Ya wanna know about beng pissed? Well I'm pissed...

[TreasonousBastard]

here it is a 3:40 am and I'm printing 250 pages on a new printer. Epson 545 to be precise. It's the new list for GOTV calls and should be delivered this afternoon.

Less than 100 pages in it and runs out of black ink. There is a reason It was selling so cheap.

I have another spare printer in the box that could be installed, but is that a bigger headache than just waiting till later this afternoon to finish the job? And what the hell am I going to pay for an Epson 126 cartridge? Or 127? One of them is"high capacity" and I might get 200 sheets out of it.

Fuck it. I'm gonna get some sleep.

[Incitatus]

1. The cartridges that come with new printers are only partially full.

It's just another one of those ways big business screws ya.

[hollysmom]

2. is this a new thing?

When I got my printers, I did not need to replace them for a year. The newer one ran out faster, but the one I had before printed hundreds of pages for work. Of course that one was like 15 years ago, it was so cheap to run, I really did not want to replace it and still have it hooked up.

[Incitatus]

3. There are differences depending on the manufacturer and model.

It's possible some don't use starter cartridges. I have went through a few printers and some printed more than others, but the replacement cartridges always printed more.