New user/new printer information:

Summary

This page provides links to all the information needed to install a new ink set in a printer, and begin printing. Please understand that when using any Piezography K6, K7 or PiezoTone ink set in your printer, special software or profiles are also needed to properly use the ink.

Listed below are all possible configurations of printer models, ink sets, and currently available printing software. Here is a link to resources for help with discontinued printing software for PiezoTone inks. A description of the column headings is shown in this section.

Printer models	Installing new ink cartridges. Includes flushing instructions	Installing a PiezoFlow (CIS) unit. Includes troubleshooting information.	Location in printer of prefilled cartridges. Location of ink shades within PiezoFlow or Niagara system	Printing software information (click on the appropriate link, if more than one is available)
Epson Stylus Color 860, 1160 or 1200	Epson Stylus Color 860, 1160 or 1200	PiezoFlow instructions	1. Epson Stylus Color 860 and 1160 with PiezoTone inks 2. Epson Stylus Photo 1200 with PiezoTone inks	Piezography BW ICC and iQuads User’s Guide (PiezoTone inks)
Epson Stylus Photo 1270, 1280, 1290 or 2000P	Epson Stylus Photo 1270, 1280, 1290 or 2000P	PiezoFlow instructions	1. Epson Stylus Photo 1200, 1270, 1280, 1290, 2000P, with PiezoTone inks 2. Epson Stylus Photo 1280 and 1290, with Piezography K6 inks	1. Piezography BW ICC and iQuads User’s Guide (PiezoTone inks) 2. QuadToneRIP Getting Started Guide (1280 and 1290 ONLY, with K6 inks)
Epson Stylus Photo R200, R220, R300, R300M, R320	Epson Stylus Photo R200, R220, R300, R300M, R320, and Epson 1400	Refer to instructions supplied with CIS system for installing the inks. Use the links to the right for specific information on loading each shade of ink in your CIS system.	Piezography K6 inks in these printers	QuadToneRIP Getting Started Guide
Epson Stylus Photo 1400	Epson Stylus Photo R200, R220, R300, R300M, R320, and Epson 1400	Refer to instructions supplied with CIS system for installing the inks. Use the links to the right for specific information on loading each shade of ink in your CIS system.	Piezography K6 inks in these printers	QuadToneRIP Getting Started Guide
Epson Stylus Photo 1900	Not Available	Refer to instructions supplied with CIS system for installing the inks. Use the links to the right for specific information on loading each shade of ink in your CIS system.	Piezography K7 inks in these printers	QuadToneRIP Getting Started Guide
Epson Stylus Photo 2100, 2200, R1800, R800, R2400, 2880	Epson Stylus Photo 2100, 2200, R1800, R800, R2400	Refer to instructions supplied with CIS system for installing the inks. Use the links to the right for specific information on loading each shade of ink in your CIS system.	1. Epson Stylus Photo 2100 and 2200, with Piezography K7 inks 2. Epson Stylus Photo R800 and R1800, with Piezography K7 inks 3. Epson Stylus Photo R2400, R2880, 3800 with Piezography K7 inks	QuadToneRIP Getting Started Guide (K7 inks)
Epson Stylus Photo 2880	Epson Stylus Pro 2880	Refer to instructions supplied with CIS or Refill carts system for installing the inks. Use the links to the right for specific information on loading each shade of ink in your CIS or Refill carts system.	1. Epson Stylus Pro 2880 with Piezography K7 inks	QuadToneRIP Getting Started Guide (K7 inks)
Epson Stylus Color 3000	Epson Stylus Color 3000	N/A	Epson Stylus Color 3000, with PiezoTone inks	Piezography BW ICC and iQuads User’s Guide (PiezoTone inks)
Epson Stylus Pro 3800	Epson Stylus Pro 3800	Refer to instructions supplied with CIS or Refill carts system for installing the inks. Use the links to the right for specific information on loading each shade of ink in your CIS or Refill carts system.	1. Epson Stylus Pro 3800 with Piezography K7 inks	QuadToneRIP Getting Started Guide (K7 inks)
Epson Stylus Pro 4000	Epson Stylus Pro 4000	N/A	1. Epson Stylus Pro 4000, with PiezoTone inks 2. Epson Stylus Pro 4000, with Piezography K7 inks 3. Epson Stylus Pro 4000, split-toned with Warm PiezoTone and K7 inks 4. Epson Stylus Pro 4000, split-toned with Cool PiezoTone and K7 inks	1. QuadToneRIP Getting Started Guide (K7 inks) 2. Studioprint RIP (PiezoTone or K7 inks). Software support provided by Ergosoft
Epson Stylus Pro 4800, 4880	Epson Stylus Pro 4800	N/A	Epson Stylus Pro 4800, 4880 with K7 inks (PiezoTone inks are not available for the 4800 or 4880)	1. QuadToneRIP Getting Started Guide (K7 inks) 2. Studioprint RIP (K7 inks). Software support provided by Ergosoft
Epson Stylus Pro 7000, 7500, 9000, 9500	Epson Stylus Pro 7000, 7500, 9000 or 9500	N/A	1. Epson Stylus Pro 7000, 9000, 7500 and 9500, with PiezoTone inks and Studioprint RIP 2. Epson Stylus Pro 7000, 9000, 7500 and 9500, with K6 inks 3. Epson Stylus Pro 7000, 9000, 7500 and 9500, with PiezoTone inks and Piezography BW ICC or iQuads 4. Epson Stylus Pro 7000, 9000, 7500 and 9500, with PiezoTone inks and Piezography BW Pro 24 or Imageprint RIP	1. QuadToneRIP Getting Started Guide (K6 inks) 2. Studioprint RIP (PiezoTone or K6 inks). Software support provided by Ergosoft 3. Piezography BW ICC and iQuads users guide.
Epson Stylus Pro 7600, 9600	Epson Stylus Pro 7600 or 9600	N/A	1. Epson Stylus Pro 7600 and 9600, with Piezography K7 inks 2. Epson Stylus Pro 7600 and 9600, with PiezoTone inks 3. Epson Stylus Pro 7600 and 9600, split-toned with Warm PiezoTone and K7 inks 4. Epson Stylus Pro 7600 and 9600, split-toned with Cool PiezoTone and K7 inks	1. QuadToneRIP Getting Started Guide (K7 inks) 2. Studioprint RIP (PiezoTone or K7 inks). Software support provided by Ergosoft
Epson Stylus Pro 7800, 7880, 9800, 9880	Epson Stylus Pro 7800, 7880, 9800 and 9880	N/A	Piezography K7 ink cartridges	1. QuadToneRIP Getting Started Guide (K7 inks) 2. Studioprint RIP (PiezoTone or K7 inks). Software support provided by Ergosoft
Epson Stylus Pro 10000	Epson Stylus Pro 10000		Piezography K6 ink cartridges	Studioprint RIP (PiezoTone or K7 inks). Software support provided by Ergosoft

