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Skriven 2014-09-09 11:41:30 av Charles Scaglione (1:123/789.0)
   Kommentar till text 1561 av Ed Vance (13238.windowsa)
Ärende: Epson NX430=1 Ed=0
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On 9/8/14, 20:11, Ed Vance -> All wrote:

HI Ed:

 EV> When I buy something and the Receipt is printed on Thermal paper I put
 EV> it on my Epson NX430 AIO and make a Copy of the receipt on PAPER in
 EV> case I have reasons to return the item to the store and the Bar Code on
 EV> the receipt is faded out, the Copy on regular paper can be scanned.

 EV> I've only had a thermal paper receipt fade on me one time that I had to
 EV> use my copy to show the store so they could give me my refund.

 EV> I was wanting to do that today even though two of the Color Cartridges
 EV> needed to be changed, by Scanning the Receipt and printing it from
 EV> Irfanview, because I had learned that this AIO prints using all 4 Inks
 EV> when I use it to make a Copy of something, and I was only wanting to do
 EV> a B&W job today, and choose Black/Greyscale in printer Options for the
 EV> task at hand.

 EV> I scanned the receipt in Greyscale with the Epson Scan program because
 EV> I learned the B&W Option normally doesn't make good looking Scans.

 EV> Then Opened the file with Irfanview.

 EV> I Selected Print and changed the Option for Black/Greyscale printing.

 EV> I use Print Preview and when I clicked the Print button I saw the Epson
 EV> Printer window appear with a message about I couldn't print anything in
 EV> Color but was allowed to print with Black Ink.

 EV> But "IT" Didn't print my job and the only message in the window was
 EV> that I needed to change the 2 Color Ink Cartridges.
 EV> There wasn't anything saying I couldn't print in Greyscale because
 EV> of somesuch thing.

 EV> After messing around looking at the Print Queue and other Printer
 EV> things I clicked on the button for Epson Help (over the Internet, of
 EV> course, because Epson didn't include a Online Manual with the NX430 as
 EV> they did with the CX3800 AIO.

 EV> After reading a page or two I clicked on the FAQ and typed the word
 EV> "Black" in the Search Area.

 EV> Among the Results a FAQ I clicked on says my AIO will use a bit of each
 EV> Color even when the job needs only Black Ink.

 EV> Their explanation is that it keeps the Ink in the Color Cartridges from
 EV> Drying Out (my words) by the AIO always using a little Ink from each
 EV> Cartridge for Black Jobs,iirc.

 EV> So I put the two new Color Ink Cartridges "IT" Needed and got the job
 EV> done.

 EV> Epson NX430=1    Ed=0   This time.    BAH!!!!!!!!!!

I have an Epson NX420 here in my home office along with an HP LaserJet. The
NX420 is wireless, the HP is not. Epson printers can be finicky in that they
will refuse to print if any one of the four cartridges is low or out of ink.
And, if you try to use refillable cartridges, the printer will complain or
refuse to reset.

I use refillable cartridges because they're about half the price of the Epson
branded ones. Anyway, if you go on line and use your googling skills, you can
find ways to bypass the low ink or out of ink restriction and also how to use
refillable cartridges.

I also buy refillable toner cartridges for my HP. I can buy refillable toner at
a much lower cost.  I do a lot of B&W printing for our Bible studies and hand
outs.  Not so much for color.

Have fun and be nice to your NX430. :)

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