Originally Posted by mick (Post 947328)

If its brand new the first set of cartridges will not be full they will only have enough in them for a few prints most printers come with low amounts of ink in the first set of cartridges try another set and work on there output.

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 948020)

I have a Canon and the 'empty cartridge' lights start flashing long before they run out- I reckon they're half full when the warnings start.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 948040)

Ya I was using mine for months went it was telling me the ink was low Gordon

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 952503)

I think it could be the meters reading wrong that the ink is low - perhaps it's a fault of the printer?

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 954788)

They have also made it so you can't use it unless both cartridges are full. So when you only want to use black ink you have to get a color one else it won't work! Never had this before on other printers!

Originally Posted by Mick (Post 947328)

If its brand new the first set of cartridges will not be full they will only have enough in them for a few prints most printers come with low amounts of ink in the first set of cartridges try another set and work on there output.

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 947177)

Anyone seen the TV ad for the new Kodak printers that are supposed to have cheaper printer cartridges and do more printing... the meters were coming up telling me I was low on ink when I'd hardly used it!

Originally Posted by Studio25 (Post 955761)

I recently bought a replacement HP printer for work - the cartridges in the broken one still contained ink, so I used those in the replacement. When it came time to replace them, I used the cartridges that had been in the new printer box: They yielded the same number of prints as we get from separately-bought cartridges.

If you think about it, it's not a good idea for companies to short-change you on the ink that comes with the printer. Generally, consumer printers are cheap because the companies make their money in the ink sales. If the consumer gets the impression that the ink will not last long, the printer will be expensive to run, and it might be more cost-effective to ditch the printer and go with a different manufacturer.

I reckon that most of the time, any "loss" of ink in a new printer is down to tubes being charged with ink.


As mentioned above, if the printer is cheap, the printer company makes its money on ink. If you spent more than £80-£100 on the printer, then you're right to feel upset that it's got through the ink quickly.