The Dirty Little Secret of Inkjet Printers

no way... by greeenpro, 1206244707 Report sent Spam Reply [+5]

quite a revelation there..thanks for the tip
5 stars

• I like the fucking english by Thank god for porn, 1206437084 Report sent Spam Reply [+4]

  they way the motherfucker says it, it sound good, well said

Thank You! by Streetglider07, 1206242530 Report sent Spam Reply [+3]

Need a new laser printer from what you are saying here.

5**'s by perfeath, 1206328329 Report sent Spam Reply [+2]

I'll be watching out for that in the future!

good video by sonicIntoX, 1206327034 Report sent Spam Reply [+2]

5*

Outfrigginstanding by Ram 9, 1206317149 Report sent Spam Reply [+2]

Very interesting information!

Very Cool by TrendyWendy, 1206312685 Report sent Spam Reply [+2]

Do you think this would apply to Dell also? Well done and informative, 5 *'s.

• It applies to pretty much every brand. by Atomic Shrimp, 1206312960 Report sent Spam Reply [+1]

  Although I think it applies more so the type where the print heads are not built into the replaceable cartridge, as the printer needs to invest more effort in keeping them clean.
  
  But that's most modern inkjets - the type with heads built into the cartridge are not common now.
• wrong by wayne braganza, 1207406493 Report sent Spam Reply

  i have a hp deskjet 5652 and i turner ti off and pushed the ink head the cartrages have the in built head head and still has dri ink
  
• Which part of whose post? by Atomic Shrimp, 1207693459 Report sent Spam Reply

  I had trouble understanding your comment...
  
  Who is wrong, and on what point?
• Dells are... by cthulhubob, 1207682235 Report sent Spam Reply

  Lexmark printers in disguise. If it is a Dell inkjet, you are literally throwing money out the window.

Never thought of that ! by LUCCHINA, 1206310048 Report sent Spam Reply [+2]

Interesting information.

Very good one by loup226, 1206243079 Report sent Spam Reply [+2]

very good produced .wow.good .

Amount wasted varies... by cthulhubob, 1207682002 Report sent Spam Reply [+1]

...from brand to brand. Epson printers like this c60/80 series are notorious for wasting huge amounts of ink. Their ink design is prone to clogging so they use more ink to keep the nozzles clear. Canons use about 1/4-1/2 as much as the Epsons, but still waste a fair bit. Hps tend to waste the least and some of their newest models are finally getting to a lower cost per page than the Canons. As long as you don't need to do any photo printing, and with color Lasers getting to Sub-$300, a laser is a much better investment.

• True by Atomic Shrimp, 1207685169 Report sent Spam Reply

  Best option (IMO) is a mono laser for documents and take the digital photos to the store to get them done on a dye sub machine or whatever it is they use there now. Or just distribute the digital photos to friends and family on a DVD slideshow or put them on a photo hosting site.

Yeah. by PKproductions, 1206495015 Report sent Spam Reply [+1]

My family spent the $500 on a true laserjet. It only prints in black, but the total cost printing a page is about half or less of what it costs to buy ink. It also doesn't have to squirt ink out to keep its heads clean because its a fine powder that it sprays onto magnetized areas of the page and then baked on.

I love it. It's like guilt free printing, and it prints beautiful blacks.

Thanks for sharing by Safri031, 1206391922 Report sent Spam Reply [+1]

is bad enough ink is expensive, and they still rip us off even more...

very good information by Samimy, 1206363338 Report sent Spam Reply [+1]

i don't like inkjets, i am always buying lasers.

ur video is very nice.

5 stars sure.

Thanks by Sweet_Licker, 1206340621 Report sent Spam Reply [+1]

Very much, its a very good discovery.
By the way, may I ask what brand is the printer that used for demonstration in this clip? Hope its not related to the brand i'm currently use

• I'm not too keen to reveal the brand... by Atomic Shrimp, 1206347806 Report sent Spam Reply

  ... although it's probably not too hard to work it out from the appearance.
  
