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EPSON Stylus Pro 7800 - Large Format Photo Inkjet Printer
Im Common Room steht schon seit ein paar Monaten ein zweiter Großformat-Tintenstrahldrucker. Die ursprüngliche Fehlermeldung (Code 0001002D "The pump counter reached the prescribed upper limit") konnte ich dauerhaft beseitigen.
Um höchste Foto-Qualität liefern zu können, verwendet der Drucker insgesamt 8 Tinten: Schwarz – Grau ("light black") – Hellgrau ("light light black") – Cyan – Cyan hell – Magenta – Magenta hell - Gelb
Zum Inbetriebnehmen des Druckers benötigen wir noch die folgenden Tintenpatronen.
- Epson T563900 / T6039 - Light Light Black
- Epson T563500 / T6035 - Light Cyan
- Epson T563700 / T6037 - Light Black
- Epson T563200 / T6032 - Cyan
Original-Epson Tinten sind sehr teuer (€120 / 220ml Patrone). Easy-inks.de stellt kompatible Tinten her (€28 / 220ml). Laut Telefonat mit Easy-Inks sind die Tinten farblich identisch mit Epson-Tinten: https://www.easy-inks.de/Epson-Stylus-Pro-7800-9800-Tintenpatrone-Ultrachrome-K3-kompatibel-220ml/K3-C
Nächste Schritte
- [x] Tinte bestellen @NitramLegov
- [x] Tinte einlegen / Drucker reinigen & in Betrieb nehmen / Testdruck @Finno-123 @Bjoho504
- [ ] Wiki-Einträge schreiben (Commisioning Template: @NitramLegov – Maschinen-Seite + Introduction @Bjoho504 @Finno-123 )
Langfristige "nice-to-haves":
- [ ] WiFi-Printing / Drucker-Rechner / Printer-Spooler @Bjoho504
- [ ] Drucker Papier + Easy-Inks-Tinte kalibrieren (Farbprofil erstellen) @Bjoho504 @Finno-123
- [ ] Staubschutz-Hülle @Bjoho504
- [ ] anstatt einer Staubschutz-Hülle: den neuen Raum / Trennwand hinten im Electronics Room aufbauen und den Drucker dann dauerhaft dort aufstellen (Recherche hat ergeben, dass besonders EPSON Drucker staubige Umgebungen überhaupt nicht mögen und der Druckkopf schaden nehmen kann. Selbst der Common- oder Electronics-Room wären auf Dauer vmtl zu staubig)
Mein letzter Stand war, dass noch fünf Patronen bestellt werden müssen. Hier sind jedoch nur vier aufgelistet. Benötigen wir jetzt nur noch vier neue Patronen?
I have created a wiki page at: https://wiki.comakingspace.de/EPSON_Stylus_Pro_7800 It includes the Machine Infobox as well as the commissioning template.
The commissioning template indicates the steps, which are needed to bring the new machine into a released state :) What can be done by everybody is mainly the documentation.
Regarding Wifi Printing, etc.: If you like, we can offer a Raspberry Pi for setting up CUPS. Compatibility would need to be checked (Stylus Pro 7000 & 7500 seem to be compatible - so we could try the 7800 as well). Setting up CUPS might be a good option, since we could then use the same raspberry pi also for our second large format printer (HP DesignJet 500)), which as far as I know is CUPS compatible.
Mein letzter Stand war, dass noch fünf Patronen bestellt werden müssen. Hier sind jedoch nur vier aufgelistet. Benötigen wir jetzt nur noch vier neue Patronen?
Ja. Eine neue Magenta-Patrone habe ich noch vorrätig, dachte es wäre eine "hell Magenta". (Die Tintenbezeichnungen bei dem Drucker sind etwas verwirrend. Die Tinten-Nummer, die im Druckertreiber angezeigt wird, ist nicht identisch mit der Nummer auf der Tintenverpackung). So wie ich's oben geschrieben habe stimmt es.
Regarding Wifi Printing, etc.: If you like, we can offer a Raspberry Pi for setting up CUPS. Compatibility would need to be checked (Stylus Pro 7000 & 7500 seem to be compatible - so we could try the 7800 as well). Setting up CUPS might be a good option, since we could then use the same raspberry pi also for our second large format printer (HP DesignJet 500)), which as far as I know is CUPS compatible.
Does CUPS support custom colour profiles (printer profile, paper profiles etc?) If so, then this could be an option.
I am not sure, whether CUPS supports custom color profiles. I know that CUPS has support for selecting standard color profiles (I think I read something about Adobe RGB & sRGB), but I don´t know whether you can define your own ones. Since I have no clue about color profiles at all, that would be something the person setting it up would need to research on.
The ink has been ordered and should arrive soon™️
Since you have mentioned writing an introduction as a ToDo: Usually, we have introductions, which are focussing on safety. Mainly safety for the user, but there are also introductions with a stronger focus on machine operations. For devices that are close to household devices (such as printers), we usually don´t have an introduction. In these cases, we expect the people to read the wiki thoroughly, but we don´t require a formal introduction.
What we cannot judge yet is how close this printer is to a household printer and how significant the actual danger (either for the operator or the machine) is. However, it is quite obvious that there is content which needs to be documented in the wiki. The only question is whether we require formal tutoring or not.
Thus, let´s document it in the wiki. Once it is done, we can decide, whether we will require formal tutoring or not 😊
Good news – we now all inks installed, and the printer works. After inserting the colour cartridges, the printer was busy for about 10-15min pumping ink from the cartridges to the print head, and that process used up a considerable amount of ink. According to the manual, though, this should be a one-off occurrence.
The first nozzle check / calibration printout showed some irregularities in the nozzle check pattern, and (possibly because of those irregularities) the printer displayed an error. Same for a second nozzle check.
However: A first "real-world" printout of an illustration (a smooth colour gradient, and some colourful cartoon characters on top) came out really nice. The print showed no missing lines whatsoever (= nozzles are all good), and great colours. Just like a professional print would look.
The printer will need an introduction. I have created a stub in the wiki: https://wiki.comakingspace.de/Large_Format_Printer_Introduction
I think most of the information is already available on the Large Format Printer page itself (https://wiki.comakingspace.de/Large_Format_Printer) and can be condensed into an introduction.