Has anyone had any luck - or even been brave enough to try - those ink cartridge refill kits? Jan
On Monday, September 15, 2003, at 02:54 PM, Mike Watkins wrote: > Marta; > > There is still ink, and the Epson printer that I own (Stylus Photo > 890) will print for quite awhile with low cartridges. I take the flash > warning to mean that I should have a new cartridge ready when it > begins to flash red. However, if I go to Printer Center, then to > Configure, then to Epson Status Monitor, it will usually tell me that > I can print 77/100/ or whatever number of copies similar to the last > one printed. So I continue to use the low cartridge until it is truly > too low to print any more pages. I don't want to waste all that > still-usable ink! The red light often continues to flash for quite > some time before it actually quits. > > Hope this will save you some $$... ink's not cheap. > > Mike > > > On Monday, September 15, 2003, at 10:07 AM, Marta Edie wrote: > >> Hi, group, just a quick question: When in an Epson printer it signals >> by the red flashing light that you are low on either black or colored >> cartridge, do you have to replace the ones in question instantly or >> is there a grace period to give you time to print a few more pages? I >> have always changed the cartridges when it said "low". Do they ever >> say :"empty"? In the printer utility window it always still shows >> quite a bit of ink left. >> Marta >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
