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Re: [Digital BW] K ink cahnge was more 4800 first impressions

2005-07-01 by Tyler Boley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
> Tyler
> 
> Arguably there is no reason why you couldn't turn the printer off,
swap the
> cartridge, delete it from Printer Setup (Mac), turn it on, then
re-add it to
> Printer Setup and do as you say.  I guess I naively thought that
would use
> the same amount of ink.  How much do you think is in the line from the
> cartridge to the head etc?
> 
> Steve

Well, I don't have a 4800 so am not sure. But based on my old 3000s it
can't be much, and surely far less than our 9600. We do the same when
changing over the 7600.
Sorry if the naive seemed aggressive, I would just assume that clever
users would hack ways around this unnecessary expense quickly.
Tyler

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