Friday, 6 July 2007

Ignore those ink levels

IGNORE THOSE INK LEVELS

Your printer could be telling you that your ink cartridges are empty when in reality there is up to a quarter of ink left.

This is because printers work out the ink levels by page counting. It averages out the amount of ink used on each page compared to how many mls of ink are in the cartridge. This can only ever be an estimated figure as all consumers are using their printers for different print jobs. Therefore when your ink levels come up as empty you will usually find that there is still ink left in your cartridge.

With the majority of printers you can ignore your ink levels and keep printing until the cartridge runs out, which over time will save you a considerable amount of money.

Try this tip next time and see how much more you can print – you might be surprised!

1 comment:

Darren Moloney said...

I'll bear this in mind, my printer really starts to bitch when 20% is left yet seems to go on for quite some time...