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How do you know if a printer is ink efficient?

Can any one help me in finding out how to know the cartridge ink level of a printer?

  • i have canon bjc 210sp printer and I installed it in windows XP since the printer drivers already present in this OS pack , printer was automatically installed. i have a problem that i am unable to decide the level of my printer ink. since it helps me to when to refill or get a new or the prints or not good becoz of other problems rather than the ink being less. it happened to me last time the prints where not good and then there where no prints i thought the ink is completely used up and i went for a refill, but that was not the case there was a problem with the nozzle and the main point is that there was enough ink left for a good number of printouts, . I tried the normal method of finding the ink levels in printers--> device settings but its not listed there ,thus thats a bit pain for me. can any one help me out to know whether it is possible to know the ink levels with other drives or other methods if so plz mention thank you.

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    Ink levels are just a page counter. Pretty much useless. Use your eye. When you start to see your print fading replace or refill cartridge.

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print a test sheet

You can easily enough estimate the ink level in a cartridge by the cartridge's weigt.

Bogdan

Go to start all programms go to ur printer click the properties and u will see how much ink u habe ;eft

Hitesh s

whenever i order a print, and the window comes up that says "printing started", there is a gauge on there that shows how much ink is left. try that. by the way, you can get ink refill kits at walmart for about $9 and do it yourself. it's important to do it before the ink runs completely out, because if it's completely out the heads will melt due to extreme heat, and the cartridge will be trashed

georgia

Depends on the printer, you can find the level of ink in cartridge by going to print dialog box. Click on the properties button and see if there is a tab or something that is related to ink level. Click on that and you might see a little graphic that shows the level of ink in the cartridge has been used. Also it is a good idea to run the cleaning procedure once in a while to keep the nozzle heads from clogging.

Thor

First go to file option take print, then go to preference,there you will find setup and service. Choose service. Then open the HP tool box. There you will find Catridge ink level press that its infront of you.

Usha

Go to Canon web site and download all the software for your printer. Then, you should have the utility site to show levels.

Doc8

you can only estimate how much ink is left inside ...by weight or how many pages you allready print.

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