Discontinued printing software for PiezoTone inks:

The following printing software products are no longer sold, and live tech support is not longer available for these products through Inkjetmall. PiezoTone inks for most of the printers are still available for purchase.

Piezography BW plug-in and Piezography BW Pro24 software. The original tech support pages for these products are found here.

Imageprint RIP. Support is provided by the manufacturer of the software, Colorbyte.

Description of the different column headings:

Printer Model. Many of the printers fit into a group of printers that are similar in some way. The information to the right of each printer list gives information that applies to all of the printers, unless specified differently.

Ink change instructions. These instructions include the following information:

Testing your printer before installing a new ink set,

Removing your old cartridges, without damaging the chip, if that applies to your situation,

Flushing the old ink from your printer, and

Installing the new PiezoTone or Piezography K6 or K7 ink set in your printer.

Installing a PiezoFlow Continuous Inking System. This page includes information on:

            Preparing and testing your printer for the installation

            Testing the PiezoFlow for leaks

            Filling the PiezoFlow unit with ink

            Installing the PiezoFlow in the printer.

            Replacing just one or two cartridges in a PiezoFlow system you already have.

            Also, this document give tips on ensuring that the PiezoFlow works well for a long period of time, and how to fix problems with it (air in the tubes, print head runs over the tubes, etc).

