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Finally, Your Inkjet Printer Cartridge Details Will Speak For Themselves

Did  you  know?entire page, so my "extreme inkjet test"
document  contained  nearly 3,500 characters.
Ink cartridges are tiny gadgets with mundane
features, which are indispensable to theI loaded our Lexmark Z65 with a new $30.00
inkjet  printers  which  suck  them  dry.black cartridge, company-rated at 600 pages.
Our test document printed nearly 694 times
They're also very expensive, which I am surebefore text began to fade, resulting in a
you can vouch for that based on personalcost  of  about  4  cents  per  page.
experience.
I also subjected the black cartridge in
Two ink cartridges can be more money (as highCanon's S820D to our test. The $13.00 black
as $80) than the initial investment which wascartridge has a manufacturer rating of 620
your  pretty  little  printer.pages. Our test yielded 565 pages of text,
approximately  2  cents  per  page.
Buyers do not always do the research they are
supposed to do before actually committing toYou will get your money's worth from original
the  sale.manufacturer cartridges. Still, it can be
painful to spend $30.00 on a new cartridge
They purchase an inkjet printer and find outwhen you see ads for cartridge refill kits
about 3 months down the road that thepromising  to  save  you  loads  of  cash.
cartridges cost more than the actual inkjet
printer.Refill  Kit  Caper:
Consumers don't always have time to be sureWe tested a number of refill kits to see if
whether cartridge producers are giving themthey'll save money and to compare their
their  money's  worth.output with the results of manufacturers'
inks. For our tests, we gauged ease of use in
Resellers are pratically giving the printerspreparing and refilling two black cartridges
away knowing the future cost of your inkand then subjected those tanks to the Extreme
carts.Inkjet Test. Further tests took place on the
yield potential and color quality of one
No wonder why printer divorce is so high, thecolor  refill  system.
printer and ink costs can't keep a cheap
relationship. The only one's cheaping are theEach kit works in basically the same way. You
birds.apply rubber gloves and pry, slice, or screw
your way into the empty cartridge. Make sure
We took a look at a few cartridge secrets,you have a good top cutter. You don't want to
such as page yields and the effectiveness ofcrack  the  plastic.
multiple-cartridge schemes, to see if
manufacturers are delivering on their inkThen you carefully open a bottle of ink and
promises. You need to be aware of thisuse a syringe to withdraw a few milliliters
information.of ink. After injecting the ink into the
cartridge, you seal it up using the provided
Ink  Cartridge  Primer:tape or rubber stopper. Sounds easy, right?
Easier  said  than  done.
Inkjet printer technology became affordable
for average consumers roughly about 11 yearsActually, I found it nearly impossible to
ago. Color printers used only one cartridge,avoid spilling ink. Be careful not to get ink
containing colors CMY (cyan, magenta, andon your clothes, it can soak your skin, and
yellow) ink, all stored in separate chamberswhen covered properly, ink slopped on the
inside  the  cartridge.table.
This was sometimes called a tri-colorAfter all this, the cartridge produced about
cartridge, as you may know referred to by25 full-page photos, which was OK,
Hewlett  Packard.considering the huge bottles of ink should
last for about nine more refills (about 25
To print text, the printer simply squirtedcents  per  photo).
all three ink colors simultaneously, which
created a composite (and sometimes greenishPhotos looked remarkably good on both plain
or  brown)  black.and photo paper, but they were grainy
compared to photos printed with Epson ink.
Then each dot would be placed on top of eachWorse yet, shortly after printing a few
other in order to reduce the picoliters. Thephotos we attempted to print black text, and
smaller the drop size the more clear vibrantafter a few pages, the tank stopped working
colors  and  detail  images  you  would  get.and  ink  spewed  all  over  the  printer.
Modern printers improve upon theThe chip resetting software may have caused
one-cartridge design by supplementing the CMYthe  malfunction.
cartridge with an individual black (or K)
cartridge.In spite of the uncertain cost savings and
poor photo quality, refill kits are hot
Not only does this improve the quality ofitems, flourishing in spite of printer
black, but it also helps conserve the moremanufacturers' efforts to convince customers
expensive  color  inks  for  photos.that  third-party  inks  are  superinferior.
The addition of black cartridges also spawnedIn spite of advances made by third-party ink
the C (cyan) M (magenta) Y (yellow) K (black)makers, printer manufacturers refuse to back
acronym that you see on many inkjetdown from their claims that such inks simply
specification sheets and equipped printersdon't work correctly with advanced print head
with enough color power to createtechnology.
approximately  16.7  million  tones.
