Changing ink on Epson 2100/2200

[Bob Nicholson]

Hi folks,

I have an Epson Photo 2100 (2200 in USA) and usually print on Premium Semi Gloss using the Photo Black cartridge, now I see that for printing on matt paper the Matte Black cartridge is recomended.

If I swap the black cartridges will the part used one be ruined?

If not, how do you store it so that it can be used again?

Cheers

Bob

[Per Ofverbeck]

Hi folks,

I have an Epson Photo 2100 (2200 in USA) and usually print on Premium Semi Gloss using the Photo Black cartridge, now I see that for printing on matt paper the Matte Black cartridge is recomended.

If I swap the black cartridges will the part used one be ruined?

If not, how do you store it so that it can be used again?

Cheers

Bob
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If my experience is anything to go by, partly used carts can be stored for up to one year, packed only in the torn-open wrapping/box that the new one came in.  I keep them in my bottom desk drawer, and just shake them CAREFULLY (after all, the seal is broken, and you don´t want a polka dot workplace....) before putting them back in the printer.

[picnic]

If my experience is anything to go by, partly used carts can be stored for up to one year, packed only in the torn-open wrapping/box that the new one came in.  I keep them in my bottom desk drawer, and just shake them CAREFULLY (after all, the seal is broken, and you don´t want a polka dot workplace....) before putting them back in the printer.
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I just stuck mine in a ziplock baggie and stored similary upright--either the photo or matt, whichever I had changed out.  I never had any problems with this either.  

Diane

[Richowens]

Ziplock baggie here too. I wrap it in a piece of paper towel to keep from making polka dots when I shake before reinstalling.

 Rich

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Me too: what Per and Diane said (and Rich).

I use the MK for 99% of what I do. Whichever black is out of the printer gets put (upright) into a ziplock bag. As Diane says, shake it gently a few times (while still in the ziplock bag) before swapping. I just used my rarely used PK cart for several prints the other day, and it acted like new even though it is well over a year old.

And the MK worked fine when I switched back.

That's one of the nice features of the 2100/2200 as compared with most of the bigger Epsons: You dan't waste many $$$ in ink whenever you swap blacks.

[Gordon Buck]

Another vote for the ziplock bag but not shaken, not stirred.