Is it Time for a New Ink Cartridge in Your Epson Printer?
It is hard to find a better quality printer than an Epson. You are almost guaranteed good prints with Epson products. Knowing when to change your ink cartridge will help you maintain that good quality.
Epson makes it easy to know when it is time to replace your cartridge. They put a light on the printer that flashes when the ink is running low.
If you have purchased an Epson within the last few years your computer will also tell you. This is because your printer software that you loaded into your computer detects when the printer is low on ink and lets you know.
The only thing is that at times these warnings do not come at exactly the right time. Sometimes the warning is premature and sometimes it comes late.
If you’re printing a large number of pages or pictures, the ink level warning may come too late. When you get the warning, the ink cartridges usually have somewhere around 15-20% of the ink left. This may not be enough to finish the job once it starts.
If the warning occurs and you change your cartridge right away you could be wasting ink. Usually when the indicator light flashes or the computer gives you the warning that you are running low on ink your cartridge is still ? full.
The fact is, you can run the printer right until the ink cartridges are completely empty. Once they run out of ink entirely, you can replace them then. This lets you get the maximum use from the cartridges, without wasting any ink.
However, if you are going to do a big print job or you need to print photos it may be better to start with a new cartridge. Yes you may still have some ink left in your old cartridge. But it may be better to go ahead and loose that little bit of ink than to mess up your print job.