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Josh-H

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« on: May 06, 2010, 08:31:30 am »

You sit down in the evening to work on some photographs - the kids are asleep.. the wife is watching TV quietly downstairs ...the house is quiet.. the coffee is freshly brewed and all is serene and peaceful. You finish your post production work, prep the file for print... send to the printer.. and..

your printer spits back at you that half a dozen cartridges out of the twelve in the printer (IPF5100) need replacing!

Dig out the spares.. pop them into the printer (there goes 600+ bucks in ink cartridges) and then of course.. the last required ink is the one I don't have a spare of! Bah!

End of rant.

Good night.
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« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2010, 08:48:32 am »

You and a hundred other people!
Even though your comments were taken to be light hearted in nature, the printers now days give you plenty advance notice of being empty.
On my 9900 I have had 5 low ink lights for over a month and it looks like I could go another month. I think I have the replacements.

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« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2010, 09:19:47 am »

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(there goes 600+ bucks in ink cartridges) and then of course.. the last required ink is the one I don't have a spare of! Bah!
Good night.


I never run out of ink.  When a cart gets low, I just squirt more into the carts from my big squeeze bottles of bulk ink that costs a quarter the price of OEM ink and looks identical.    I love making reeeeeely big prints, too. : )
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« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2010, 11:13:15 am »

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Dig out the spares.. pop them into the printer (there goes 600+ bucks in ink cartridges) and then of course.. the last required ink is the one I don't have a spare of! Bah!

This is where I'm so glad I have Amazon Prime, and that Amazon generally stocks the ink for the 5100. If I do hit that problem I can get one next day air for $3.99 in shipping. I love Amazon!

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« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2010, 11:48:31 am »

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This is where I'm so glad I have Amazon Prime, and that Amazon generally stocks the ink for the 5100. If I do hit that problem I can get one next day air for $3.99 in shipping. I love Amazon!

Neil

Amazon Prime is the greatest thing in the history of the universe.  Particularly if you've ever contemplated beating a Best Buy sales associate unconscious.
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« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2010, 11:57:21 am »

I do love Amazon prime. Doesn't look like they have any ipf ink available with prime shipping right now, though.
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« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2010, 12:12:46 pm »

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I do love Amazon prime. Doesn't look like they have any ipf ink available with prime shipping right now, though.

If you search by cartridge code they show up. A search for PFI-101R, for example, brings back their Prime version of Red.

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« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2010, 12:21:17 pm »

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind if I ever need one in a hurry. Prices are a little higher than other places, but sometimes it's worth it to get next-day shipping.
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« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2010, 01:20:33 pm »

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... if you've ever contemplated beating a Best Buy sales associate unconscious.
I'm still looking for the guy who swore up and down that a router and a switch were exactly the same thing.  Cost me a few days on that one.

Josh-H needs to fire the guy who keeps track of his inventory!    I think I will stay with my 9880, only eight carts.  Numbers over ten are just too abstract for me.
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« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2010, 06:14:33 pm »

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Amazon Prime is the greatest thing in the history of the universe.  Particularly if you've ever contemplated beating a Best Buy sales associate unconscious.

Contemplated?  Hell,  I'll do it for lunch....
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