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Waste More With An Inkjet Printer
By Rafe Telsch: 2008-04-19 17:27:49
Have you noticed that April has moved from having Earth Day to pretty much being an Earth month? As such, most of the month has been filled with all sorts of Green tips, from the Going Green theme at my favorite theater’s pre-movie show to an onslaught of environmental tips at the geek sites I frequent. Not that I’m complaining – I’m more than happy to be as environmentally friendly as possible.
While perusing some green tips this week, I stumbled across this interesting video, expanding awareness of the amount of waste that comes from an inkjet printer. This isn’t so much about being environmentally friendly, but showing how much wasted ink our printers may use – ink that, as pointed out by DVice, runs more expensive than the finest Crisal champagne when you calculate costs. Thankfully, it’s rare for me to print with my inkjet printer anymore, so I’m not as bothered by this as I may have been a year ago. In fact, as part of trying to be environmentally conscious, I try to print as little as possible, sharing documents via e-mail and on m laptop instead of printing stuff out. Still, people should be aware of this kind of waste, so check out the video below and know what’s going on inside that printer of yours. After all, knowing is half the battle: The Dirty Little Secret of Inkjet Printers - video powered by Metacafe RELATED: green, consumer alert, printers
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May 7th, 2008 at 14:24
The printer in the video is an Epson, and this is the only brand which will stop working when its reservoir is full.
The video is somewhat misleading, as Epson is the worst-case scenario. Epsons require constant attention, especially print-head cleans. These cleanings use as much as 1/6 of the ink in your cartridge every time you perform it. If the printer has been sitting for more than a week or so, you may have to run this clean 3 or more times. We always tell people to avoid Epson at all costs for this reason alone.
All other brands, including HP, Canon, Lexmark, etc., only wipe the printhead clean before use. Since they do not actually shoot any ink out during this process, there is virtually no waste and you will have to go through many many carts to make the reservoir overflow.
Steele