Digital BW, The Print

Epson states the inks have a 2 year shelf life, and a 6 month in the  
printer life once you've opened the seals. And a sure way to plug up  
the print heads is to leave the carts removed so air can enter the  
feed lines of the printer!

I made the mistake (for me and my printing needs) of buying a 4000 3  
years ago and immediately installing the larger 220 ml carts as soon  
as I needed ink. It was a large investment in ink ($680 - $750) but I  
figured I'd use it up in time. I sold the printer 3 years later with  
more than half of those carts  still in the printer!

Now I print with a 4800 but will probably stick with the smaller 110  
ml carts for most color slots. I do seem to be printing more, now  
that I've found some paper I really like and printing a lot more B&W  
with Epson ABW so my ink choices may change down the road....

Time will tell but for now I'd like to keep fresh (read 110 ml) carts  
in the printer. I don't know about the 3800 but with the 4800 and  
bigger printers you can change out a low cart right in the middle of  
a print with no loss of quality....or so goes the marketing hype:)

Alan

On Jun 5, 2007, at 3:04 PM, eappert wrote:

> If you do enough of it in the course of a year or two.
>
> CD Tobie ,
>
> Thank you for your answer. Are you saying that I will be able to use
> the ink two years after I have installed the cartridge?
>
> Eugene