Tony LaFemina <remacs at optonline.net> wrote: << ...I don't know why anyone would be concerned about when the printer runs out of ink. The worst that could happen is a few sheets of paper have to be thrown out if the ink is used up before a run is completed... >>
If you are printing a color photo, especially a big one, the cost of the wasted premium glossy photo paper, and the loss of your time in changing the cartridge in the middle of printing and resetting up the print, are not negligible. It is better to know when the printer is about to run out of either the black or the color cartridge. <<... if what you say is true, then their system for determining fluid levels is probably based on time rather than actually measuring fluid levels...>> Epson has a good printer utility that shows the level of ink in each cartridge. <<... My condolences to anyone who owns an Epson.>> I like my Epson Stylus Photo 820. Allan Atherton | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
