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Reported by escputil, immediately before head-cleaning:

Ink color Percent remaining
Yellow 38
Magenta 53
Cyan 91
Black 56
Black 48
Red 66
Blue 64
Gloss Optimizer 41

Immediately after head-cleaning:

Ink color Percent remaining
Yellow 31
Magenta 46
Cyan 84
Black 50
Black 41
Red 60
Blue 58
Gloss Optimizer 35

That’s 6-8% off each cartridge gone, just like that.

On 15/09/2010 2:59 p.m., Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> Reported by escputil, immediately before head-cleaning:
>
> Ink color Percent remaining
> Yellow 38
> Magenta 53
> Cyan 91
> Black 56
> Black 48
> Red 66
> Blue 64
> Gloss Optimizer 41
>
> Immediately after head-cleaning:
>
> Ink color Percent remaining
> Yellow 31
> Magenta 46
> Cyan 84
> Black 50
> Black 41
> Red 60
> Blue 58
> Gloss Optimizer 35
>
> That’s 6-8% off each cartridge gone, just like that.
>
So you've got an Epson R800/1800, or 1900?
Epson also with the new models, decreases ink capacity.
IIRC with the R2200, capacity was about 15ml, with the 800/1800/2400,
about 13ml, with the 1900/2880, about 10ml.
I've got the 1800/2400 FSM pdf here. I expect that the 1900/2880 are
the same, in that cleaning cycle runs in stages, with a timer between
cycles. First cycle purges only a small volume, if there's a second
cycle within X minutes (5? - I can check if you like) then it ramps up
to a deeper clean cycle and uses even more ink per cycle, then ramps up
again to a third level.
IIRC the first cycle purges volume should be only a couple of percent.
I've had an R1800 for years, thankfully very few blockages. Cleaning
the rubber seal around the head parking station (using window cleaner)
occasionally is a good idea, as is cleaning off any significant build-up
of ink on the pad where the head sits.

On 15/09/2010 3:58 p.m., Me wrote:

> IIRC the first cycle purges volume should be only a couple of percent.

Here's the actual volumes, and note the timer is 7 minutes:
http://i54.tinypic.com/300d0g3.jpg

So a "CL1" cycle should be only about 1 1/2%, but a CL1 and a CL2 could
be getting up to the sort of figures you report.

I've found that to clear minor blockages without purging heaps of ink is
to run a CL1, check if it's clear with another nozzle check, if not,
then leave if for a few hours and recheck. The fresh ink probably
softens ink set on or around the nozzles, and it seems to blow clear on
a later nozzle check or print job.

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:59:46 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> Reported by escputil, immediately before head-cleaning:
>
> Ink color Percent remaining
> Yellow 38
> Magenta 53
> Cyan 91
> Black 56
> Black 48
> Red 66
> Blue 64
> Gloss Optimizer 41
>
> Immediately after head-cleaning:
>
> Ink color Percent remaining
> Yellow 31
> Magenta 46
> Cyan 84
> Black 50
> Black 41
> Red 60
> Blue 58
> Gloss Optimizer 35
>
> That’s 6-8% off each cartridge gone, just like that.

And you purchased that sort of printer!


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On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:00:11 +0000 (UTC), Sweetpea
<> wrote:

>On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:59:46 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> Reported by escputil, immediately before head-cleaning:
>>
>> Ink color Percent remaining
>> Yellow 38
>> Magenta 53
>> Cyan 91
>> Black 56
>> Black 48
>> Red 66
>> Blue 64
>> Gloss Optimizer 41
>>
>> Immediately after head-cleaning:
>>
>> Ink color Percent remaining
>> Yellow 31
>> Magenta 46
>> Cyan 84
>> Black 50
>> Black 41
>> Red 60
>> Blue 58
>> Gloss Optimizer 35
>>
>> That’s 6-8% off each cartridge gone, just like that.
>
>And you purchased that sort of printer!



Epson are the best printer for Photo prints, some support 8 ink tanks..

