My OCP K3 inks have finally arrived.

[jtoolman]

Rjettek ( USA ) finally recieved their quarterly shipment from OCP by ocean ship. So I now have my K3 / 16oz each ink set.
Since both the 3800s are pretty much on full sets of carts, I will likely just fill up a set of empty refillables for the R2400, run a few Color munki profiles and and run a few tests, results which I will be sharing here. I am currently running OEM carts on that printer at the moment so it will provide a good comparizon between the two inks.

Hopefully Rjettek did not just order my pints and no more as it took about three months to arrive.

 

[rodbam]

This will be very interesting to see what results you get.

 

[jtoolman]

After lining up the bottles, Y LM M LC C PK MK and two blacks, only one of which was labeled as Light Black, and the other just as Black. I had to refer to the OEM cart #s each bottle was linked to. So I figured out that the second bottle that was just labeled black but whose OEM cart reference # matched the Epson Light Light black cart # was actually correct. I checked PK LK and LLK by swabing each with a cotton swab on a sheet of paper and the they seemed correct. PK was deep black LK was lighter and LLK was even lighter.

So I marked the bottle tops with corresponding correct ID.
Now I have to fill up some R2400 carts and run the test.

But not in the next week or so because our daughter has given us a fantastic Brand New, Top of the line latest model,,,,,, Grandson!!!!!
He will be a great subject to test these ink with.

 

[Tudor]

our daughter has given us a fantastic Brand New, Top of the line latest model,,,,,, Grandson!!!!!.

Congrats, jtoolman! May his hands be clean and his printers clog free!

 

[rodbam]

Yes congratulations mate...................I mean on getting the inks sorted
Really well done & congratulations on your brand new Grandson, great news.

 

[The Hat]

jtoolman wrote:

our daughter has given us a fantastic Brand New, Top of the line latest model,,,,,, Grandson!!!!!.

Congratulations from me also on the new arrival and the great thing is youll never miss a night sleep..

 

[jtoolman]

Thanks guys! Life is about to change!
As of the inks, it is positively amazing that for an average of about $15 - $17 dollars each, one could get a full pint of OCP K3 ink. Hopefully they will live up to it.

 

[pharmacist]

Hi jtoolman,

I have been testing this ink in my Epson Pro 3800 and there is some issue with the magenta, which causes the overall gamut to be reduced significantly. I am now in contact with Octopus-office.de how to solve this.

 

[jtoolman]

I'll have to check on my R2400 and see how they work out. I can't test on the 3800s yet.

 

[Tin Ho]

Hi jtoolman,

I have been testing this ink in my Epson Pro 3800 and there is some issue with the magenta, which causes the overall gamut to be reduced significantly. I am now in contact with Octopus-office.de how to solve this.

One thing suspicious to look into is in the cartridge. I once tried to refill a R300 with pigment inks from a unknown source. The yellow was lighter than should have been. The print head wasn't clogged. It was the cartridge that did not flow ink well. It's a clogging in the cartridge and the cartridge was OEM.