Your Printer is Lying to You

Study: Inkjet printers are filthy, lying thieves This was an interesting test I thought.  It would have been interesting to see how long they could keep printing after the printer says “out of ink” before the printer stops or else they notice a problem.   In some respects, this is like penalizing a car’s fuel efficiency because the low fuel warning light comes on.  I don’t swap the cartridge until I notice a problem.  I think I get about 50% extra use out of it. (I have a canon)

The study by TÜV Rheinland looked at inkjet efficiency across multiple brands, including Epson (who commissioned the study), Lexmark, Canon, HP, Kodak, and Brother. They studied the efficiency of both single and multi-ink cartridges. Espon’s printers were among the highest rated, at more than 80 percent efficiency using single-ink cartridges. Kodak’s Easyhare 5300 was panned as the worst printer tested, wasting 64 percent of its ink in tests. TÜV Rheinland measured cartridge weights before and after use, stopping use when printers reported that they were out of ink.