Digital BW, The Print

My 3000 has been dutifully printing quad B&W prints for a long time, and 
I have two observations.

the "paddle" does tell the printer that the ink is out, not just that 
there is a cartridge in place.
Ink consumption in quad printing is significantly different than the 
color ink use that the printer was designed for
I have pulled carts that the printer thought was low, shook them to feel 
that there was still significant amount
of ink, reinserted the cart, fooling the printer into believing there 
was a new cart, and having the indicator light come
on when the cart was actually empty.

One can very successfully print on heavy papers, I regularly print on 
310 GEB and 308 photorag with no problems.
Feed in from the manual feed slot, not even necessarily the "straight" 
in through the back path, but you must
pull the "pizza wheels" to do so.

no "through the hat" theory here, just actual experience.


J.Z.