distant.star said:
Mt Spokane Photography said:
Those new printers just have enough ink in them to prime the heads and print a few sheets. Then, you will have to start forking over big $$ for more ink.
Why do you persist in this myth? Every time printers and ink comes up you repeat this false information. And each time someone has to call you on it. Cartridges supplied with new printers have the same amount of ink, sometimes more (to account for initial charging) as replacement cartridges. That's the fact, not some myth from the distant past.
Because its not a myth.
HP admits to supplying special setup cartridges which supply about the same number of prints (about meaning less in this case). Its on their website.
Many new printers use Starter or trial cartridges or low capacity cartridges with less ink. While not all printers do this, its still a big issue for many to find that they only get a few prints just because a huge amount of ink is consumed when setting up a printer.
Can you tell me which printers ship with larger capacity inks? I am not aware of any, but there could be some commercial $50,000 models.
BTW, HP states this right on the printer box.
Epson is said to use regular cartridges, but they sell two levels of cartridges, one is partially filled, and a "high capacity" version is fully filled. Guess which comes in a new Epson. Canon also does this with some printers.
My new HP LaserJet came with a standard capacity cartridge which is only partially filled. You can buy these, but the cost per page is much higher, so in practice people purchase the X version that is full.
This practice goes back to the old days of ribbon printers where they were shipped with partially full spools of ribbon.
http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/reviews/printer/canon_pro-1.html
Even if a full cartridge is shipped, at this NL review states, it can use a lot of ink to charge a printer.
The ink system splits the carts either side of the printer. With the ink lines and sub ink tank to be charged, expect a noticeable (20-30%) drop in levels when setting up a brand new inkjet printer.
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090917102130AAjcY0Q
http://ask-leo.com/whats_a_starter_capacity_cartridge_for_a_printer.html
http://printforever.blogspot.com/2009/02/hps-newest-rip-off-starter-cartridge.html
http://freedomtoprint.com/2009/12/17/review-the-myth-of-the-epson-starter-cartridge/