Location in printer of prefilled cartridges, or shades of ink within a PiezoFlow or other CIS. Most of the printing software for these inks requires each ink shade to be in a particular slot in the printer. In most cases, this is automatic, because prefilled cartridges contain the correct ink shade, and each cartridge only fits into one slot in the printer. However, when working with a CIS or Universal Cartridge (used with only specific models), it is vital to load each shade of ink into the correct printer color slot.

Printing software information: Unlike color Epson inks, our ink sets require the use of special software or ICC profiles in order to lay down the ink in the correct way to provide the right ink densities in a print. Some printers have more than one solution available for a particular ink set; other printers have only one specific solution per ink set. That information is detailed below.

Epson Stylus Color 860, 1160 and 3000, with PiezoTone inks.

Printer “color” position	PiezoTone Shade used with Piezography BW ICC, or with iQuads ICC profiles	PiezoTone Shade used with the Piezography BW plug-in system
Black	Black	Black
Cyan	Dark Gray	Dark Gray
Magenta	Medium Gray	Medium Gray
Yellow	Light Gray	Light Gray

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Epson Stylus Photo 1200, 1270, 1280, 1290, 2000P, with PiezoTone inks.

Printer “color” position	PiezoTone Shade used with Piezography BW ICC, or with iQuads ICC profiles	PiezoTone Shade used with the Piezography BW plug-in system
Black	Black	Black
Cyan	Dark Gray	Dark Gray
Magenta	Medium Gray	Medium Gray
Yellow	Light Gray	Light Gray
Light Cyan	Medium Gray	Dark Gray
Light Magenta	Light Gray	Medium Gray

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Piezography K6 inks on the following desktop printers:

Epson Stylus Photo 1280, 1290, R200, R220, R300, R300M, R320, and Epson 1400

“Color” position in printer cartridge	Piezography K6 Ink Shade Number Used in This Channel
Black	Shade #1
Cyan	Shade #2
Light Cyan	Shade #3
Magenta	Shade #4
Light Magenta	Shade #5
Yellow	Shade #6

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Epson Stylus Photo 2100 and 2200, with Piezography K7 inks.

Color Ink Cartridge Slot on the Printer	Piezography K7 Ink Shade Number Used in This Slot
Black	#1
Light Black	#2
Cyan	#3
Light Cyan	#4
Magenta	#5
Light Magenta	#6
Yellow	#7

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Epson Stylus Photo R800 and R1800, with Piezography K7 inks. These are eight color printers that use the seven K7 shades, plus a PiezoFlush cartridge in the eighth cartridge slot.

Color Ink Cartridge Slot on the Printer	Piezography K7 Ink Shade Number Used in This Slot
Yellow	#7
Magenta	#6
Cyan	#5
Matte Black	#2
Photo Black	#1
Red	#3
Blue	#4
Gloss Optimizer (GO)	PiezoFlush

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Epson Stylus Photo R1900, with Piezography K7 inks. These are eight color printers that use the seven K7 shades, plus a PiezoFlush cartridge in the eighth cartridge slot.

Color Ink Cartridge Slot on the Printer	Piezography K7 Ink Shade Number Used in This Slot
Yellow	#7
Magenta	#6
Cyan	#5
Matte Black	#2
Photo Black	#1
Red	#3
Orange	#4
Gloss Optimizer (GO)	PiezoFlush

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Epson Stylus Photo R2400, R2880, Pro 3800 with Piezography K7 inks, using QTR. This eight color printer uses the seven K7 shades. A PiezoFlush cartridge is used in the Light Light Black position and is not used for printing.

