Wow, this is a monster. Everyone who walks into the house (the printer is still in the hallway for now) says that. I am loving it, the BW prints even on Luster paper have a glow that was missing on my HP 9180 (which was the best so far). I can see exciting times ahead.
I have a small problem. The charging of the lines used up almost 50% of the ink (which I was aware of). I then printed no more than 40 sq ft or so of prints. At that time the LK read 19%. I then changed the paper to somerset velvet and the photo black to matte. For some reason, the printer wanted to do a cleaning cycle. As soon as that was done, the ink levels dropped drastically, to 10% for LK and about 8% for all cartridges (these are 110 ml starting carts).
My questions are:
1. Is it normal for a printer to do a cleaning cycle only after printing a small volume (this was the second day I've had this printer)?
2. Is the loss of ink (almost 8-10 mls) normal in such a cycle?
3.The real question is, how big a supply of carts should I keep? I am not a professional and cannot (at this point) see myself printing more than 25-40 sq feet a week. Should I keep 350 or 700 ml carts?
4. What is the ink most used in general printing (I will print about 20% BW)? My current thoughts are that it is LK, LLK, LVM in that order.
Any help is most appreciated. Thanks.
Pradeep