Can you use Epson's "vivid" light magenta instead of the regular 5806 light magenta in a Epson 3800 printer.Amazon doesn't have the 5806 ink cartridge just the vivid cartridge.I don't want to jack up my printer.
Can you use Epson's "vivid" light magenta instead of the regular 5806 light magenta in a Epson 3800 printer.Amazon doesn't have the 5806 ink cartridge just the vivid cartridge.I don't want to jack up my printer.
I think the answer is no, they have different chip programming.
It won't recognize it, and it might not even fit.
The cartridges are the same. Just switch the chips.
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Or get it from another supplier
Even if you can get a 3880 light magenta cartridge to "handshake" with a 3800 printer by putting in a 3800 chip, the printer and/or software will use a profile intended for the 3800 ink. I don't know under what circumstances or how much that would mess up your results, but the whole point of introducing the new magenta inks was that they are different, so I don't think it's safe to assume that there will be no perceptible effect.
Worked for me with refillable cartridges and epson chips...but I only make digital negatives.
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According to Breathing Color, the vivid light magenta and the vivid magenta are the only ones that CANNOT be switched as all the other ones are the same.
A couple of years back I bought a resetter in the auction site able to work with both, the maintenance tank and the cartridges. So refilling the cartridges with the vivid ink was not an issue. Of course, a new profile is recommended via linearization.
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