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On 02/03/2013 08:29 AM, Marc Paré wrote:


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I wonder, how long does the ink lasts once it is in the printer. Would one have to consider this into the cost scheme as well? Does the disc labelling printer ink need to be used by a certain date before the inkjet ink become unusable?

Also, does the grey color come in handy for disc labelling LibreOffice disks? I know that you have already produced some and I am not sure if you are saying that the TDF/LibreOffice does not need any grey ... although it looks to me like it does need grey for the TDF part of the subline.

Cheers,

Marc


Canon printers are the only ones I have seen that use the gray. One ink provider told me that people tend not to use the gray much outside of photos or gray-scale printing. But, I do not know if I would say that. I still have not found any real documentation explaining the benefits of the second black and the gray ink.

I have used as much gray as the non-black colors. There are actually 2 types of black ink, one big one with one type of ink and one smaller one with a different type of ink. Some printers would refer them as "normal black" and "photo black".

If you do not have a printer that uses gray, or only have one type of black ink, then "no worries". I have not seen any "tri-color" ink printers that prints to disc media, but there may be ones still out there. Most of the printers I have seen use black, magenta, cyan, and yellow. Some have light cyan and light magenta. Others have extra types of black or gray ink in the mix.

The "how long it lasts" or "unusable by date" is a good question. Not printing with any printer for an extended period will cause some issues. I print a few pages with my HP PSC1410 every month or so to keep its ink from "drying up". I had an old printer that had never been opened. Its ink was sealed and never used, but it did not work. So there are some issues with how long will the ink last in a printer if it is not used for a while. I do not know. I have never gotten to that point with either the Epson or the Canon inkjet printers.

I say, if you do not need to print DVD labels, you should use it to print color pages every so often. That way you keep it running and maybe you will never find out about how "old" is "too old".

The only problem I had with the Epson Artisan was the "ink pad near end of life" message. That was what told me that I should look into a new printer. The ink pad is a "part" of the printing system and not part of the ink cartridge you get when you buy ink. I do not know if Canon has something similar in their printers, but by the time such a message comes up, I may have used the printer for longer than my warranty [2 years for the Canon and 1 for the Epson], so it may be time to get a new printer anyways.



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