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Hey, all.
I was in a camera store recently, and the salesman was pitching a Canon
printer. One of the things he said was that the Epson software which
tells the levels of the ink pots (I have a 777) is basically worthless;
he said it's based on timing, rather than any true indicator of ink
levels.
The Canon printer, he says, uses a laser to detect ink levels - when
the amount of ink is low enough to allow a laser through the ink
vertically, a sensor is tripped and you get a low ink warning.
Weird. Is this true?
One think he pointed out which I do agree with is that Epson's
cartidges are all opaque: what better way to check your ink levels than
to just look at the flippin' cartridge. Canon's cartridges are
transparent, according to him.
All that's interesting, but what I'm most curious about is the Epson
ink indicator in the driver software. Is it based on some timing
algorithm which may or may not be accurate?
Thanks!
BD
Hey, all.
I was in a camera store recently, and the salesman was pitching a Canon
printer. One of the things he said was that the Epson software which
tells the levels of the ink pots (I have a 777) is basically worthless;
he said it's based on timing, rather than any true indicator of ink
levels.
The Canon printer, he says, uses a laser to detect ink levels - when
the amount of ink is low enough to allow a laser through the ink
vertically, a sensor is tripped and you get a low ink warning.
Weird. Is this true?
One think he pointed out which I do agree with is that Epson's
cartidges are all opaque: what better way to check your ink levels than
to just look at the flippin' cartridge. Canon's cartridges are
transparent, according to him.
All that's interesting, but what I'm most curious about is the Epson
ink indicator in the driver software. Is it based on some timing
algorithm which may or may not be accurate?
Thanks!
BD