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| Thread ID: 90418 | 2008-06-02 09:07:00 | Grrr colour ink scam | masdaman (12729) | Press F1 |
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| 674981 | 2008-06-02 09:07:00 | Why is it that my Brother printer won't print B & W when the colour inks have run out ? I mainly print text only, but occasionally will print in colour hence why they are empty . It just pisses me off that they force my to spend the price of a new printer on colour ink that I don't really need . Yeah I'm cheap but really its the principle behind the scam I don't like . I thought maybe filling up my diamond encrusted ink bottles with ink drained from a few Bic pens might be a solution ????? Anyone got a better idea especially if you know how to trick the sensors . |
masdaman (12729) | ||
| 674982 | 2008-06-02 09:12:00 | Depending on the model, some do have firmware updates for the printer (Is it an MFC printer)? I know one of the firmware updates I installed for this one was for false reading of the ink cartridges (MFC-215C) BUT, I'm pretty sure it states what you said, in the manual as well. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 674983 | 2008-06-02 11:15:00 | Someone once told me that they actually use the ink to cool the printer heads and nozzles. Prob BS but theres one possible explanation. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 674984 | 2008-06-02 21:50:00 | Why is it that my Brother printer won't print B & W . Actually printers print Black, not black and white. White comes from the paper. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 674985 | 2008-06-03 10:00:00 | Amen to that, specially as the ink is used up in endless noisy head cleaning. | tutaenui (1724) | ||
| 674986 | 2008-06-03 10:17:00 | Why is it that my Brother printer won't print B & W when the colour inks have run out ? It should print B&W if you have it set to "B&W" If you have it set to "Colour" then it won't print a B&W document unless you have enough coloured ink to mix all together to get black . |
decibel (11645) | ||
| 674987 | 2008-06-03 12:23:00 | They learned that trick from Epson, who make a great deal of money from ink at up to $1700 / litre | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 674988 | 2008-06-03 23:57:00 | Yep encountered same issue with MFC brother suggest copy a colour page once a week to keep print heads from self cleaning using expensive ink long term though if you want only to print black get a black only printer HP lasers were good not sure now though |
mako (5519) | ||
| 674989 | 2008-06-04 04:49:00 | Think yourself lucky you don't have an HP Printer. www.consumeraffairs.com or more www.google.com I have software that resets my Epson ink levels. Never used it but I am told it works. |
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