Digital BW, The Print

Ernst,

> > > I don't believe the 3000 has direct access to the ink levels...though
> the
> > > hardware seems to support it...there is a lever that goes into the
> > > cartridges, and I believe it does have some "idea" as to the link
> > > level...much less when it believes it's out.  The 1160 etc. actually
> count
> > > the number of ink drops they print...so that's done in
> firmware, not by
> > > actually measuring the ink.
> >
> > > > The plastic tab that protrudes from the 3000 cart when the ink
> > > > pouche inside
> > > > gets empty has to my knowledge no relation to ink status in a driver
> > menu.
> >
> > I don't remember seeing any "ink status" in the driver menu on
> W2k for the
> > 3000...is there?
>
> There is  an "ink status" in the utility part of the W98 driver.

For the 3000?  I have W2k, and there is no such thing for the 3000, but for
my 1270, there is a graphic display of ink level.  Why would there be one
for the 3000 for W98, an earlier OS, and not for 2k?  Perhaps.

> Counting is done in the printer itself...

Of course, where else could it be done?

> I think all ink monitoring in the driver is based on droplet counts,
> will check the 3000 service manual for it...

Well, that's my point, it isn't with the 3000, at least as far as the status
lights go, and since I don't have any status monitor for ink level in the
W2k driver, that's the only indication I have, aside from weighing them.

For the 3000, the ink light on the printer is solely based on the status of
the two ink level sensors.  It either flashes when the ink low sensor is
triggered, and then stays on when the ink out sensor is triggered.

Austin