  All inkjet printers of all brands do this to some extent - there is no other way to clean the nozzles except squirting ink through them.
  
  The worst culprits are probably those where the print heads are fixed in the printer (not replaceable as part of the cartridge).

5 stars by FireAwayMarmot, 1206339852 Report sent Spam Reply [+1]

good info

i already by vvr_1976, 1206337232 Report sent Spam Reply [+1]

trow 3
with the money i could buy a laser

Yea cool! by xkevinx15, 1206333148 Report sent Spam Reply [+1]

Sounds like a horrible design flaw, someone could come up with a much easier way, but wait printer manufacturers love bringing in all that money.....some bullllll$hit

its true! by todbro, 1206321806 Report sent Spam Reply [+1]

after this video i went to see if its true it is!!

the brand is epson and get this, if you
get an color printer it actually stores all colors!! do not by an epson stylus cx6500

• hold on... by Go Mike, 1206395252 Report sent Spam Reply

  what do you mean it stores all colors? do you mean individual color cartridges? those are good, as it gives better quality and does not waste the less used colors as much.

ahhh! by crazy white boyz, 1206317668 Report sent Spam Reply [+1]

on the front page good job!

WOW!!! I did not know that! 5 stars for by crazy white boyz, 1206239767 Report sent Spam Reply [+1]

you! no more ink jet printers! please check out my newest video and comment thanks!

not sure by kargasok, 1210052862 Report sent Spam Reply

but maybe true.

thx dude by coolbelo007, 1208716247 Report sent Spam Reply

didnt know this

WOW! by Howie_D, 1208296100 Report sent Spam Reply

Thanks for the info man! 5 big ol' fat stars!

informing.. thanks by lexhus, 1208295103 Report sent Spam Reply

5*

inkjets have by jeepman6161, 1206822657 Report sent Spam Reply

been around 15+ years and nobody has found this yet, i've never found one and i have torn them down almost to the molecule...

? by Franz27, 1206799905 Report sent Spam Reply

You have over 20 000 views but are still a candidate for PR. Why?

• It stays like that by Atomic Shrimp, 1206807822 Report sent Spam Reply

  Until they've sent me the contract and I have filled it out and returned it.
• Cool by Franz27, 1206808144 Report sent Spam Reply

  Thanks a lot!

thx, 5 stars by vdevang, 1206444472 Report sent Spam Reply

gotta chk it out in my printer too

Old news that every owner could know by Peter_S, 1206392121 Report sent Spam Reply

It does that ever since the very first inkjet. It's called priming, and it does it every so many characters.

• It also does it... by Atomic Shrimp, 1206392731 Report sent Spam Reply

  ...before printing when the printer has been lying idle for any amount of time.

wow by 416Zebb, 1206382952 Report sent Spam Reply

thats very interesting because i have that exact printer and that same problem. i didn't know of a waste ink reservoir but now i too have to do some investigating. did the problem go away after you cleaned up the waste ink situation? or did you end up fixing it yourself??

• The printer didn't survive the operation by Atomic Shrimp, 1206389909 Report sent Spam Reply [-1]

  Partly because I just wasn't even trying to save it, but partly because it wouldn't work without some kind of firmware reset anyway - there's no sensor telling the printer that the waste ink is full, the printer just knows it is, because it's kept track of the number of cleaning cycles - there's a 'waste ink counter' - probably resettable if you're determined enough. I wasn't.
  
  There's also not really any easy way to disassemble the printer sufficiently to purge the reservoir without being quite likely to break the printer.

not my printer by pkrrats, 1206256498 Report sent Spam Reply

been using the same printer for over 12 years and there is no resivoir in it period

• Are you sure? by Atomic Shrimp, 1206272909 Report sent Spam Reply [+1]

  No little holes under the path of the print heads, or in the parking position?