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quick question about epson 2200 and changing cartridges

2005-11-04 by aardema497

I mostly print black-only with MIS ebony.  Since I'm only using the
black ink, the color cartridges last a long time, but I had a
situation the other day where one ran out mid-print, and three others
were at the lowest marker (in the print manager screen) at the same time.

I know the cleaning cycle seems to waste truck-loads of ink.  Should I
replace everything that's low when one runs out to avoid cycles or do
each one separately as it goes?  I did the latter in this case, and
after the 2200 went back to printing, the levels on the screen for
other inks didn't seem to change.  Is that typical?  My hope was that
it could tell which cartridge you just put in and just prime that one.

The whole changing/cleaning process has me in fits; I can't stand to
see that precious ink get wasted (I'm cheap!).  If wine could be used
as ink, you could probably substitute Chateau Latour in the magenta
slot for the same price!

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