Dean wrote:
>  They are quite expensive to replace for the measly amount of ink that is 
> in them and
>considering that I do not copy in color.>>


If it's new, maybe HP are up to their old tricks again of selling new 
printers with "demo" ink cartridges, which only gives you a fraction of a 
full cartridge.

Bear in mind also that the number of pages they often quote for color is at 
about 5% "coverage" if you read the small print. In other words the pages 
advertised per cartridge are for text pages---photos may take 20 times more.

In my view, the printer industry is still rife with misleading advertising 
which in some cases seems to fall just short of fraud. Another trick some 
manufacturers indulge in is that the printer will tell you it's out of ink 
when in fact there's plenty left. Are you sure it's empty? My Canon Pixma 
has been running now for 6 months on "empty".

However, at the price of new printers now, I don't suppose we can really 
complain too much. Poor HP have to make a profit somehow.

Of course, it's not wise to let the cartridge get completely empty as this 
can result in dried out or clogged heads.

Don Penlington



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