Color position in printer	Piezography K7 Ink Shade Number Used in This Slot
Black	K7 Shade #1
Cyan	K7 Shade #2
Magenta	K7 Shade #4
Yellow	K7 Shade #7
Light Cyan	K7 Shade #3
Light Magenta	K7 Shade #5
Light Black	K7 Shade #6
Light Light Black	Flush cartridge

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Epson Stylus Pro 4000, with Piezography K7 inks

Color position in printer	Piezography K7 cartridge that must be used in this slot
Matte Black	K7 Shade #1
Cyan	K7 Shade #2
Magenta	K7 Shade #4
Yellow	K7 Shade #7
Photo Black	Photo Black position Flush Cartridge
Light Cyan	K7 Shade #3
Light Magenta	K7 Shade #5
Light Black	K7 Shade #6

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Epson Stylus Pro 4000, with PiezoTone inks

Color position in printer	PiezoTone cartridge that must be used in this slot
Matte Black	Museum Black
Cyan	Dark Gray Warm Neutral or Carbon Sepia
Magenta	Medium Gray Warm Neutral or Carbon Sepia
Yellow	Light Gray Selenium Tone or Cool Neutral
Photo Black	Portfolio Black
Light Cyan	Dark Gray Selenium Tone or Cool Neutral
Light Magenta	Medium Gray Selenium Tone or Cool Neutral
Light Black	Light Gray Warm Neutral or Carbon Sepia

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Epson 4000, split toned with Warm PiezoTone and K7 inks

Color position in printer	Ink cartridge in this slot
Matte Black	K7 Shade #1
Cyan	Dark Gray Warm Neutral or Carbon Sepia
Magenta	Medium Gray Warm Neutral or Carbon Sepia
Yellow	K7 Shade #7
Photo Black	Portfolio Black
Light Cyan	K7 Shade #3
Light Magenta	K7 Shade #5
Light Black	Light Gray Warm Neutral or Carbon Sepia

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Epson 4000, split toned with Cool PiezoTone and K7 inks

Color position in printer	Piezography K7 cartridge that must be used in this slot
Matte Black	K7 Shade #1
Cyan	K7 Shade #2
Magenta	K7 Shade #4
Yellow	Light Gray Selenium Tone or Cool Neutral
Photo Black	Portfolio Black
Light Cyan	Dark Gray Selenium Tone or Cool Neutral
Light Magenta	Medium Gray Selenium Tone or Cool Neutral
Light Black	K7 Shade #6

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Epson Stylus Pro 4800, 4880 with K7 inks (there are no PiezoTone inks for this printer)

Color position in printer	Piezography K7 cartridge that must be used in this slot
Black	K7 Shade #1
Cyan	K7 Shade #2
Magenta	K7 Shade #4
Yellow	K7 Shade #7
Light Cyan	K7 Shade #3
Light Magenta	K7 Shade #5
Light Black	K7 Shade #6
Light Light Black	Flush cartridge

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Epson Stylus Pro 7000, 7500, 9000 and 9500, using Piezography K6 inks, running QuadToneRIP or Studioprint RIP. The K6 cartridges are “keyed,” meaning each one will only fit into one slot.

Printer Color Slot:	Piezography K6 cartridge:
Black	Shade #1
Cyan	Shade #2
Magenta	Shade #5
Yellow	Shade #4
Light Cyan	Shade #3
Light Magenta	Shade #6

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Epson Stylus Pro 7000, 7500, 9000 and 9500, using PiezoTone  inks and BW ICC profiles or iQuads. All PiezoTone inks must be the same tone.

Printer Color Slot:	Cartridge:
Black	Museum or Portfolio Black
Cyan	Dark Gray
Magenta	Medium Gray
Yellow	Light Gray
Light Cyan	Medium Gray
Light Magenta	Light Gray

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Epson Stylus Pro 7000, 7500, 9000 and 9500, using a PiezoTone  inks and Studioprint RIP. The selection and placement of cartridges when using Studioprint is completely up to the user’s desired print environment. As a general rule, a person will select one black cartridge, two medium gray cartridges, and then either one dark and two light gray, or one light gray and two dark gray cartridges. In addition, the use of Studioprint allows the user to mix two different tones, to enable “split-tone” printing. Split toning generally means a blend of cool and warm inks- not two different warm or two different cool inks.The table below shows commonly used ink set combinations for split toning. The designations “Tone 1” and “Tone 2” refer to two distinct tones. Usually this means one cool tone and one warm tone.