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:02:27 +1200, William Brown wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:00:11 +0000 (UTC), Sweetpea
> <> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:59:46 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>> Reported by escputil, immediately before head-cleaning:
>>>
>>> Ink color Percent remaining
>>> Yellow 38
>>> Magenta 53
>>> Cyan 91
>>> Black 56
>>> Black 48
>>> Red 66
>>> Blue 64
>>> Gloss Optimizer 41
>>>
>>> Immediately after head-cleaning:
>>>
>>> Ink color Percent remaining
>>> Yellow 31
>>> Magenta 46
>>> Cyan 84
>>> Black 50
>>> Black 41
>>> Red 60
>>> Blue 58
>>> Gloss Optimizer 35
>>>
>>> ThatÂ’s 6-8% off each cartridge gone, just like that.
>>
>>And you purchased that sort of printer!
>
>
>
> Epson are the best printer for Photo prints, some support 8 ink tanks..

Don't you mean "Epson IS the best..."?

After all that is a multinational corporation with its headquarters in
the USA. We're talking "Epson" not "Epsons" (note the absence of an
apostrophe).


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On 16/09/2010 6:55 p.m., Sweetpea wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:02:27 +1200, William Brown wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:00:11 +0000 (UTC), Sweetpea
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:59:46 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>>> Reported by escputil, immediately before head-cleaning:
>>>>
>>>> Ink color Percent remaining
>>>> Yellow 38
>>>> Magenta 53
>>>> Cyan 91
>>>> Black 56
>>>> Black 48
>>>> Red 66
>>>> Blue 64
>>>> Gloss Optimizer 41
>>>>
>>>> Immediately after head-cleaning:
>>>>
>>>> Ink color Percent remaining
>>>> Yellow 31
>>>> Magenta 46
>>>> Cyan 84
>>>> Black 50
>>>> Black 41
>>>> Red 60
>>>> Blue 58
>>>> Gloss Optimizer 35
>>>>
>>>> ThatÂ’s 6-8% off each cartridge gone, just like that.
>>>
>>> And you purchased that sort of printer!
>>
>>
>>
>> Epson are the best printer for Photo prints, some support 8 ink tanks..
>
> Don't you mean "Epson IS the best..."?
>
> After all that is a multinational corporation with its headquarters in
> the USA. We're talking "Epson" not "Epsons" (note the absence of an
> apostrophe).
>
>
Actually, it's a Japanese company, with headquarters in Nagano Japan.
Worth correcting in case there were some sad pedants browsing this ng.

On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:47:52 +1200, Me wrote:

> On 16/09/2010 6:55 p.m., Sweetpea wrote:
>> On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:02:27 +1200, William Brown wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:00:11 +0000 (UTC), Sweetpea
>>> <> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:59:46 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Reported by escputil, immediately before head-cleaning:
>>>>>
>>>>> Ink color Percent remaining
>>>>> Yellow 38
>>>>> Magenta 53
>>>>> Cyan 91
>>>>> Black 56
>>>>> Black 48
>>>>> Red 66
>>>>> Blue 64
>>>>> Gloss Optimizer 41
>>>>>
>>>>> Immediately after head-cleaning:
>>>>>
>>>>> Ink color Percent remaining
>>>>> Yellow 31
>>>>> Magenta 46
>>>>> Cyan 84
>>>>> Black 50
>>>>> Black 41
>>>>> Red 60
>>>>> Blue 58
>>>>> Gloss Optimizer 35
>>>>>
>>>>> ThatÂ’s 6-8% off each cartridge gone, just like that.
>>>>
>>>> And you purchased that sort of printer!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Epson are the best printer for Photo prints, some support 8 ink
>>> tanks..
>>
>> Don't you mean "Epson IS the best..."?
>>
>> After all that is a multinational corporation with its headquarters in
>> the USA. We're talking "Epson" not "Epsons" (note the absence of an
>> apostrophe).
>>
>>
> Actually, it's a Japanese company, with headquarters in Nagano Japan.
> Worth correcting in case there were some sad pedants browsing this ng.

OK. S: Japan/USA.


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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <_zealand> wrote in news:i6pcr3
$7no$:

> Thatƒ Ts 6-8% off each cartridge gone, just like that.

You might be better off printing a basic colour page once a day to keep the
lines and heads clean. At work we have some nice gear that sits in the
show room, idle. Scheduled tasks are a must to keep them healthy.

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Ciao, Dave

In message <Xns9DF675764F0daveytaynospamplshot@94.75.214.90 >, Dave Taylor
wrote:

> You might be better off printing a basic colour page once a day to keep
> the lines and heads clean.

This is actually the first time I’ve needed to clean the heads, and I’ve had
the R800 for about a year and a half now. That’s already an improvement on
the old Stylus Color 900, which seemed to need cleaning every month.