On Saturday, January 4, 2003, at 10:54 PM, Tony LaFemina wrote:
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> Nothing technical was stated to support Jerry's claims, and
> electrostatic charges aren't going to cut it.
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I think I see the difficulty here. So that we are clear on this, I will
start with a paraphrasing of the original question again:
Q: Why does Epson recommend not taking out half used cartridges?
A: There are TWO (not ONE, but TWO) reasons. Earlier I had listed both
reasons in one paragraph, but I will break them into smaller chunks.
1) The first is the way the cartridges work in Epson printers.
Cartridges that are inserted must be electrostatically charged so that
the ink flows out. This charging must be done each time a cartridge is
inserted and doing it repeatedly wastes ink. (This is a standard
approach for many ink-jet printers. Other printers use techniques
similar to the dye-sublimation type of technology where the ink is
forced out of the cartridge by heating. Both methods have benefits.
2) EARLY versions of OS-X printer drivers were not completed when they
were first released. This was true for all of them, including Apple's.
The drivers in ink jet printers did not correctly report remaining ink
levels if a cartridge was removed and reinserted.
Thus Epson told their customers not to yank the cartridges out until
they were empty.
Dig mon?
Jerry
> If I'm still allowed to be a part of the list, I'll try my best to
> keep responses down to one e-mail, but I can't make any guarantees.
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No reason you wouldn't be??????
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