Ericsson SP4900HDR User Manual

You can use either Matte Black or Photo Black for printing. Both cartridges 
are installed all the time, and the printer knows which cartridge to use 
depending on the Media Type selected in the printer driver. You may 
sometimes need to switch cartridges as described below when using 
non-Epson media.

The Photo Black cartridge is ideal for printing photographic images on all 
media types. It is optimized for traditional photographic and ink jet-coated 
papers, such as Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Luster and Epson Photo 
Paper Semi-gloss, etc.

The Matte Black cartridge is optimized for printing photographic images on 
matte or plain papers, such as Epson Ultra Premium Presentation Paper 
Matte and Epson Velvet Fine Art Paper.

Generally, you should switch black ink cartridges only if you plan to run a 
large number of print jobs in the new mode. Since it takes several minutes to 
switch and consumes some ink, you shouldn’t switch cartridges more often 
than necessary.

Follow these steps to manually switch from one cartridge to the other:

1. Press the 

 button.

2. Press d four times to select 

BLACK INK CHANGE

, then press r

.

3. Press 

OK

. The printer charges the printhead (this takes a few minutes) 

and you a switching ink progress bar on the LCD screen. 

When the change is complete, the LCD screen displays 

READY

 and the 

name of the current black cartridge.

Follow these steps to enable automatic switching from one cartridge to the 
other:

1. Press the 

Menu

 r button.

2. Press r at 

PRINTER SETUP

, then press d until 

CHANGE BLACK INK 

is selected.

3. Press r, press d to select 

AUTO

, then press 

OK

.