Ink
Epson Pro 10600 - UltraChrome - Photo Black		T549100
Epson Pro 10600 - UltraChrome - Cyan		T549200
Epson Pro 10600 - UltraChrome - Magenta		T549300
Epson Pro 10600 - UltraChrome - Yellow		T549400
Epson Pro 10600 - UltraChrome - Light Cyan		T549500
Epson Pro 10600 - UltraChrome - Light Magenta		T549600
Epson Pro 10600 - UltraChrome - Matte Black		T549800

Other large format Epson service hacks....

7600 - 9600 Maintenance tank reset

I was sent this reset procedure for Epson Stylus Pro 9600 (and 7600)

Turn off printer
Hold PAPER SOURCE+PAPER FEED+CUT/EJECT buttons at the same time and keep them pressed
Turn on printer
Release buttons
Hidden new menu appears
press DOWN, "CLEAR COUNTERS" option should appear
press RIGHT
press UP, "MAINT TANK" should appear
press RIGHT
press ENTER (CUT/EJECT button)
Turn off printer.

Stylus Pro 4000 Maintenance tank reset

The maintenance reset procedure for Epson Stylus Pro 4000 is slightly different from that described above.

Turn off printer
Hold down the three leftmost arrow buttons:
[left-arrow] [down-arrow] [up-arrow]

Turn on printer
Release buttons
New menu appears
press up/down arrows to get to the "Clear Counters" menu
press RIGHT
press up/down arrows to get to the "Maintenance Tank" menu
Clear the counter
Turn off printer.
On restarting the maintenance tank should appear 'Empty'

Resetting the 9800 and 7800 maintenance tank

If you have a 9600/7600 available, it seems that you can put the newer tanks into the older type printer and use the reset procedure above.

I've not seen it done though...

It also seems that you can use a 'chip resetter' (much like you would for refilling cartridges)

Cleaning dried ink

You really only need to check out the household products line at your local supermarket ;-)

I've written a short guide about 'cleaning inkjet printers'

Other printer info pages

Full review of Epson 7880
9880/7880 black ink swap
9600 /7600 error codes and service manual
Deactivate 7600/9600 ink counter
7600 / 9600 Maintenance tank reset
7600 / 9600 black ink swap
7800 / 9800 black ink swap
4880 ink swap

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