Digital BW, The Print

30% is in the ballpark. I've reset the chips when the printer says they're empty and am able to print 8-10 additional 8x10 in. prints. That includes a lengthly charge/cleaning cycle when the chip is reset.

Walt 
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>From: CorrPro96@... [mailto:CorrPro96@...]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2007 04:37 PM
>To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Digital BW] I thought the political crap was done with
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>In a message dated 11/6/2007 2:50:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
>oaksfield@... writes:
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>But are  the cartridges then bone dry Bob, or still have 30% left in them, as 
>has  been suggested in earlier posts?
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>Tony Wells,
>A new group member from  England.
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>Re: large format cartridges:
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>Inside the plastic cartridge housing is a bag which actually holds the ink.  
>As ink is drawn (pumped) from this bag through the valve on the cartridge, a  
>certain level of pressure is maintained so that the ink lines will not have 
>air  in them. It is always necessary to have some ink in the bag to maintain a  
>continuous inkflow, bag to printhead. Thus the bag can never be 'bone dry'. 
>30%,  however, is not going to be left in the bag when the printer stops 
>printing...  that's a lot of ink. The machine will refuse to do a cleaning cycle with 
> low ink pressure, but will still print or do a nozzle check. If it refuses a 
> cleaning cycle, you know it's very low on  ink.
>One way to determine for yourself, is to weigh a full cartridge, and weigh  
>an empty one. You will always know how much ink you have left by weight.
> 
>Richard Massie
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