Wasted Ink - Can you Prevent It?
After refilling a cartridge you should set it aside for a few minutes to make
sure it is not leaking or dripping. It also helps to let the internal pressure
equalize. If the cartridge has a print head elevate it on a block of wood or
a similar item so the print head is not touching anything.
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Use "Print Preview" to check the layout of your print-out before printing. If
you just click on the printer icon you won't get this option so you must click
"File" first and look for the "Print Preview" option.
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Wasted Ink - Can you Prevent It?
by Barry Shultz
Ever wonder why you are replacing color cartridges when you only print
in black? Ever wonder why you seem to replace cartridges more often
when you do more print head cleanings?
Printer manufacturers know one thing. They must sell you inkjet cartridges
to stay in business. They know they can't survive on profits from printer
sales alone so they are going to do everything in their power to make sure
you buy more inkjet cartridges and here are a few hidden ways that they
are sucking the ink out of your cartridges without you realizing it.
The term composite black is used when the printer mixes all the colors to
produce black print even if the printer is not using a black cartridge.
Canon used this process a lot with their earlier printers. But now you
have to look pretty hard to find a printer that doesn't have a black and at
least one color cartridge.
Those were the days that the manufacturer proudly emphasized their one
cartridge system which could produce all the colors and black. Today they
don't want to admit it but they still use this composite black system even
though it's not necessary. Even if your printer uses a black cartridge it will
still use some ink from your color cartridge to mix with the black.
Why do they do this? There are two answers, one from the manufacture
and one from me! The printer manufacturer will tell you that the added
color makes the black blacker and richer. That's true to a point but I believe
they just want to sell more ink.
If that were true then why don't they just make the black ink blacker to
begin with and leave my color cartridge for color printing? Ok, so now
they are putting TWO black cartridges in some printers. One is dye based
for printing photos and the other is pigmented for printing text. Guess
what? They are still using composite black, stealing my color ink!
Another problem. They know that sooner or later you will have to run a
head cleaning routine to get rid of lines on your printout. This is where they
really gouge you.
You can completely empty a cartridge by doing too many head cleanings.
Although it's not good to do too many head cleanings it may be necessary
if you have a particularly stubborn clog. Whenever you do a print head
cleaning the printer first sucks ink from all of the nozzles, then it cleans
the heads by wiping them across a series of rubber "knives". Then it does
it again, and again, and again each time sucking your cartridge dry.
Now you know what they do. So what can you do about it? There are actually two things that you can do. 1) Don't print anything. 2) Don't run
any head cleanings. You will save tons of ink by following these steps,
unfortunately you won't get anything done.
The cheapest alternative, especially if you do a lot of printing, is to refill
your own cartridges or use a continuous flow system like the ones we
just introduced here:
http://atlascopy.com/cfs/index.htm
Also, don't trust your ink monitors, they are designed to be very
conservative. Epson owners reset your chips. Lexmark owners tell your
printer that you are installing a new cartridge, but leave the old one in.
Canon ink monitors are more accurate because they use optical sensors
to look inside your cartridges. HP users rotate your 3 cartridges.
Other than that there's really nothing you can do about it. This stuff is hard
wired into the printers and there's no way to over-ride it.
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Till next time.
Happy printing
Barry Shultz
Atlascopy, Inc.
PO Box 1292
Dover, DE. 19903
http://atlascopy.com
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Barry Shultz is the author of Atlascopy News, and President of Atlascopy,
Inc. Atlascopy specializes in
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