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My Epson Stylus Photo 830 is now a year old and so far it went through
3 color ink cartridges. This is a mystery because we never print
anything in color. The "black ink only" button under advance printer
preference is turned ON. Everytime it prints something, the indicator
for color ink would go down a bit and yet the paper has no color on
it. I have the 5.41 driver, I'm using Winxp.
 
Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?)

"Blenda" <blendastyle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:53b1bed4.0404110253.31fe4e71@posting.google.com...
> My Epson Stylus Photo 830 is now a year old and so far it went through
> 3 color ink cartridges. This is a mystery because we never print
> anything in color. The "black ink only" button under advance printer
> preference is turned ON. Everytime it prints something, the indicator
> for color ink would go down a bit and yet the paper has no color on
> it. I have the 5.41 driver, I'm using Winxp.

That's because when it cleans the printheads, it cleans both the black and
color - meaning ink from BOTH cartridges are used, whether you actually use
them in actual printing doesn't matter. If you don't print anything in
color, why not consider a laser printer?
 
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"Blenda" <blendastyle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:53b1bed4.0404110253.31fe4e71@posting.google.com...
> My Epson Stylus Photo 830 is now a year old and so far it went through
> 3 color ink cartridges. This is a mystery because we never print
> anything in color. The "black ink only" button under advance printer
> preference is turned ON. Everytime it prints something, the indicator
> for color ink would go down a bit and yet the paper has no color on
> it. I have the 5.41 driver, I'm using Winxp.

It doesn't matter how you try to conserve coloured inks - Epson have it
covered. They use the underprinting techniques to produce sharper blacks
(apart from flushing and priming the heads) this effectively prints a black
over another colour combination. And probably the worst ink hog has turned
out to be the 820/30 series.
Tony
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Well, if all you want is black and white, why not buy a laser printer? They
do print very good text.
Jim
"Blenda" <blendastyle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:53b1bed4.0404110253.31fe4e71@posting.google.com...
> My Epson Stylus Photo 830 is now a year old and so far it went through
> 3 color ink cartridges. This is a mystery because we never print
> anything in color. The "black ink only" button under advance printer
> preference is turned ON. Everytime it prints something, the indicator
> for color ink would go down a bit and yet the paper has no color on
> it. I have the 5.41 driver, I'm using Winxp.
 
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On 11 Apr 2004 03:53:19 -0700, blendastyle@yahoo.com (Blenda) wrote:

>My Epson Stylus Photo 830 is now a year old and so far it went through
>3 color ink cartridges. This is a mystery because we never print
>anything in color. The "black ink only" button under advance printer
>preference is turned ON. Everytime it prints something, the indicator
>for color ink would go down a bit and yet the paper has no color on
>it. I have the 5.41 driver, I'm using Winxp.


Ever time you turn on a Epson, it does do a cleaning cycle, but not every day
though, this will waste ink no matter what.

Do not think that you can save ink by leaving the printer on all the time as
this will cause the print head to clog up, as they are not in the capped
parked position.


I do suggest you get your self a cheap laser printer, as they do not waste ink
like this, plus you can do a draft mode with them..


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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. (George Carlin)
 
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I have had the same problem with my Epson Stylus Color 580.

After a while I realised the so-called intelligent ink gauge was fraudulent
and just went through a dummy run in the cartridge-changing feature . . .
this gave me a comparatively 250% ink increase per cartridge.

From then on I used old-fashioned visual for determining when ink needed
replacing. Of course Epson techs will give you all sorts or fictitious
reasons you shouldn't do this

Just clicking on next and next, etc . . . after this the printer thought the
cartridge was full. Give Epson time and they will find ways of thwarting
this.

I have come to the belief that my machine has 'timed-out' its duty cycle
and, even though it has been little used (being a domestic machine), the
machine has finally stopped altogether.

I would just dearly love to hack the printer's 'time-out' chip . . . any
suggestions from anyone?



