when to replace cartridge?

cabbey

I'm curious what others are doing in terms of when you replace the ink cartridges in your printer? Do you do it when the driver first tells you to? Or wait until the driver tells you a color is empty? Or even wait until you see that you've run out of that color?

I ask because I laughed when the canon driver first suggested I replace three of my ink cartridges, 2 months (and a few dozen large prints) later, it finally told me one of the colors was now "empty", but I just did a small color dot test print and it sure looks to me like it's still printing that color just fine. So now I'm debating replacing that tank now, or waiting until I actually see it stop printing magenta.

Particularly curious what any other canon pixma pro9000 (or similar) owners are doing.... Has anyone actually experienced the "damage" they claim will happen if you keep printing?

David_S85

bump

ChrisJ

I wait until it won't let me print anymore because it says the tank is empty.

Poseidon

ChrisJ wrote:

I wait until it won't let me print anymore because it says the tank is empty.

Me too!

gluwater

I've got an HP 9180 and I print until the printer itself tells me to change the cartrifge. I have had it stop in the middle of a print and once the cartridge was replaced you could not tell where it had paused in the print. I do not have experience with a Canon printer though. Those warnings you get from the driver are to let you know you need to buy a new cartridge but like you've already seen you generaly have a lot of ink left. I wouldn't put to much faith in the ink levels you get through your driver.