I really don't know where this would be strictly on topic.
Are todays printer manufacturers as bad as ever at forcing you to throw
away half full ink cartidges?
JimL
I really don't know where this would be strictly on topic.
Are todays printer manufacturers as bad as ever at forcing you to throw
away half full ink cartidges?
JimL
My Epson Stylus Photo R260 uses six individual cartridges which seems to
help. My last Espon Stylus Photo had a black and a color cartridge so
I'm sure some color ink was wasted.
Funny thing about those six individual cartridges. I can buy the
standard cartridge or go to Espon's web page and buy the "high capacity"
cartridges for about 40% to 50% more $ and get about 50% more capacity
than the standard cartridges (Epson says). The "high capacity" isn't any
bigger a cartridge so it appears the standard cartridge isn't filled up
all the way?
What the heck, the six cartridges cost more than the printer. But it
makes a great photo print!
I really don't know where this would be strictly on topic.
Are todays printer manufacturers as bad as ever at forcing you to throw
away half full ink cartidges?
JimL
Claymore said:Hi folks,
You should all read this:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132969/article.html
It reinforces the OP's question.
Claymore said:
Hi folks,
You should all read this:
It reinforces the OP's question.
Claymore <[email protected]> said:
Perhaps I might tell what prompted my post. I've been using an HP Deskjet
930C for some time. For about a year I've been able to refill cartridges
for it using semi-bulk ink. I've followed a procedure that is supposed to
reset something in the older printers - and it has been working until
recently. It may be that the foil contacts just wore out, being intended
as junk in the first place.
Anyway I've been wondering about getting a new printer, but there isn't
much point if they are as bad with ink as they have been in the past.
JimL
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Claymore <[email protected]> said:
Perhaps I might tell what prompted my post. I've been using an HP Deskjet
930C for some time. For about a year I've been able to refill cartridges
for it using semi-bulk ink. I've followed a procedure that is supposed to
reset something in the older printers - and it has been working until
recently. It may be that the foil contacts just wore out, being intended
as junk in the first place.
Anyway I've been wondering about getting a new printer, but there isn't
much point if they are as bad with ink as they have been in the past.
JimL
JD said:If you're happy with your current printer, why not buy a new cartridge
and continue to refill it until you wear out the contacts again?
you refer to yourself as an old fart on SS, what have you bought lately
that wasn't intended to wear out quickly?
Did you look at the article Claymore referenced? It said, models made by
Epson and one HP inkjet, were shown to have efficiency levels of around
80 percent. You may already have one of the more efficient
Already on the way. I'll be a sad ombre if the problem is in the printer
and not the carts.
You're so right. I grew up in a time when people actually fixed things
instead of throwing them away. Of course back then things were fixable -
screwed together instead of glued together, etc. The American auto
industry just about doomed itself putting planned obsolescence into cars,
triggering the move to foreign cars. But apparently the practice still
works on smaller ticket items. Everything's disposable now.
I didn't find Epson inkjets much to my liking. I had two - one a warranty
replacement just as junky as the first. They both dried out cartridges
almost overnight. I've never had that problem with HP DeskJet. Actually
I didn't find them to be nearly as good on ink as the article suggested
either. I had a couple Canon Bubblejets I liked, but newer models didn't
cut it for me.
One thing about the "better" HP reference. I've found the 930C carts to
last as long as any or longer. My original question was about the
industry in general.
JimL
Claymore said:snip
Of course, you realize that the study was commissioned by Epson.
Not sayin' - just sayin'.
Claymore wrote:
Already on the way. I'll be a sad ombre if the problem is in the printer
and not the carts.
You're so right. I grew up in a time when people actually fixed things
instead of throwing them away. Of course back then things were fixable -
screwed together instead of glued together, etc. The American auto
industry just about doomed itself putting planned obsolescence into cars,
triggering the move to foreign cars. But apparently the practice still
works on smaller ticket items. Everything's disposable now.
I didn't find Epson inkjets much to my liking. I had two - one a warranty
replacement just as junky as the first. They both dried out cartridges
almost overnight. I've never had that problem with HP DeskJet. Actually
I didn't find them to be nearly as good on ink as the article suggested
either. I had a couple Canon Bubblejets I liked, but newer models didn't
cut it for me.
I hope the solution is that simple. One thing we forgot to discuss was
the cost of the cartridge and the age of the printer. If the printer is
really old then it might be time to replace the printer. Do post back if
the new cartridge fixed the problem, OK?
Well, well. The new cartridges didn't work on the old desktop with an old
OS (I had been running the printer through a network). Following a hunch
I hooked up the printer via USB dierctly to my ThinkPad with XP - it
worked.
On another hunch I tried the old refilled carts on the XP hookup - no joy.
I've been messing around with computers since Tandy's Model 1 was a gleam
in someone's eye and still want to throw them out a 200 story window every
now and then.
JimL