Digital BW, The Print

I've just bought an HP 7660 to use with the 59 cartridge printing B&W on the 
HP premium plus photo paper matt, and am concerned by what appears to be 
high ink usage. After 4  A4 prints the ink is shown as 70% left. Is this normal 
usage? I'm using under OSX 10.3.3 with the 2.3.7 driver. I've got some night 
shots to print tomorrow, I hate to think how all that extra black will eat into the 
remaining ink.

Steve Bell

that is just a rough estimate of what you have in the carts.  I get 
atleast 35% more prints from my 7660 after it says I'm empty.  Really 
it serve no purpose other than to warn you that you should probably 
buy a new cart... of course they stock them at Target so it's not 
like you have to plan your purchases like you do with a 2200 in most 
smaller cities (ie. mail order only).

mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Bell" 
<steve@l...> wrote:
> I've just bought an HP 7660 to use with the 59 cartridge printing 
B&W on the 
> HP premium plus photo paper matt, and am concerned by what appears 
to be 
> high ink usage. After 4  A4 prints the ink is shown as 70% left. Is 
this normal 
> usage? I'm using under OSX 10.3.3 with the 2.3.7 driver. I've got 
some night 
> shots to print tomorrow, I hate to think how all that extra black 
will eat into the 

> remaining ink.
> 
> Steve Bell

Thanks, thats better news. I'm only used to Epson printers, where once the red ink out 
light comes on the printer stops printing until you replace the cartridge.

Steve Bell

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Hahn" 
<markhahn2000@y...> wrote:

> that is just a rough estimate of what you have in the carts.  I get 
> atleast 35% more prints from my 7660 after it says I'm empty.  Really 
> it serve no purpose other than to warn you that you should probably 
> buy a new cart... of course they stock them at Target so it's not 
> like you have to plan your purchases like you do with a 2200 in most 
> smaller cities (ie. mail order only).
> 
> mark
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Bell" 
> <steve@l...> wrote:
> > I've just bought an HP 7660 to use with the 59 cartridge printing 
> B&W on the 
> > HP premium plus photo paper matt, and am concerned by what appears 
> to be 
> > high ink usage. After 4  A4 prints the ink is shown as 70% left. Is 
> this normal 
> > usage? I'm using under OSX 10.3.3 with the 2.3.7 driver. I've got 
> some night 
> > shots to print tomorrow, I hate to think how all that extra black 
> will eat into the 
> > remaining ink.
> > 
> > Steve Bell