Does The Prism Reilly Have Any Say At All?

[The Hat]

I am trying out this idea of resetting a CL-8 cartridge when half full and not refilling it, to see how long it takes the printer to register the cartridge as empty.
I reset the large pigment black first and printed a test page, then reset the yellow (half full) and again printed a test page.

The interesting thing about all this is the regular cleaning cycle that occurs when a new cartridge is installed didnt happen this time.
Maybe because the cartridge was reset before the printers low ink warning appeared might have something to do with it, I dont know.

This could be a useful way to cut down on the wasteful cleaning cycles that a printer does unnecessarily all the time.

I will wait and watch carefully to see what happens with this printer and report back the results, hopefully not another new print head..

 

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If you want to test with a printhead that's already a bit damaged (banding in magenta, etc..) then I can send you one of my slightly borked ones.

At least that way you don't blow a perfectly good printhead!

 

[The Hat]

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You're not very confident in this idea working are you; now I am beginning to get worried.
Thanks Martin, I think I better take you up on your kind offer as this idea could well go down the pan (print headacide).
I will be ordering from you again very shortly so you can put your print head in with the supplies ok..