Should you let an ink cartridge run low as possible before changing?
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From: OM on 10 Apr 2005 17:22 Should you let an ink cartridge run low as possible before changing? For example, I have an Epson CX5200. I'll get an error message saying one of the inks is low. I normally run for several days (not a haveay user) until it refuses to work without having a new cartirdge installed. Only then do I change. Is this the right thing to do? Should I panic and change a cartridge as soon as a I get an error? Thanks. OM
From: Ivor Floppy on 10 Apr 2005 17:33 "OM" <om.newsgroup(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1113168142.642755.282140(a)z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > Should you let an ink cartridge run low as possible before changing? > > For example, I have an Epson CX5200. > I'll get an error message saying one of the inks is low. > I normally run for several days (not a haveay user) until it refuses to > work without having a new cartirdge installed. > Only then do I change. > > Is this the right thing to do? > Should I panic and change a cartridge as soon as a I get an error? > > Thanks. > Why bother changing it if its not empty? The warnings are just there to remind you to get some new inks ready for when it does run out. That said, if you have one ink that has run out and others at about 5%, its worth changing the 5% ones at the same time as the empty one as the ink purge of the new inks will probably make the 5% ones empty during the process :)
From: Douglas on 10 Apr 2005 18:03 As long as you do not push it to far! The ink is used as a coolant for the printheads.It is also easier in some cases to refill at a point before all ink is used,if you refill!Many cartriges will say they are empty when you have 10% or more of the ink left.It sounds like you are doing it as I would! "OM" <om.newsgroup(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1113168142.642755.282140(a)z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > Should you let an ink cartridge run low as possible before changing? > > For example, I have an Epson CX5200. > I'll get an error message saying one of the inks is low. > I normally run for several days (not a haveay user) until it refuses to > work without having a new cartirdge installed. > Only then do I change. > > Is this the right thing to do? > Should I panic and change a cartridge as soon as a I get an error? > > Thanks. > > > OM >
From: Derek Baker on 10 Apr 2005 18:06 "OM" <om.newsgroup(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1113168142.642755.282140(a)z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > Should you let an ink cartridge run low as possible before changing? > > For example, I have an Epson CX5200. > I'll get an error message saying one of the inks is low. > I normally run for several days (not a haveay user) until it refuses to > work without having a new cartirdge installed. > Only then do I change. > > Is this the right thing to do? > Should I panic and change a cartridge as soon as a I get an error? > > Thanks. > > > OM > It's what I do with my S630. -- Derek
From: Yianni on 11 Apr 2005 18:19
> Why bother changing it if its not empty? The warnings are just there to > remind you to get some new inks ready for when it does run out. Except in one case. After one ink goes low, the Epson printers don't do cleaning cycles. It's recommended not to leave it on the printer more than three weeks (or 2-3 days when you use durabrite ink -not your case-). -- Yianni in(a)mailbox9.gr (ýýýýýýýýý ýýý ýýýýýý ýýýýý ýýý ýý email) -- "Ivor Floppy" <Ivor(a)somewhere.uk> wrote in message news:5Zg6e.19486$kr.1925(a)newsfe1-gui.ntli.net... > > > "OM" <om.newsgroup(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:1113168142.642755.282140(a)z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > > Should you let an ink cartridge run low as possible before changing? > > > > For example, I have an Epson CX5200. > > I'll get an error message saying one of the inks is low. > > I normally run for several days (not a haveay user) until it refuses to > > work without having a new cartirdge installed. > > Only then do I change. > > > > Is this the right thing to do? > > Should I panic and change a cartridge as soon as a I get an error? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Why bother changing it if its not empty? The warnings are just there to > remind you to get some new inks ready for when it does run out. > > That said, if you have one ink that has run out and others at about 5%, its > worth changing the 5% ones at the same time as the empty one as the ink > purge of the new inks will probably make the 5% ones empty during the > process :) > > |