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Epson's 'Empty' Professional-Grade Cartridges Can Have 20 Per Cent of Their Ink Remaining
sandbagger writes: Printer ink is expensive, so it's important that when a printer tells you a cartridge is running dry, the cartridge is actually running dry. Unfortunately, that's not always the case. The folks over at Bellevue Fine Art in Seattle recently decided to find out exactly how much ink their high-end Epson 9900 printer wastes. A professional grade 700ml cartridge will have 120-150ml remaining when "empty," and a 350ml cartidge will have 60-80ml remaining when "empty." For this studio, the difference amounts to hundreds of dollars worth of ink every month.
I'd write something witty but I ra
CLI paste? paste.pr0.tips!
I reported you to HP.
HP has a solution for that -- the next update of the printer driver will apply simulated color-streaks at the image-rendering stage. Thus the out-of-ink indicator discrepancy will go away.
I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.
The manufacturer assures you that putting any new ink into one of their cartridges is likely to kill you, your children, your parents, probably a few of your neighbours, every single puppy in town, and your printer.
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!
"Anyone got a source for 'safe' black & color inks?"
Safe generic ink is a pigment of the imagination.