Inkjet: which of your colours ran out first?

erwinx · 13th April 2003

Just curious whether its the same for everybody... maybe its because my pics contain a lot of light cyan and light magenta....

My S800 ran out of ink in the following order:

(1) Photo Cyan
(2) Photo Magenta
(3) Yellow
....
rest not out yet

What is interesting is that the photo colours ran out first. Seems to suggest that these colours are used often by the printer driver to render colours. Also suggests that 6 colour printer better than 4 colour printer - in the sense that if Photo Cyan was not available, the printer has to dither normal cyan to create the same colour.

Wai · 13th April 2003

from my experience....printing photo will run out yellow first, followed by cyan

nuts · 13th April 2003

From what I read from the net, most ppl reported running out the PC/PM 1st, which is a natural thing since most ppl got this printer to print photos. For me, my PM ran out 1st, and after another 1 or 2 more A4 photo print, the PC ran out.

..NuTs..

ckiang · 13th April 2003

According to the ink level indicator, mine run out at about the same rate. Which makes ThinkTanks moot for me.

Regards
CK

mylau · 13th April 2003

mine is photo magenta first, follow by photo cyan, then yellow, then the rest. Black is always last.

lennon · 20th April 2003

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Originally posted by mylau
mine is photo magenta first, follow by photo cyan, then yellow, then the rest. Black is always last.

Same here...

isomers007 · 20th April 2003

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Originally posted by lennon
Same here...

mine too sometimes...does buying a printer with separate ink cartridges helps?

lennon · 20th April 2003

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Originally posted by isomers007
mine too sometimes...does buying a printer with separate ink cartridges helps?

Ofcourse, advantage is obvious. If one of the colors is used up only that the color ink need to be replaced. Reduce your running costs as it has a level indicator.

Wai · 20th April 2003

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Originally posted by lennon
Ofcourse, advantage is obvious. If one of the colors is used up only that the color ink need to be replaced. Reduce your running costs as it has a level indicator.

those cart are much easier to refill too

apex · 21st April 2003

Yellow

13th April 2003	#1
erwinx Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,492	Inkjet: which of your colours ran out first? Just curious whether its the same for everybody... maybe its because my pics contain a lot of light cyan and light magenta.... My S800 ran out of ink in the following order: (1) Photo Cyan (2) Photo Magenta (3) Yellow .... rest not out yet What is interesting is that the photo colours ran out first. Seems to suggest that these colours are used often by the printer driver to render colours. Also suggests that 6 colour printer better than 4 colour printer - in the sense that if Photo Cyan was not available, the printer has to dither normal cyan to create the same colour.

13th April 2003	#2
Wai Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South Pole with Penguins Posts: 5,133	from my experience....printing photo will run out yellow first, followed by cyan __________________ We are HDD of PC & FT are MB add to storage; so PC never hangs with enormous storage capacity - LKY

13th April 2003	#3
nuts Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,755	From what I read from the net, most ppl reported running out the PC/PM 1st, which is a natural thing since most ppl got this printer to print photos. For me, my PM ran out 1st, and after another 1 or 2 more A4 photo print, the PC ran out. ..NuTs..

13th April 2003	#4
ckiang Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 6,597	According to the ink level indicator, mine run out at about the same rate. Which makes ThinkTanks moot for me. Regards CK

13th April 2003	#5
mylau Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,801	mine is photo magenta first, follow by photo cyan, then yellow, then the rest. Black is always last.

21st April 2003	#10
apex Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 385	Yellow