RE: Saving ink

[Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com>]

On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Don Bryant wrote:

> Yves,
> >
> Maintain a constant RH of about 50% if possible. Turn your printer on once a
> week and print a nozzle check on cheap copy paper. Place a drop or two of
> Windex on the parking pad every couple of weeks.
Don, Yves... I think a variables test is called for here, tho I don't know 
the more advanced printers, I bet it's still the same... I pay $5 a 
cartridge plus or minus shipping from Xtra cartridges .com... don't know 
if the chipping of new printer cartridges prevents that, but I understand 
there are ways.... My tests as far as I could tell with simulated passage 
of time (extended exposure to sunlight & UV light, though not oven & other 
aging tests) showed the 3rd party as archival as the original (at 1/5th 
the cost).

J.