"Blenda" <blendastyle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:53b1bed4.0404110253.31fe4e71@posting.google.com...
> My Epson Stylus Photo 830 is now a year old and so far it went through
> 3 color ink cartridges. This is a mystery because we never print
> anything in color. The "black ink only" button under advance printer
> preference is turned ON. Everytime it prints something, the indicator
> for color ink would go down a bit and yet the paper has no color on
> it. I have the 5.41 driver, I'm using Winxp.
 
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You haven't given enough details. Do you have the same cartridges in for
more than 6 months? Recommend you change them and see what happens. Have
you run nozzle checks, cleaning cycles????






"Raymond Owen" <raymwo@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
news:4081d3d8_1@news.iprimus.com.au...
> I have had the same problem with my Epson Stylus Color 580.
>
> After a while I realised the so-called intelligent ink gauge was
fraudulent
> and just went through a dummy run in the cartridge-changing feature . . .
> this gave me a comparatively 250% ink increase per cartridge.
>
> From then on I used old-fashioned visual for determining when ink needed
> replacing. Of course Epson techs will give you all sorts or fictitious
> reasons you shouldn't do this
>
> Just clicking on next and next, etc . . . after this the printer thought
the
> cartridge was full. Give Epson time and they will find ways of thwarting
> this.
>
> I have come to the belief that my machine has 'timed-out' its duty cycle
> and, even though it has been little used (being a domestic machine), the
> machine has finally stopped altogether.
>
> I would just dearly love to hack the printer's 'time-out' chip . . . any
> suggestions from anyone?
>
>
>
> "Blenda" <blendastyle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:53b1bed4.0404110253.31fe4e71@posting.google.com...
> > My Epson Stylus Photo 830 is now a year old and so far it went through
> > 3 color ink cartridges. This is a mystery because we never print
> > anything in color. The "black ink only" button under advance printer
> > preference is turned ON. Everytime it prints something, the indicator
> > for color ink would go down a bit and yet the paper has no color on
> > it. I have the 5.41 driver, I'm using Winxp.
>
>
 
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On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 11:02:23 +1000, "Raymond Owen" <raymwo@iprimus.com.au>
wrote:

>I have had the same problem with my Epson Stylus Color 580.
>
>After a while I realised the so-called intelligent ink gauge was fraudulent
>and just went through a dummy run in the cartridge-changing feature . . .
>this gave me a comparatively 250% ink increase per cartridge.
>
>From then on I used old-fashioned visual for determining when ink needed
>replacing. Of course Epson techs will give you all sorts or fictitious
>reasons you shouldn't do this
>
>Just clicking on next and next, etc . . . after this the printer thought the
>cartridge was full. Give Epson time and they will find ways of thwarting
>this.
>
>I have come to the belief that my machine has 'timed-out' its duty cycle
>and, even though it has been little used (being a domestic machine), the
>machine has finally stopped altogether.
>
>I would just dearly love to hack the printer's 'time-out' chip . . . any
>suggestions from anyone?
>



The Soak pads are full, there are tools to reset the printer..




>
>"Blenda" <blendastyle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:53b1bed4.0404110253.31fe4e71@posting.google.com...
>> My Epson Stylus Photo 830 is now a year old and so far it went through
>> 3 color ink cartridges. This is a mystery because we never print
>> anything in color. The "black ink only" button under advance printer
>> preference is turned ON. Everytime it prints something, the indicator
>> for color ink would go down a bit and yet the paper has no color on
>> it. I have the 5.41 driver, I'm using Winxp.
>

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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. (George Carlin)
 
Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?)

Le Sun, 18 Apr 2004 11:02:23 +1000, Raymond Owen a écrit :

> I have had the same problem with my Epson Stylus Color 580.

> I would just dearly love to hack the printer's 'time-out' chip . . . any
> suggestions from anyone?

Try this procedure : it works. It saved my beloved (but so ugly...) 580 !
http://www.4p8.com/eric.brasseur/epson480.html

(for 480, but works with 580)

Have also a look at :
http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml
 
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