Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Daren M." <mdaren@u...> 
wrote:
> So, I'm sitting here wondering how a cart I just installed, about 2
> weeks ago, in my 1160 is complaining that the ink is low when a 
cart I
> installed a month ago in my 860 still reads more than half full.  I
> would certainly understand the discrepancy if I had been printing
> anything larger than 8.5x11" on the 1160, but I haven't.  The truth 
is
> that I have put maybe 50 prints through the 860 and 30 through the 
1160,
> all 8.5x11.  Is the print counter in the 1160 flawed in that it 
doesn't
> account for print size, or is it something else entirely?  What 
gives?
> 
> Any insight appreciated,
> Daren
> 
> PS. It's my understanding that the print counter DOES NOT account 
for
> ink coverage, is that true?

Daren,

This is true even of the chipped cartridges! It is all just a 
counting mechanism and not an accurate one! The printer has no idea 
of how much ink is actually in the cartridges. When you get an out of 
ink message, lift the cartridge cover, pull up slightly on the rear 
of the cartridge and then re-close the cover. This should cycle the 
micro switch in the cartridge holder of the printer and fool the 
printer into thinking you installed a new cartridge. Wait until you 
actually run out of one of the inks before you change carts. You may 
waste a piece of paper this way but that is cheaper than new carts.

Martin Wesley