Refill  Rebuttal:
More recently, a few photo printers began
shipping with light cyan and light magentaCanon, Hewlett-Packard, and Lexmark all use
for improved color transitions; Canon's S820,thermal print head technology. Epson uses
for example uses six individual cartridges topatented Piezo-electric print heads. The
deliver  all  6  color  schemes.technologies employ slightly different ink
cartridges and dissimilar ink formulations to
Manufacturers, such as Canon and Epson, arework  with  the  print  heads.
also implementing four-cartridge schemes, in
which each tank carries only cyan, yellow,In thermal inkjets, a tiny resistor in the
magenta,  or  black.print head warms the ink, causing a bubble
that forces a droplet out of the print head
The primary reason this system is catching onnozzle.
is that it wastes less ink. With a
three-color cartridge, you're forced toEpson's Piezo-electric technology doesn't
dispose of the cartridge when one color runsheat ink. Instead, a tiny crystal in the
out, even if one or two chambers stillprint head works like a pump; when a negative
contain ink. This can increase your cartridgecharge is applied to the crystal it bends out
cost.from the ink chamber and draws in a droplet,
while a subsequent positive charge flexes the
The four-cartridge setup lets you toss onlycrystal in, pushing the droplet through the
empty cartridges, so you'll save ink, butnozzle.
depending on your printing habits, you won't
necessarily  save  as much money as you like.Both technologies have exacting
specifications  for  the  inks  they  shoot.
If you print one color more often than
another color, your ink costs may dropInks used in thermal printers are typically
significantly. Average users won't see a hugedye-based and must be formulated to retain
cost reduction by switching to a printer thatgood  print  qualities  under  heat  stress.
uses  four  individual  cartridges.
Epson's ink developers, however, are free to
Some of them won't print unless all fourdismiss heat factors and instead create
cartridges are sitting and locked intosmaller and more consistently shaped
position  within  the  carriage  itself.droplets. Pairing inks properly with tiny
print  heads  and  nozzles is no simple feat.
Ink  Sensors  &  Page  Yield:
Ink chemistry is "very complex stuff" in part
Of course, to get the most from yourbecause the various characteristics of inks
cartridges you have to determine how much inkaffect the way droplets interact with each
you've used. By this, just calculate theother on paper. Because every manufacturer's
amount  of pages you print within each month.papers and inks are so different and
multifaceted, there's just no way can a
There are two primary methods printer makersthird-party lab reproduce the original ink
use to accurately display ink levels on yourquality.
screen. Most companies, such as Epson, use a
dot-count  method.Although refill kits may produce prints that
initially look nice, it's doubtful they have
The dot-count system works using yourthe same fade-resistant or water-resistant
printer's driver, which analyzes each imageproperties  of  original  printer  inks.
before printing and keeps a running total of
the  number  of  droplets  sprayed.Manufacturers also stress that while using a
refilled cartridge doesn't affect your
Canon claims to have a superior system thatprinter's warranty, if your printer
uses both dot counting and an optical sensor.malfunctions due to a refilled or modified
cartridge,  the  warranty  is  voided.
They contain reservoir inside the sponge in
the ink tank, [and] the reservoir has anWhether you trust printer makers or their
optical  ink  sensor  in it, very impressive.refill-kit competition, our opinion of refill
kits is that they're a bit of a hassle to
A light inside the printer shines in theuse.
reservoir and the sensor helps determine ink
levels.If you print a lot of text, they may save you
money. However, we wouldn't pair third-party
If the reservoir is empty, the printerinks with expensive photo paper, especially
estimates that there's about 20% inkif  you  want  your prints to last for years.
remaining in the sponge below the reservoir,
and your PC begins using the dot-countPrint  Job  Complete:
method.
Ink cartridges are complex, sometimes
Because cartridge cases are typically opaque,controversial, and always necessary for the
some sort of ink monitoring system is ausers who depend on inkjets for their stellar
necessity. But how can you determine if thetext  and  graphics  production.
cartridge will yield as many pages as the
manufacturer  claims?Understanding cartridges and their refill
potential will help keep you printing for
Most manufacturers assign yield ratings toyears to come, and your knowledge may help
black cartridges after draining the tank byyou  save  a  few  bucks,  too.
continuously printing a 1,500-character
document  at  the default resolution setting.Hopefully this information has been
supportive to you printing means and
I decided to test a few cartridges with ourinstances that you may have encountered
own test, which we felt more accuratelybefore. You now have the confidence to deal
mimicked real-world use. To maximize your inkwith  any  printing  matters.
yields you need to drop each printer to its
lowest  resolution."Be in charge of your printer ink; don't let
your ink cartridges be in charge of you.
I also wanted a document that covered the



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