Printer Color Slot (Remember that Studioprint allows the user to install the cartridges in any slot desired. Shown below is a common configuration):	Cartridges used when printing with a single PiezoTone ink tone	Cartridges used split-toned configuration, allowing highlight printing in two tones	Cartridges used split-toned configuration, allowing shadow printing in two tones
Black	Museum or Portfolio Black	Black	Black
Cyan	Dark Gray, Tone 1	Dark Gray, Tone 1	Dark Gray, Tone 1
Magenta	Medium Gray, Tone 1	Medium Gray, Tone 1	Medium Gray, Tone 1
Yellow	Light Gray, Tone 1	Light Gray, Tone 1	Light Gray, Tone 1
Light Cyan	Dark Gray, Tone 1	Medium Gray, Tone 2	Dark Gray, Tone 2
Light Magenta	Medium Gray, Tone 1	Light Gray, Tone 2	Medium Gray, Tone 2

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Epson Stylus Pro 7000, 7500, 9000 and 9500. PiezoTone ink cartridges needed when printing with PiezographyBW Pro, or Imageprint Software. All PiezoTone inks must be the same tone.

Printer Color Slot:	Cartridge:
Black	Museum or Portfolio Black
Cyan	Dark Gray
Magenta	Medium Gray
Yellow	Light Gray
Light Cyan	Dark Gray
Light Magenta	Medium Gray

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Epson Stylus Pro 7600 and 9600, with Piezography K7 inks

Color position in printer	Piezography K7 cartridge that must be used in this slot
Black	K7 Shade #1
Cyan	K7 Shade #2
Magenta	K7 Shade #4
Yellow	K7 Shade #7
Light Cyan	K7 Shade #3
Light Magenta	K7 Shade #5
Light Black	K7 Shade #6

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Epson Stylus Pro 7600 and 9600, with PiezoTone inks

Color position in printer	PiezoTone cartridge that must be used in this slot
Black	Portfolio or Museum Black
Cyan	Dark Gray Warm Neutral or Carbon Sepia
Magenta	Medium Gray Warm Neutral or Carbon Sepia
Yellow	Light Gray Selenium Tone or Cool Neutral
Light Cyan	Dark Gray Selenium Tone or Cool Neutral
Light Magenta	Medium Gray Selenium Tone or Cool Neutral
Light Black	Light Gray Warm Neutral or Carbon Sepia

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Epson Stylus Pro 7600 and 9600, split-toned with Warm PiezoTone and K7 inks

Color position in printer	Ink cartridge in this slot
Black	K7 Shade #1, or Museum Black or Portfolio Black
Cyan	Dark Gray Warm Neutral or Carbon Sepia
Magenta	Medium Gray Warm Neutral or Carbon Sepia
Yellow	K7 Shade #7
Light Cyan	K7 Shade #3
Light Magenta	K7 Shade #5
Light Black	Light Gray Warm Neutral or Carbon Sepia

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Epson Stylus Pro 7600 and 9600, split-toned with Cool PiezoTone and K7 inks

Color position in printer	Piezography K7 cartridge that must be used in this slot
Black	K7 Shade #1, or Museum Black or Portfolio Black
Cyan	K7 Shade #2
Magenta	K7 Shade #4
Yellow	Light Gray Selenium Tone or Cool Neutral
Light Cyan	Dark Gray Selenium Tone or Cool Neutral
Light Magenta	Medium Gray Selenium Tone or Cool Neutral
Light Black	K7 Shade #6

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Epson Stylus Pro 7800, 7880, 9800 and 9880, with Piezography K7 inks

Color ink cartridge position in printer, from left to right	Piezography cartridge that fits in this slot
Light Light Black	Piezography PiezoFlush Cartridge
Light Magenta	Piezography K7 Shade #5
Light Cyan	Piezography K7 Shade #3
Light Black	Piezography K7 Shade #6
Black	Piezography K7 Shade #1
Cyan	Piezography K7 Shade #2
Magenta	Piezography K7 Shade #4
Yellow	Piezography K7 Shade #7

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Epson Stylus Pro 10000, with Piezography K6 inks

Color slot listed on the printer	Piezography K6 ink shade in this slot
Black	1
Cyan	2
Light Cyan	3
Yellow	4
Magenta	5
Light Magenta	6

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