Is the Epson ink-level indicator accurate??

[Vins]

I know that the Canon i950 cartidge uses a laser beam to test the ink-level. So it is very accurate.

I am not sure about the new Epson printers like 925, 960, 1280, 2200. Anyone knows?

 

[Vins]

I know that the Canon i950 cartidge uses a laser beam to test the
ink-level. So it is very accurate.
I am not sure about the new Epson printers like 925, 960, 1280,
2200. Anyone knows?

 

[Tom Hoatson]

I know that the Canon i950 cartidge uses a laser beam to test the
ink-level. So it is very accurate.
I am not sure about the new Epson printers like 925, 960, 1280,
2200. Anyone knows?

I have the Epson 2200, and from my experience the ink level warnings are very accurate. The "visual" levels shown while printing are accurate, and as the level gets real low, you get a visual "warning" which is a blinking yellow exclamation point in the printer driver window (and a blinking red light on the printer itself) while you can still print. Then, if the ink runs out, the red light on the printer stays lit, and the printer driver shows a red "X" and you cannot print until you replace the ink cartridge.

So, from my experience, it works quite well.

Good luck.

regards,
-Tom Hoatson
http://www.riversongstudios.com

 

[Guy Parsons]

From wide reading it seems the Epson chip-in-cartridge system is quite conservative when it gives the empty warning, one estimate was about 30% remains when the "empty" warning is given. This is an advantage to the user because it lessens problems with air in the system and I presume clogs, and it is good for Epson as you get to throw away ink cartridges before they are really empty.

Has anyone cracked open their "empty" Epson cartridges to see what's still inside?

My Canon S820 experience is that photo magenta empties first. The Canon transparent cartridges enable a view of status and when the photo magenta is empty, the photo cyan is about half empty and the other colours maybe 20% used.

I use refill kits and always fill them all up together and it's always the photo magenta that wins the race to empty.

That means to me that an Epson user doing the same random sort of photos as me would throw away a lot of unused ink, unless using the 2200/2100 with separate cartridges.
Regards............ Guy

I know that the Canon i950 cartidge uses a laser beam to test the
ink-level. So it is very accurate.
I am not sure about the new Epson printers like 925, 960, 1280,
2200. Anyone knows?

 

[Kui]

accurate enough to always leave at least 2-3 ml inside. This is to protect yourselves from getting air inside the nozzles because the chip doesn't really read the level and there is always an insensible losses esp during the winter.

You can confirm this by weigh the empty-read cartridge, they always weigh around 28 gm + - 1 to 2 gm.

Kui
http://www.digital4to.com

 

[Vins]

when you switch the empty cartridge to a new one, wouldn't the air will get into the nozzle anyway since there are no cartridge there that stop the air going in.

accurate enough to always leave at least 2-3 ml inside. This is to
protect yourselves from getting air inside the nozzles because the
chip doesn't really read the level and there is always an
insensible losses esp during the winter.

You can confirm this by weigh the empty-read cartridge, they always
weigh around 28 gm + - 1 to 2 gm.

Kui
http://www.digital4to.com