From: Wayne Bowdish (wbowdish@mountaincable.net)
Date: 07/10/03-07:47:13 PM Z
Having just emptied 3 cartridges on an Epson 960 I decided to open one up
and see how much ink is really left.
Using a 10 ml graduated cylinder I managed to get 3.8 ml of ink out of the
cartridge. Looking at the amount on my hands & work surface I'd say there
was actually a generous 4 ml of ink left in the cartridge. I didn't measure
the capacity of the cartridge but would guess its about 10 ml. Maybe someone
from Epson could verify that.
So yes you can't use all the ink in the cartridge. On the other hand Epson
specifies the number of pages per cartridge (440 pages graphic (5%
coverage)¹ ) not how much ink is in the cartridge.
Now for my more immediate problem. Does anybody know how I can get the ink
off my hands?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Huib Smeets" <hsmeets@plex.nl>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 1:35 PM
Subject: RE: Epson: cheating us??
> Hi,
>
> This morning there was a radioshow (Radio-2) and a Epson spokesman was
> interviewed about this.
>
> He claimed the following:
>
> Epson uses a piezo system to spray ink on the paper, this is different
> to the common thermal (or buble) print heads. The printhead always stays
> in the printer, only the container with ink is replaced opposed to other
> printers where head and container are replaced. Due to the fact that the
> head stays in and to avoid damage to the head while printing with no
> ink: Epson, he said, choose to add a reserve volume so that the head
> never runs dry (and gets damaged). According the spokesman the customer
> does not pay for this ink (as he cannot use it because of the chip).
>
> Secondly he said that epson garantueed a minimal number of pages to be
> printed with a cartridge (should be on the box).
>
> The spokesman said that Epson requested details of the test procedure
> but did not receive them.
>
> We'll see how this develops....
>
> Huib.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: henk thijs [mailto:henk.thijs@hetnet.nl]
> Verzonden: woensdag 9 juli 2003 18:19
> Aan: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> Onderwerp: Epson: cheating us??
>
>
> Dear List,
> This week the dutch consumers' organization 'CONSUMENTENBOND' gives
> an advice to all her customers not to buy Epson printers anymore;
> they detected a chip used by Epson which indicates that the
> cartridges were to be replaced but the cartridges were not empty at
> all!! It seems to be that this chip will force the user to replace
> non-empty cartridges. It sounds unbelievable, but before a consumers
> organization comes out with such an advice, one can be sure there is
> really something wrong!
> cheers,
> Henk
> --
> Henk Thijs
> member F68 photography : http://www.f68.nl
> webmaster : http://www.luca-antiek.nl
>
>
>
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